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Note: The date in parentheses at the end of each website refers to the
date the website was verified and entered into the H-Urban Web Links Archive.
NEW YORK (Entire state)
- Images from New York Album published 1883 by Wittemann Bros.
http://www.preserve.org/nyalbum/nyalbum.htm - Several dozen photos from an album designed for tourists by New York lawyer David Goldfarb for the non-profit Preserve and Protect, Inc. preservation society.
(9 Feb 2004)
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Buffalo as an Architectural Museum
http://ah.bfn.org/a/bamname.html - The Preservation Coalition of Erie County put together this exemplary local architectural website. The website is organized by style, by architect and by neighborhood.
(17 Jun 2001; updated 30 June 2003)
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The Buffalo History Works
http://www.buffalohistoryworks.com/ - This site, organized by the Buffalo and Erie County Historical Society contains a wide selection of on-line exhibits, articles, and related links on the history of Buffalo, NY and environs. Professional historians will find photos, maps and postcards useful. Good links to a number of local organizations, including virtual tours of neighborhoods and homes.
(9 Dec 2000; updated 30 June 2003)
- 'Doing the Pan': Pan-American Exposition 1901 Buffalo, New York
http://panam1901.bfn.org - A well-organized site with a virtual tour and lots of documents, some of them defensive statements by Buffalonians.
(9 Feb 2004)
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- Levittown: Documents of an Ideal American Suburb (Peter Hales)
http://www.uic.edu/~pbhales/Levittown.html - Presented by Peter Bacon Hales of the Art History Department of the University of Illinois at Chicago, the many photos
document life and changes within the Long Island Levittown housing project.
(updated 12 Sep 2002; 28 Jul 2001)
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Long Island: Our Story
http://www.lihistory.com/ - Newsday organized this history of a major suburban area outside New York City. The site has narrative histories of all the towns on the Island and chronologies of special ethnic and other (sports, transportation etc.). It also includes some reminiscences from famous Long Islanders, an interesting history of Levittown, the mass-produced suburb, including an interview with William Levitt. The site is journalistic in its approach, but very comprehensive.
(28 Jul 2001)
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Historic Pelham (NY)
http://www.historicpelham.com/default.htm- Site constructed by lawyer and local historian Blake A. Bell contains extensive bibliography and locations (with some links) of historic maps, photos, postcards, and memorials. Detailed historic information presented in articles, book excerpts, a timeline and a virtual tour.
(9 Feb 2005)
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