2021 ModernWNY Event Lineup

For the third year, PBN was proud to present our celebration of the evolution of modernism in the area, ModernWNY, two self-guided tours, one in-person tour, and one virtual lecture. Check out our lineup below! You can also check out last year’s events here.

Preservation Buffalo Niagara would like to thank our 2021 ModernWNY sponsors, BAC/A+P (Barbara A. Campagna/Architecture + Planning, PLLC), Big L Windows & Doors, and Clinton Brown Company Architecture, PC.

ModernWNY 2021 Event Lineup

Drive Yourself MODern 2021

Driving Tour (Self-Guided)

Ongoing

PBN’s Drive Yourself MODern is a 14-stop widespread self-guided driving tour which highlights some of the many fine examples of modern-era architecture throughout Western New York.

From James H. Johnson and Tom Hamilton’s St. John the Baptist Church in Lockport to Pfohl, Roberts and Biggie’s City Court Building in Buffalo, experience a vast range of modern-era architectural styles.

Don’t hesitate. Get your travelogue and let PBN take the wheel.

You can still order a copy from our archives!

$15 PBN Members / $20 General Public

Order here.

A Modern Man: The Works of Robert T. Coles

Driving/Walking Tour (Self-Guided)

Ongoing

Robert Traynham Coles is known for his focus on public buildings designed to serve their local communities. From the Frank E. Merriweather Jr. Library, modeled after an African village, to the Brutalist-style Utica metro rail station, discover the work of the master architect in this self-guided tour of 22 Coles-designed sites in WNY. During September, get your Robert T. Coles travelogue and experience the mark that this pioneering African American architect left on our region.

You can still order a copy from our archives!

$15 PBN Members / $20 General Public

Order here.

The ABCs of Modernism

Virtual Lecture

On September 13, join Christiana Limniatis for the ABC’s of Modernism and learn why “B is for Brutalism”.

This virtual lecture will expand on the terminology, key people, and key places of modernism and leave you sure of why exactly:

A is for asymmetrical

C is for cantilevered projections

G is for Googie

J is for James H. Johnson

N is for New Formalism

O is for Organic houses

Delaware Acres

Walking Tour

Once touted by realtors for its property placements and moderate prices and considered to be the ideal location for suburban homes in the city, Delaware Acres (one of the original subdivision names for the neighborhood north of Delaware Park) is an area richly appreciated in Buffalo’s history. Join Preservation Buffalo Niagara on September 15 for this guided walking tour which will explore its beginning as a notable piece of Buffalo’s built landscape. AND, make sure to add-on a Delaware Acres Travelogue (2020) to take along with you.

You can still order a copy from our archives!

$15 PBN Members / $20 General Public

Order here.

Interested in sponsoring ModernWNY?

Sponsorships are available in several different levels with various perks.
For more information about sponsorship click here or email tbrown@pbnsaves.org.