On Friday, December 5, 2025, Preservation Buffalo Niagara will host a free virtual Lunch & Learn focused on the next phase of its Green Book Site Initiative—an ongoing effort to document and protect Buffalo’s surviving Green Book locations.
The Negro Motorist Green Book was a travel guide published from 1936 to 1966 that listed safe accommodations, restaurants, and services for Black travelers during the era of segregation. Buffalo was home to more than 120 such listings, many concentrated in historically Black neighborhoods such as the Fruit Belt, Broadway-Fillmore, and the East Side. Today, only 16 of those buildings remain.
This webinar will explore Phase Two of the initiative, which builds on research conducted in 2025 by Jakob Saeli, a Cornell High Road Fellow. His work included mapping Green Book sites, surveying surviving structures, and creating a digital archive. Phase Two shifts the focus to 16 of the 104 demolished Green Book Sites in Buffalo documented by Fall 2025 Intern, Junah Siboney.
The Lunch & Learn is free to attend, but registration is required.
Register here: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_4QpNoFgsT1mfvkrr_Wf9Vw
This event offers an opportunity to reflect on Buffalo’s Black history and to support efforts that ensure these stories and spaces are not forgotten
Junah – terrific presentation today; sorry I was late, but glad to know the recording will be coming out. I tried to find your email, but didn’t see you listed here, so sent a LinkedIn connection request. But maybe you’ll get this message!
All best, Don
Don Ingalls
Buffalo