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The Milk-Bone District is among the most recognizable, least understood industrial centers of the Buffalo Belt Line. Chris Hawley, urbanist and history buff, will be your guide to industrial heritage sites built around the Belt Line’s Genesee Street commuter station in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The National Biscuit Company, Valdutten Hofer Sons, General Electric Company, George Urban Milling Company, Continental Baking Company, and others put bread on the tables of hundreds of Buffalo laborers. Today, these historic sites are well positioned for economic development and job creation.
In lieu of an actual walking tour planned for the annual Jane’s Walk celebration, Chris Hawley will deliver a Zoom presentation on the history of the Milk Bone District.
Jane’s Walk is a series of walking tours given internationally in the first weekend of May to honor the birthday of urbanist Jane Jacobs. Begun in 2007, Jane’s Walk is a community-based approach to city building that uses volunteer-led walking tours to make space for people to observe, reflect, share, question, and re-imagine the places in which they live, work, and play.
Due to the COVID-19 crisis, Jane’s Walk will be different this year, with many participants finding alternative means to share their place-based knowledge with others. To keep the tradition going in Buffalo, Chris Hawley is offering two virtual Jane’s Walks on Zoom.
