Elmwood Village

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Photo: Andre Carrotflower, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Photo: AndreCarrotflower, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Type: Neighborhood
Description: human settlement in Buffalo, New York, United States of America
Also known as: “Elmwood Village, Buffalo” and “Elmwood Village, Buffalo, New York”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Temple Beth Zion and Blue Sky Mausoleum.

Temple Beth Zion

Synagogue

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Temple Beth Zion is a Reform Jewish synagogue located at 805 Delaware Avenue, in Buffalo, Erie County, New York, in the United States. Founded in 1850, Temple Beth Zion is the largest Jewish congregation in Western New York and one of the oldest and largest Reform congregations in the nation.

Blue Sky Mausoleum

Cemetery

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Blue Sky Mausoleum, in Forest Lawn Cemetery in Buffalo, New York, is the 2004 completion of a 1928 design by Frank Lloyd Wright as a commercial cemetery project.

Canisius High School

School

Canisius High School is a Catholic, private college-preparatory school for young men run by the USA Northeast Province of the Society of Jesus in Buffalo, New York, United States, just north of the Delaware Avenue Historic District.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include West Side and Allentown and the Delaware District.

West Side

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Sure, for now the Elmwood Village is Buffalo's premier neighborhood for fine dining and cute urban boutiques; Allentown is where local artists and bohos congregate, and downtown still takes the cake when it comes to the urban rehabilitation that Western New Yorkers have grown more and more used to.

Allentown and the Delaware District

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Allentown and the Delaware District are two neighborhoods in Buffalo that are adjacent to each other and north of downtown. These two areas are among the most desirable neighborhoods in the city today, and, much more than most other areas of Buffalo, were able to retain their charm, affluence, and safety throughout Buffalo's dark days from the 1960s to the turn of the millennium.