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City of Light by Light Rail - Tour of Downtown Buffalo

On Sunday, September 13th members of the Academies participated in the City of Light by Light Rail - an excursion that provided students with tips to using the metro rail to travel to downtown Buffalo and to explore the riches of our city.

The goal of this event is to teach students how to get to destinations downtown by using the metro rail.

On our tour, the Academies had a chance to visit the Buffalo waterfront:


Explore some of downtown Buffalo’s famous architecture, including Buffalo's City Hall:


Tour the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus and surrounding community gardens:


And end with dinner downtown at Coles:


For students who were unable to attend, check out the brochure below to access downtown Buffalo:
City of Light Information Brochure.pdf

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