This installment of “My Favorite Buildings” is not highlighting an individual building but rather a collection of buildings that once created a magnificent built space. The set of buildings I am ...

CRYSTAL BEACH, Fort Erie — We're hearing some of the stories of Western New Yorkers crossing our northern border and settling in Canada for the first time in nearly two years. All of this, of course, ...

Its name might conjure thoughts of pristine sandy shores, but the Canadian community of Crystal Beach is getting attention this week for a less bucolic image — homes coated in a thick layer of ice ...

As a young boy, Van Hall started working in the family business, at Crystal Beach Amusement Park. Much later, in 1972, he and his cousin Robert purchased the park in nearby Fort Erie, Ont., becoming ...

I’ve long been intrigued with the amazing hold that Crystal Beach Park has on the psyche of so many Western New Yorkers. So many Buffalonians seem to have a very strong attachment to “Buffalo’s Coney ...