About the Trip:

Join us on what is sure to be a memorable weekend exploration of the unsung Art Deco and Early Modernist treasures of Buffalo, NY!

Attendees will have one-of-a-kind experiences, including expert–led walking and motor coach excursions; guided tours of historic buildings and legendary homes; a cocktail cruise; special meals in period venues; and much more!

Thursday Evening, July 13th:

Optional Wings Meetup

Get together with your fellow trip members while enjoying Buffalo’s trademark chicken wings at the place where they originated, the famous Anchor Bar! (Attendee’s own cost.)

Friday, July 14th:

Buffalo’s Historic Downtown Masterpieces

A guided walk through Buffalo’s historic Downtown, including a tour of the magnificent City Hall — with a stop at its rooftop Observation Deck — and visits to the Industrial Bank Building, a Deco fire station, and a courthouse, as well as the Rand Building (considered a model for the Empire State Building), among other architectural marvels.

After a stroll up Film Row, lunch will be a family-style feast at the upstate classic, Dinosaur BBQ, housed in a former Universal Film Studios vault, complete with the original lettering on the façade.

Following our meal, we’ll see the Courier-Express Building, the Alleyway Theater (a converted Streamline Greyhound Bus terminal), and the famed Electric Tower, and also visit both Louis Sullivan’s landmark terra cotta Guaranty Building and the lobby of the Ellicott Square Building, before heading to the Pierce–Arrow Museum for a guided tour of its Frank Lloyd Wright filling station and collection of vintage 1920s and ’30s automobiles, including the Thomas Flyer, built in Buffalo and winner of the 1908 New York to Paris Automobile Race, which is currently there on special loan. 

This will be followed by a cocktail cruise and dinner in a historic 1841 former warehouse.

Saturday, July 15th:

Bus Tour and Site Visits

The morning will start with an exclusive tour of Shea’s Buffalo Theater and its original Louis Comfort Tiffany interior, then we’ll depart of a day-long bus tour visiting an array of Buffalo landmarks, including three Frank Lloyd Wright buildings, Kleinhans Music Hall, and other select sites. The day will include both lunch and a guided tour at Wright’s Martin House Complex, as well as a tour of the city’s historic Central Terminal, an Art Deco masterpiece.

Dinner will be in a restored 1937 rail car located next to the former site of Wright’s Larkin Building.

Sunday, July 16th:
Bus Trip to FLW’s Graycliff

Our final excursion will be a morning bus trip to Frank Lloyd Wright’s Graycliff — also built for the Martin family, and nestled on a bluff overlooking Lake Erie — where we’ll have a guided tour of both the house and its lush gardens.

Upon the return to the hotel around 1 PM, our trip will be over, but registrants are encouraged to augment their stay in Buffalo with other local activities, such as attending a Buffalo Bisons baseball game at historic downtown Sahlen Field, traveling to Niagara Falls, visiting the Roycroft Complex in East Aurora, and/or enjoying a local sandwich favorite, beef on weck.

Getting There

JetBlue, Delta, American, and United fly to Buffalo multiple times per day from all three NYC–area airports; non-stop flights are approximately one hour. Other alternatives include Amtrak (approximately 8 hours from Penn Station) and automobile (approximately 6–7 hours, depending on route).

Lodging

You are responsible for booking your own hotel accommodations. We will provide you with a rate for our host hotel, but you have the option of lodging anywhere of your choosing. Please note, though, that the departure point for each day’s programming will be the host hotel. 

Upon receipt of your payment for the program, ADSNY will provide you with instructions on how to reserve your host hotel room(s). Please check the hotel cancellation policies when booking your stay.

Registration and Fees

This tour is limited in size, and reservations are on a first–come, first–served basis. If a minimum of fifteen registered attendees is not met, the program will be canceled and all registration fees will be refunded.

ADSNY Member (current members only): $1,250
ICADS Society Member (registration code required): $1,300
Non-Member: $1,400

A 50% deposit, at minimum, is required upon registration. Any remaining balance will be billed separately, with full payment due by Thursday, June 15, 2023.

PLEASE NOTE: There are currently ongoing software issues when registering using the Safari browser, which is on Apple iPads and iPhones. We highly recommend using Chrome instead on either a desktop or laptop computer to register. If those are not available, please email Info@ArtDeco.org, let us know what you would like to register for, and we will send you an invoice. Sorry for any inconvenience.

Registration Form: Each attendee must complete both his/her own Registration Form and Waiver and submit them to ADSNY to secure registration. Hand-signed forms may be scanned and emailed to ADSNY at Info@ArtDeco.org, or mailed to the above P.O. Box. Electronic signatures are not accepted.

Inclusions, Exclusions, and Details

Program price includes:

• All tours, guides, admissions, and excursion gratuities
• Travel by deluxe motor coach
• Group lunches and dinners

Program price does not include:

• Travel to and from Buffalo
• Ground transportation to and from airport and hotel
• Parking (if traveling to Buffalo by car)
• Hotel accommodations
• Non-scheduled visits and activities
• Travel insurance (highly recommended)

To Pay by Credit Card: 

An online payment option will be included as part of your invoice.
Note: A 5.5% processing fee will apply to each registration purchased by credit card. 

To Pay by Check: 

Make checks out to: Art Deco Society of New York

Mail checks to: Art Deco Society of New York 

P.O. Box 6205, New York, NY 10150-6205

Current COVID Protocols for this Event:

We look forward to having you join us for this in-person event! The health and safety of all attendees is our top priority. ADSNY will continue to monitor and abide by guidelines issued by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC).

• VACCINATIONS: Vaccinations are highly recommended. 
• FACE COVERINGS: Face masks are recommended, but not required. 
• SOCIAL DISTANCING: Attendees must be respectful of each other’s personal space and distance themselves where appropriate.
• IF YOU ARE UNWELL: Stay home if you are feeling sick or symptomatic. If you have been in contact with someone with related symptoms, or who has tested positive within the last 14 days, also stay home.
• COVID RISK: Though positivity rates are declining, an inherent risk of exposure to COVID-19 exists in any public space where people are present. Those joining ADSNY’S in-person programming do so at their own risk to such exposure.

If you have any questions or concerns, please reach out to us at Info@ArtDeco.org.

All payments are final unless the minimum of 15 registered attendees is not met. If the minimum number of attendees is met, refunds will be allowed until June 30th, minus a $350 administrative fee per registration; after that date, no refunds or exchanges will be issued. ADSNY recommends that you purchase trip cancellation insurance. Insurance companies offering cancellation policies can be found online. 

Payment of your fee represents your acceptance of the following terms and conditions. ADSNY shall not be liable and does not assume responsibility for any claims, damages, expenses or other financial loss whether to person or property arising out of any injury, accident, death, cancellation, delay, alteration, or inconvenience resulting from any act of omission, commission or inadvertence of any hotel, carrier, restaurant or other company or person rendering any of the services included in the tour or its pre- and post-tour arrangements, or caused by weather, sickness, strikes, or the willful or negligent acts of any other tour members or any cause whatsoever beyond the control of the Art Deco Society of New York. It is understood that there may be changes in the itinerary subject to weather or unexpected circumstances. In all cases, ADSNY will make every attempt to substitute other events of equal value and interest. ADSNY events may be photographed or recorded by ADSNY. By attending this event, you consent to the use of your image and voice by ADSNY for all non-commercial, nonprofit purposes.