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Alexander’s Lounge: A revealing history
(Read time: 7 minutes) If you expect Alexander’s Lounge—the longstanding gentlemen’s club in North Tonawanda that announced its closure this week—to have a colorful history, you will not be disappointed.
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VIDEO: Gratwick Grandfather’s photos reveal life 120 years ago
(Read time: 5 minutes) A grandfather’s box of fragile glass negatives is seen for the first time in a century, revealing fascinating and intimate glimpses into the lives of a Fredericka Street family.
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The Chamber of Commerce Ghost Hoax of 1920
(Read time: 24 minutes) In 1920 a series of purported ghost sightings captivates the Tonawandas. But are the poltergeists just political propaganda?
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The lost village of Ironton and the birth of the Avenues
(Read time: 9 minutes) Sometimes a place name can be on the lips of generations, and then just…disappear. Such was the fate of Ironton–the North Tonawanda neighborhood of the 1870s.
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Before Wurlitzer, there was Eugene de Kleist
(Read time: 7 minutes) Behind the iconic Wurlitzer tower, out in the heap of old buildings, on a placard high in the air, is inscribed a less familiar name. Without it, there would have been no Wurlitzer here.
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Tonawanda Power Co. Disaster
(Read time: 5 minutes) The harrowing true tale of the deadliest night in North Tonawanda history, where 13 men lost their lives.
North Tonawanda History Blog
By Dennis Reed Jr.