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It was only a matter of time before someone capitalized on some sort of city open bus tour. In the past, the idea of trolleys and double-decker buses has been floated around, but that's about it. Then, a couple of weeks ago Mike Hananel (Horizon Realty) told me that he had taken an awesome open-air bus tour around the city. I had not seen any sort of buses around town and figured that I would eventually see what he was referring to.
This past Friday RoBear sent me a text message informing me that the bus was sitting down at the Erie Basin Marina and it was waiting for people to jump an-board. Since I was already at the marina I biked over to see what the tour was all about. Of course it was preservationist Tim Tielman who was greeting people as they walked up to the bus. And he had a grin on his face that would have put the Cheshire Cat to shame. He told me that the tours ran seven days a week and were designed to get people out on the streets looking at our treasure-trove of architecture. Some may say that Tim is a controversial fellow, in that he is sometimes referred to as an obstructionist. Others regard Tim as a an architectural guardian of our historical building stock. Whatever your thoughts are regarding Tim Tielman, you must admit that it's pretty cool to see him out on the road with his open air bus showing people all of the structures that are near and dear to his heart. And if anyone out there has some interesting stories to go along with the tour, it has got to be Tim. See the video for the detailed information. Or go to Open-Air Buffalo.org.