Canalside receives national praise for design, draw

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — It wasn’t that long ago that local city and economic development officials were traveling to other cities for inspiration for a destination like Canalside. Now, this area is receiving to own notoriety, after what many consider a record-breaking summer of activity.
In fact, the success of the summer’s free Thursday concerts has surpassed all expectations. More than 150,000 people took to the development downtown. That’s more than 50-thousand more peo