I took this yesterday afternoon at the Erie Basin, A calm late November sunset over Lake Erie, you don't get many of these at this time of the year.

Because there are cars parked here all the time I missed this Upping Stone. I spotted this on a Saturday when the business was closed. It is quite a nice looking stone and looks like it might have been moved here. This is on Franklin St just north of Virginia.

On my travels through the Westside I stumbled on this very impressive hitching post. The sides are rough with a nicely carved round top, It is made of sandstone with the hardware still attached. This is on St. Johns Place.

Just a quick post before Thanksgiving. Here are bollards that protect the entrance and support pillars inside the underground parking street of Mayfair Lane. This was built by one of Buffalo's most well known architects. EB Green designed the property and lived here. This is off of North St.

A nice looking corner door bollard, this is on Arsenal Place off of Michigan Ave. It looks like this was installed as an afterthought because of the reuse of the building.

This bollard on Sweeney Street is removable for when they need to let cars through. They have concerts here in the summer so it is closed off after 4pm. This runs along the Erie Canal.

This slightly out of whack corner bollard belongs to part of the wall that surrounds Old County Hall on Franklin Street. The side walks have just been replaced so I think the bollard might have been knocked off it's base. There is some hardware on top so I also suspect these were also used for hitching posts.

Two very simple bollards protecting a fence on Irving Place. These are large steel pipes with concrete poured into them to make sure if you hit them they won't budge.

Happy Veterans Day

 This statue is dedicated to the Army, Navy, and Marines for service in the war with Spain, the Philippine Insurrection, and the China Relief Expedition. The statue is called The Hiker and was unveiled at a military parade held in Buffalo to honor the soldiers of the Spanish-American War. Happy Veterans Day to all who have served. It is made of Bronze and has a granite base, dedicated 5/29/1920

This is almost an exact replica of a bollard I posted about earlier on Bidwell Pkwy. This is from 1938, the other post was from 1950 so I guess the other post was a replica of this one. Well anyway both were on corners set back so I am guessing they are property line posts and not bollards in a true sense. This is on the corner of Lexington and Richmond. 

Who hasn't seen these yet? A cool bollard outside of the Target Store on Delaware. The store In Amherst had quite a few of these. I don't go shopping much at these stores but it was a worthwhile trip just to snap a photo. 

Here is another old fire hydrant I spotted further down on Niagara Street. It seems for some reason these old buildings that faced the Erie Canal still have these hydrants in place with the newer hydrants installed along the curb at the street.   

I thought I would feature another gate today. This one is a very modern gate that was built a few years ago. Very ornate wrought iron and some recessed lighting under the canopy. This is on Rumsey Road.

Here are a lot of bollards. These protect the the Blue Cross building on Fourth St. They are a pretty simple design with slots for the lighting to come through for the side walks around the building.