What Makes Buffalo Such A Lit City?

If you were to look back over the last 236 years at all the things that make Buffalo and Western New York one of the greatest places to live, work, and play, we're more than sure you could come up with quite a few different answers.

You could call out the design of the city, one that has many scholars in agreement that Buffalo is the world's best planned city. Perhaps you could talk about the architecture and how some of the greatest names chose the 716 to build some amazing buildings. You can't forget about the amazing sports teams we have with the Bandits, Bills, Bisons, not you Sabres, Bulls, and more; and, of course, the food.

But what if I told you it wasn't any of those things that make Buffalo a really lit city? What makes Western New York so lit is our lit past. Our past in literature.

Buffalo's Literary Past Is Epic And Should Be Highlighted

If you've spent any time in downtown Buffalo, especially around Lafayette Square and Washington Street, you might have seen banners hanging from poles that make a bold statement. That statement describes the key mark that Buffalo, and the people who called our city home, had on the literary world.

Spearheaded by former Buffalo Mayor Brow, the Just Buffalo Literary Center, and the Western New York Book Arts Center, Buffalo's Literary Corridor seeks to highlight the good work that writers and thinkers from Buffalo have had on the world.

From abolitionists and lecturers like https://buffaloah.com/h/brown/brown.html" target="_blank">William Wells Brown to the venerable Samuel Clemens himself, who may be better known by his pen name Mark Twain, Buffalo's claim to fame as a lit city goes well beyond the nightclubs we love to party at.

If you want to take a peek at some Buffalo history, just take a stroll down Washington Street the next time you're downtown.