In Brief - Buffalo

TIME ZONE: Eastern
AREA CODE: 716
FOUNDED: 1801
POPULATION: 261,310
GET AROUND: NFTA subway and bus
AIRPORT: Buffalo Niagara International Airport
WEBSITE: www.visitbuffaloniagara.com

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BY THE NUMBERS

23 million pieces of marble in the Ellicott Square Building’s mosaic atrium floor

5 Frank Lloyd Wright homes around the city, including the famed Darwin D. Martin House

~3,000 Sabres games hockey announcer Rick Jeanneret has called in his 40-year career (the longest of any NHL announcer)

757,500 Gallons of water that flow over the nearby Niagara Falls every second

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CULTURE CALENDAR

Sept. 3-10
MERCEDES-BENZ OF BUFFALO FASHION WEEK
Move over New York. Buff alo shows off its glamorous side in this weeklong celebration of local and international fashion design. Across town, expect trunk shows, photo shoots, VIP parties and models strutting their stuff in runway shows galore. www.fashionweekbuffalo.com

Sept. 10 to Dec. 4
WEATHER EVENT: BURCHFIELD'S PICTORIAL DIARY
This exhibition, at the acclaimed Burchfield Penney Art Center, looks at the paint ings, drawings and writings of famed Buff alo watercolor ist Charles Burchfield as a historic record of local weather, from lake-eff ect snow to idyllic summer days. And you thought talking about the weather was for dullards. www.burchfieldpenney.org

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NEWS FLASH

Upwardly Mobile • Embassy Suites Buf falo recently expanded to the 8th floor of downtown’s Avant Build ing, offering 29 new rooms with loftier views of Lake Erie and the Art Deco City Hall. www.embas.sysuites1.hilton.com. + Castaway • The Queen City Ferry began service on Buffalo’s waterfront this sum mer. It's expected to run weekends through September, linking downtown’s Inner Harbor to restaurants, bike trails and parks on the Buffalo River, the Outer Harbor and the Erie Basin Marina. www.queencityferry.com.