Whats crazy to me is looking at the hand-drawn 1894 atlas and seeing how much of Buffalo from the Psych Center northward was all countyside, but with the current existing roads already built, and Delaware Park already completed to its current form. Even in my current neighborhood by Elmwood and W. Ferry most of the lots were empty. It was like a massive, current day development that was only partially built on. Huge, iron tanks in the middle of downtown for the Buffalo Gaslight Company. It really would have been something to be alive back then. If you had a good job, of course.
Bonus trivia item for the super history nerd: Lafayette Ave. was originally named Bouck St (as seen on the atlas), but was renamed when the church at the corner of it and Elmwood was built.