Grain elevators--New York (State)--Buffalo]]> Grain trade--New York (State)--Buffalo]]> Kaye, Kate]]> https://redtailmedia.org/spilling-grain/]]> Grosvenor Room of B&ECPL (repository)]]> Grain elevators--New York (State)--Buffalo]]> Grain trade--New York (State)--Buffalo]]> Kaye, Kate]]> https://redtailmedia.org/spilling-grain/]]> Grosvenor Room of B&ECPL (repository)]]> Grain elevators--New York (State)--Buffalo]]> Grain trade--New York (State)--Buffalo]]> Kaye, Kate]]> https://redtailmedia.org/spilling-grain/]]> Grosvenor Room of B&ECPL (repository)]]> eng]]> Grain elevators--New York (State)--Buffalo]]> Grain trade--New York (State)--Buffalo]]> Kaye, Kate]]> https://redtailmedia.org/spilling-grain/]]> Grosvenor Room of B&ECPL (repository)]]> Grain elevators--New York (State)--Buffalo]]> Grain trade--New York (State)--Buffalo]]> Kaye, Kate]]> https://redtailmedia.org/spilling-grain/]]> Grosvenor Room of B&ECPL (repository)]]> Grain elevators--New York (State)--Buffalo]]> Grain trade--New York (State)--Buffalo ]]> Installations (Art)--New York (State)--Buffalo]]> “Banging, creaking, popping, sliding, scraping: every sound you could imagine. Sometimes it sounded like a person screaming, the way the wind moved through there.”

As a kid, Steve Baczkowski sneaked into Buffalo’s abandoned grain elevators to hear what his sax might sound like bouncing around their concrete canyons. So, when the longtime music curator at Buffalo’s contemporary arts center Hallwalls got a chance to keep watch over a robotic electronic sound installation inside a grain elevator, his sound nerd alarm bells rang. Steve camped out inside the Marine A elevator to watch over an art installation at what had become known as Silo City for the month of September 2019, playing his sax and didgeridoo, hearing ghostly sounds, diverting rain, and even witnessing a Buffalo Bills fan's life-affirming experience through art. Baczkowski was interviewed in early 2020 by Kate Kaye.

NOTE: This story features detailed descriptions of grain elevator acoustics and internal and external post-industrial environments.

]]> Kaye, Kate]]> https://redtailmedia.org/spilling-grain/]]> Baczkowski, Steve]]> eng]]> General Mills, inc.--History]]> Grain trade--New York (State)--Buffalo]]> Kaye, Kate]]> https://redtailmedia.org/spilling-grain/]]> Grosvenor Room of B&ECPL (repository)]]> Dodd, Don]]> Grain elevators--New York (State)--Buffalo--Employees]]> Grain elevators--New York (State)--Buffalo]]> Grain trade--New York (State)--Buffalo]]> Kaye, Kate]]> https://redtailmedia.org/spilling-grain/]]> Grosvenor Room of B&ECPL (repository)]]> Hyde, Bert]]> Grain trade--New York (State)--Buffalo]]> General Mills, inc.--History]]> “It's like walking next to a jet, that's how loud they are.... That thing was just whistling and screaming.”

Don Dodd got his start at General Mills in 1969 and worked there for decades, taking on all sorts of roles. For a time, he was a gunner - literally shooting Cheerios out of a pressurized chamber that created a deafening sound. In the early days churning out breakfast cereal and cake mixes, there were distinct roles for men and women at the plant. And, even though work there could be hot, noisy and grueling, Don and his coworkers often managed to find time for a break, sometimes dashing across the bridge for a 25 cent "adult beverage" at the nearby Swannie House. Don Dodd was interviewed by Kate Kaye in Buffalo in January 2020.]]> Kaye, Kate]]> https://redtailmedia.org/spilling-grain/]]> Grosvenor Room of B&ECPL (repository)]]> Dodd, Don]]> eng]]> Grain elevators--New York (State)--Buffalo--Employees]]> Grain elevators--New York (State)--Buffalo]]> Grain trade--New York (State)--Buffalo]]> “Girls didn't go by the waterfront.”

Most women and girls who lived in Buffalo's First Ward -- the waterfront community at the heart of Buffalo's once-pulsating grain industry -- never went close to the waterfront or worked among the grain elevators. But the industry was ever-present in their lives, from the grain that their husbands, fathers and brothers blew off their clothes when they came home for lunch, to the grain they sneaked from railcars, to the flour bags that mothers sewed into girls' dresses.  Bert Hyde was interviewed by Kate Kaye in Buffalo in February 2020.

]]> Kaye, Kate]]> https://redtailmedia.org/spilling-grain/]]> Grosvenor Room of B&ECPL (repository)]]> Hyde, Bert]]> eng]]> Kealey, E.]]> Rare Book Room of the B&ECPL (repository)]]> eng]]> Early Twentieth Century (1900-1925)]]> Postcards--New York (State)--Buffalo.]]> Botanical gardens]]> Buffalo (N.Y.)--Buildings, structures, etc.]]> Kearney-Lehmann Co., Inc., Buffalo, N.Y.]]> Dexter Press, Pearl River, N.Y. (artist)]]> ENG]]> 1. What does your square represent? Happiness, being kind to America
2. Why did you choose these symbols? The line of gems are for soldiers who fought in a row.
3. What do you hope viewers notice or feel? Happy and proud]]> Keller, Ben]]> 1. What does your square represent? The American Flag
2. Why did you choose these symbols? It is the 4th of July soon! This reminds me of being creative and having fun celebrating our country!
3. What do you hope viewers notice or feel? Proud to be an American!]]> Kennedy]]> Kenyon Cox, N.A.]]> Rare Book Room of the B&ECPL (repository)]]> eng]]> Early Twentieth Century (1900-1925)]]> Pan-American Exposition (1901 : Buffalo, N.Y.)]]> Key, John Ross, 1832-1920]]> eng]]> Kidder]]> Rare Book Room of the B&ECPL (repository)]]> eng]]> Early Twentieth Century (1900-1925)]]> 1. What does your square represent? My square represents the beach. I chose the blues of the water. The Brightness of summer flowers and yellow for sunshine
2. Why did you choose these symbols? I rmember going to the beach with my cousins
3. What do you hope viewers notice or feel? Summer in Buffalo, NY]]> Kinsley Berger - 7 years old with Grandma]]> Kline, Hibbard]]> Rare Book Room of the B&ECPL (repository)]]> eng]]> Early Twentieth Century (1900-1925)]]> Stamp Act Congress (1765 : New York, N.Y.)]]> Taxation]]> United States--History]]> Knox, William, 1732-1810]]> Grosvenor Room of B&ECPL (repository)/Rare Book Room of B&ECPL (repository)]]> eng]]> Pan-American Exposition (1901 : Buffalo, N.Y.)]]> Pan-American Exposition--(1901:Buffalo, N.Y.) --Songs and music]]> Koeppen, Erwin C.]]> Grosvenor Room of the B&ECPL (repository)]]> eng]]> Early Twentieth Century (1900-1925)]]> Pan-American Exposition (1901 : Buffalo, N.Y.)]]> Pan-American Exposition--(1901:Buffalo, N.Y.) --Songs and music]]> McKinley, William--1843-1901 -- Assassination.]]> Kohn, Milton H.]]> Smith, Lee Orean]]> Grosvenor Room of the B&ECPL (repository)]]> eng]]> Early Twentieth Century (1900-1925)]]> Kotas, Cooper]]> Kotas, Quinn]]> 1. What does your square represent? Feeling peace
2. Why did you choose these symbols? It's just what I was feeling.
3. What do you hope viewers notice or feel? Peace and calm, hope.]]> Kristie]]> L. A. Shafer]]> Rare Book Room of the B&ECPL (repository)]]> eng]]> Early Twentieth Century (1900-1925)]]> L. Ed. F.]]> Rare Book Room of the B&ECPL (repository)]]> eng]]> Early Twentieth Century (1900-1925)]]> L. Jonas]]> Rare Book Room of the B&ECPL (repository)]]> eng]]> Early Twentieth Century (1900-1925)]]> L. K. W.]]> Rare Book Room of the B&ECPL (repository)]]> eng]]> Early Twentieth Century (1900-1925)]]> L. Malvy]]> Rare Book Room of the B&ECPL (repository)]]> eng]]> Early Twentieth Century (1900-1925)]]> Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church (Buffalo, N.Y.)--Directories]]> Presbyterian Church--New York (State)--Buffalo--History]]> Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church (Buffalo, N.Y.)]]> eng]]>
1. What does your square represent? "My square represents the conflict that I feel when I think about our country. Theres so much beauty - in the people, the land, the cultures - but so much of that is overshadowed by the horrors of our past and our present. I wanted the fabrics to match but convey very different feelings - the beautiful and horrible coexist everywhere here."

2. Why did you choose these symbols? The flag is the most obvious symbol of the United States, but for me personally I have not felt proud seeing that flag for many, many years. It is impossible for me to look at the American flag and not be reminded of 250 years of cruelty. But, of course, there's also been 250 years of beauty, and joy, and celebration and of so many people actiively working against that cruelty. The bright part is celebrated by the color and the flowers surrounding the flag. "

3. What do you hope viewers notice or feel? "I hope viewers feel jarred by the shadow interrupting the scene and can sense the conflict inherent in the image."]]> Lange, Cassie]]> Langenbach, Clara Emma]]> Rare Book Room of the B&ECPL (repository)]]> eng]]> Early Twentieth Century (1900-1925)]]> Lankes, Julius J., 1884-1960]]> Wood-engraving, American -- 20th century]]> Etching, American -- 20th century]]> Clubs--New York (State)--Buffalo]]> (Buffalo (N.Y.)--Societies and clubs]]> Lankes, Julius J., 1884-1960]]> Rare Book Room of the B&ECPL (repository)]]> eng]]> Early Twentieth Century (1900-1925)]]> 1. What does your square represent? Peace with a red shalom and blue Star of David
2. Why did you choose these symbols? Hope for Peace in the Middle East
3. What do you hope viewers notice or feel? The theme of peace]]> Lansky, Allan]]> Laylah]]> Leete, Alfred]]> Rare Book Room of the B&ECPL (repository)]]> eng]]> Early Twentieth Century (1900-1925)]]> Leroux, Jules Marie Auguste]]> Rare Book Room of the B&ECPL (repository)]]> eng]]> Early Twentieth Century (1900-1925)]]> Leroux, Jules Marie Auguste]]> Rare Book Room of the B&ECPL (repository)]]> eng]]> Early Twentieth Century (1900-1925)]]> Levy, Alex]]> Rare Book Room of the B&ECPL (repository)]]> eng]]> Early Twentieth Century (1900-1925)]]> Levy, Alex]]> Rare Book Room of the B&ECPL (repository)]]> eng]]> Early Twentieth Century (1900-1925)]]> Haudenosaunee (North American people)]]> Maps]]> Lewis Henry Morgan]]> Rare Book Room of B&ECPL (repository)]]> eng]]> Leyendecker, Joseph Christian]]> Rare Book Room of the B&ECPL (repository)]]> eng]]> Early Twentieth Century (1900-1925)]]> Leyendecker, Joseph Christian]]> Rare Book Room of the B&ECPL (repository)]]> eng]]> Early Twentieth Century (1900-1925)]]> Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865. Gettysburg address.]]> Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865]]> Grosvenor Room of B&ECPL (repository)/Rare Book Room of B&ECPL (repository)]]> eng]]> Pan-American Exposition (1901 : Buffalo, N.Y.)]]> Pan-American Exposition--(1901:Buffalo, N.Y.) --Songs and music]]> Line, Hans S.]]> Grosvenor Room of the B&ECPL (repository)]]> eng]]> Early Twentieth Century (1900-1925)]]> Lipscombe, Guy]]> Rare Book Room of the B&ECPL (repository)]]> eng]]> Early Twentieth Century (1900-1925)]]> Lisa S]]>