Gates Circle

Buffalo is a city with lots of traffic circles. Many other cities in the US don’t have any at all, but Europe has them all over the place. Most of Buffalos came from Olmsted’s park system design, they were a part of the whole plan.
Gates Circle is at the foot of Chapin Parkway, and Delaware and Lexington both go around the circle. EB Green finished the design the circle, at the request of Mrs Charles Pardee, who lived in the area. He envisioned the fountain, benches, greenery etc. Its rumored there is a «whisper gallery» as well, but I don’t know if that’s true. Ive never tried that for myself.
This past year its been the site of more than a few car accidents. Seems most have been at night, and some involved excessive speed. Its too bad, as its now closed to all while its being rebuilt from one of those accidents. BUt prior to this years accidents, its been a nice oasis in the middle of lots of traffic. A beautioful site when the flowers are in bllom and the foundation is spouting.
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