With a deep collection of architectural landmarks, Western New York has amassed assets that can help on many fronts including economic development and growing the tourism base. But it is up to the region to take advantage of those assets. That was the consensus among the insiders who gathered at a Business First roundtable that..

In October 1943, during the Blitz, an incendiary bomb destroyed the House of Commons Chamber in London. A debate over its restoration centered on whether to adopt a semi-circular design, as was characteristic of many legislative chambers. Winston Churchill, whose opinion prevailed, argued that the original rectangular configuration, whereby opposing parties were face to face,..