On Friday, more than 220 Buffalo Prep students participated in the first “Buffalo Prep Goes Green” event, which involved planting a commemorative tree at the site of the organization’s future home on the University at Buffalo south campus.

THIS COLUMN IS ABOUT THE PARROTT NAVAL RIFLES THAT ONCE STOOD GUARD AT BUFFALO’S PARKS, CIRCLES AND SQUARES. I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE EASIER — WHO KNEW CANNONS COULD BE SO COMPLICATED?

Parrott rifles are so named because of the rifling of the cannon barrel. The spiral cuts in the interior of the barrel added spin to the projectiles, which made them more accurate than smooth bore cannons. The projectile itself was the pointed shape of modern artillery shells, spelling the eventual end of cannonballs as ammunition. So these can accurately be called either rifles or cannons.

IT IS GOING TO BE A LONG ROAD TO RESTORE FREDERICK LAW OLMSTED’S ARBORETUM IN BUFFALO’S SOUTH PARK – PERHAPS 20 YEARS – BUT PLANS ARE MOVING FORWARD.

Originally designed in 1894, the 155-acre park anchored by the Buffalo & Erie County Botanical Gardens now has a Boston-based landscaper working on a feasibility study of the restoration project. Kyle Zick of Kyle Zick Landscape Architecture led an informational meeting on the his plan at the Tosh Collins Center Tuesday evening.

BUFFALO, N.Y. — SOUTH PARK IN BUFFALO COULD SOON BECOME A BETTER PLACE TO SPEND THE DAY.

A third public meeting was held Tuesday night by the Buffalo Olmsted Parks Conservancy, to discuss an arboretum restoration project for South Park.

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WKBW) – THE BUFFALO OLMSTED PARKS CONSERVANCY HAS PARTNERED WITH WEGMANS FOOD MARKETS, INC. TO CONDUCT A BRAND NEW SUMMER FILM SET AT SHAKESPEARE HILL IN DELAWARE PARK.

The first film is scheduled to screen tonight and there will be another film on Monday August 14th. 

A NEW FAMILY FRIENDLY FILM SET IS COMING TO TOWN. THE BUFFALO OLMSTED PARKS CONSERVANCY (BOPC) HAS PARTNERED WITH WEGMANS FOOD MARKETS TO BRING TWO OUTDOOR FILM SHOWINGS TO SHAKESPEARE HILL.

Hopefully if the summer film set is a big success, we will see more fun film viewings presented on “The Hill” in years to come.