vintage skatespot map

Author: cberes

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+tags:
+  - articles
+  - skateboarding
+title: Vintage Buffalo Skate Spot Map
+date: 2026-01-29
+---
+<p>
+  I found a website from 2003 with a list of skatespots in Buffalo, New York.
+  I made a map of most of the spots.
+</p>
+<iframe src="https://www.google.com/maps/d/embed?mid=1Q2_1HUeHBkhNZEnWNXksAL7Nxj7Ks68&ehbc=2E312F&noprof=1" width="640" height="480"></iframe>
+<p>
+  The website is <code>https://www.angelfire.com/punk/buffaloskate/skatespots.htm</code>.
+  Sadly it's now offline. I was lucky to have found it before that happened.
+  However, you can find it on the <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190806182730/https://www.angelfire.com/punk/buffaloskate/skatespots.htm">Wayback Machine</a>.
+</p>
+<p>
+  According to the Wayback Machine, the website was created in 2003.
+  And it was hosted on Angelfire, which is a blast from the past.
+  I also remember Tripod, where I created my first website as a kid.
+</p>
+<p>
+  I imagine many of the spots are no longer skateable. However, some are!
+  I've skated at Triangle Park. I know Sisti Park is still there.
+  This summer I'd like to check out some of the spots.
+</p>
+<p>
+  There were a few entries I didn't add to the map:
+</p>
+<ul>
+  <li>Broadway Banks: I don't know where on Broadway this is or was</li>
+  <li>Ghetto Park: I'm not sure where this was, and according to the list it was destroyed </li>
+  <li>Main St: it's a long street</li>
+  <li>Urban Skateshop: I don't know where on Elmwood this was</li>
+  <li>Manhattan Square in Rochester: too far for a Buffalo map</li>
+  <li>SUNY Fredonia: same</li>
+</ul>