Buffalo Heritage Carousel restoration team's work in progress
The Buffalo Heritage Carousel Restoration Team shows off their work to date to State Assemblyman Sean Ryan, who helped secure some of the funding for project. The team has restored 25 pieces so far for the carousel that will be placed at Canalside. The team offered a look at their work on Monday, June 10, 2019, at the Herschell Carrousel Factory Museum in North Tonawanda.
Rosa Patton of Chapel Hill, N.C., a carousel restorer, paints a carousel horse that will be a part of the 1924 Herschell-Spillman carousel that will be placed at Canalside.
Members of the Buffalo Heritage Carousel restoration team have been working on a menagerie of horses and other animals and chariots. Twenty-five pieces have already been completed at Herschel Carrousel Factory Museum that will be a part of the 1924 Herschell-Spillman carousel at Canalside.
State Assemblyman Sean Ryan, who help secure funding, is pictured with a carousel lion that is being restored by members of the Buffalo Heritage Carousel restoration team.
Members of the Buffalo Heritage Carousel restoration team have been working on a menagerie of horses and other animals and chariots that will be a part of the 1924 Herschell-Spillman carousel at Canalside.
A carousel horse is ready for paint.
Christine Kasprzak, right, and Judy Van Wyck, members of the Buffalo Heritage Carousel restoration team, paint a horse.
Kathy Kwiatkowski paints an ostrich.
Patrice Demunn paints details on a horse.
Patrice Demunn, left, and Judy Van Wyck, paint details on a horse.
Christine Kasprzak paints a horse.
Linda Chaffee paints a horse.
Members of the Buffalo Heritage Carousel restoration team work on a menagerie of horses and other animals and chariots.
Tesla agreed to donate a solar roof to power the Buffalo Heritage Carousel, scheduled to open in the spring.
The pandemic hasn't put a damper on fundraising for the carousel coming in May to Canalside.
The 1924 attraction is being assembled at Canalside's Central Wharf and will open May 28.