Nikola Tesla Legacy Corridor

It has been 129 years since the world was changed by a monumental event that occurred right here "in our own back yard." Through the brilliance of Nikola Tesla and the manufacturing of George Westinghouse, the world's first long-distance transmission of Alternating Current flowed from Niagara Falls to North Tonawanda to Buffalo, NY. The Buffalo Niagara Nikola Tesla Council has endeavored to educate the public by creating the Tesla Legacy Corridor as a Triptych Tribute of Acknowledgement and Appreciation to Nikola Tesla and through dynamic Lectures.
Recently, the Mayor of the City of North Tonawanda, Austin Tylec, offered to name the road leading to our Tesla Coil art sculpture "Nikola Tesla Way." Here are a few photos.

Hello Friends! If you're looking for inspiration (and astonishment), devote your next 15 minutes to viewing the YOUTUBE video below. It was shown at Hotel Layayette on Saturday night in conjunction with the City of Buffalo designating September 14, 2024 as "Dr. Francis Lestingi Day" and the Italian Cultural Center of Buffalo, NY naming Dr. Lestingi its "Man of the Year" ... My friend is an amazing human and his accomplishments are testimony to his innate talents and abilities along with his intelligence, focus, and extraordinary work ethic. Congratulations Francis on your recent plaudits and your lifetime resume of success! 🌎
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OOCmb9vqxQs

ATTENTION TEACHERS, EVENT ORGANIZERS, HISTORY BUFFS, ETC: Nikola Tesla was integral in the illumination of our planet by means of alternating current electricity. His crowning achievement occurred right here in Western New York in 1896 when electricity generated at Niagara Falls passed through North Tonawanda on to Buffalo, making Buffalo, NY the world’s first electric city.

If you or someone you know might be interested in scheduling a dynamic, visually enhanced lecture about the life and legacy of Nikola Tesla and his direct association with WNY, please peruse the information contained in the link below and contact us, the Buffalo Niagara Nikola Tesla Council, to schedule a complimentary program. We have presented dozens of lectures at museums, schools, historical societies and community centers since 2017. We are teachers who love to teach and Nikola Tesla is an amazing subject to explore. Please share this post with friends and colleagues interested in science, history and education.

BUFFALO NIAGARA NIKOLA TESLA COUNCIL

https://www.tlcfortesla.org/events

Facebook is filled with "information" about Nikola Tesla be it accurate, hyperbolic, or outright false. What he did to change the world was done right here in Western New York. And here is what some of us did to show appreciation to him where it first happened.

https://www.buffalorising.com/2023/11/national-grid-transformer-building-restoration-project/

National Grid Transformer Building Restoration Project - Buffalo Rising For those people driving along Twin Cities Highway and crossing Robinson Rd. over the last month (Twin Cities is the continuation of Colvin north of the 290 expressway.) you may

Official OPENING this morning! Here's the Before and After.
Thank you National Grid!
Beautiful little Pocket Park honoring Nikola Tesla and the birth of the Electric Age. Historic building survives from the time of Westinghouse and Tesla! Built in 1895 as a transformer house, it carried long distance AC power transmission from Niagara Falls to Buffalo, NY on November 16, 1896
LOCATION: The corner of Robinson Rd. and Twin Cities Highway in North Tonawanda, NY. Go down and check it out. It features gorgeous night time illumination.

Achievements of Nikola Tesla highlighted at History Museum speaker series Francis Lestingi, of the Tesla Legacy Corridor, focused on Tesla's legacy and local efforts to recognize them.

A Nikola Tesla Legacy Corridor visitor all the way from Florida!
(Downtown Buffalo Nikola Tesla Park)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qf-i96FJjP8
Thank you Pete Gallivan at WGRZ-TV for this "Unknown Stories of Western New York" piece on the restoration and historical enhancements at the landmarked 1896 North Tonawanda transformer building. This well preserved building was a key link in the AC power system linking Niagara Falls and Buffalo developed by George Westinghouse using Nikola Tesla's patents.

Unknown Stories of WNY: Little-known North Tonawanda landmark important link in electrifying the wor The transformer house was a part of working to transmit electricity generated from Niagara Falls.

WESTERN NEW YORK is known for something more than Generational Snow Storms and Blizzards. It is the place where
Nikola Tesla’s spark that lit the entire world with long-distance Alternating Current was initially lit. In appreciation, fellow New Yorkers have created a Triptych Tribute to Nikola Tesla where it all first happened; where the modern electrified world first began here in WESTERN NEW YORK !