Not a typical winter day in Buffalo, NY. When people hear Buffalo, the only thing they may know about it is that it's the city that gets all the snow. Good or bad, right or wrong, that's the reputation. This winter (2011 - 2012) was very different though. There was not much of the white stuff around at all. Actually, not even enough, not even any!

Does this photo say winter? I don't think so. But it was a cold winter day, just above freezing, with the rain coming down with different intensity at times. This turned the streets and sidewalks into wet mirrors to reflect back the street lights. And the train passing by arriving at the Theatre Stop added a little bit of motion to the photo.

The streets were mostly empty that night, there was no performance at Shea's. The town ballroom across the street drew a bit of a crowd (ASAP Rocky) and a few bar goers passed by.

Shea's Performing Arts Center, originally called Shea's Buffalo, is on downtown Buffalo's Main Street. It's by the Theatre train stop [10/6/15: the train stop no longer exists as a result of the project to bring car traffic back to Main Street], the last stop before the train goes under ground. The theatre opened on January 16, 1926 with he film King of Main Street.