Gothic City Antiques

The big, 1950s-looking "Streng Oldsmobile" sign just past Exit 13 is a familiar landmark to those Buffalonians whose daily commute takes them along the northbound 190, but what many of them don't know is that the junkyard where it sits isn't a junkyard at all: it's Gothic City Antiques, Buffalo's longest-standing dealer in architectural antiques and artifacts. Outside you've got a full acre (4,000m²) of garden tchotchkes, old lampposts, and that famous sign that once stood guard outside the dealership on Main Street; inside is another wonderland of furniture, lamps, doors and doorknobs, mantels, vintage plumbing fixtures such as sinks and claw bathtubs, and on and on.

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Address

1940 Niagara St.

Getting there

Metro Bus 5, 32 or 40

Hours

Thu-Sat 11AM-5PM, Sun 11AM-4PM

Website

gothiccity.com (opens in a new tab)