main street boulevard main street boulevard suburban residential subdivision built main street new_york state route hamlet new_york town marker represents american rural areas occurred transportation related land development edges urban areas consists variety half height wall formations featuring wall boulevard median intersection main street added national_register_of_historic_places december history developed mill erected town born time main street main link buffalo main street displaced main western new york later adjacent railroads built street car system ran main street buffalo daily stage coach service began main street continued displaced electric track ran miles main bailey avenue route new_york east stops included main street drive drive early 20th century estate era gave way residential subdivision era subdivisions took urban flavor area main paths migration began acres north main street october taylor location today lane road running east west connecting interstate known points westward neighboring hamlet downtown buffalo located large residential areas trees grass 1920s built subdivisions flanking wide central median situated blocks east new york state route main street northeast branch library located main street median serves way traffic sit south corners junction intersection architecture completed featured element nearly semi circular random stone half walls axis symmetry degree angle main street wall central end square posts approximately feet height poured concrete caps original post metal glass contemporary street lamp projecting center quarter points arc stone ornamentation running portion wall continuous cast place cap shaped degree angle forms attached quarters height posts past repairs included incompatible stone mortar patches paving grassy median convex concave sides respectively according august application state disrepair lacking visible base having tilt opposite sides boulevard roadways central feature flanking structures random stone posts half height walls oriented parallel angular boulevard lengths central wall end post distance main street walls shaped longer length extending boulevard having short length main street walls capped square stone posts corners marked wall height stone opposite concrete parallel free standing stone post west fair condition east vertical alignment poor condition east distinction retaining original cast concrete cap circular north end post presumably held original lamp post painted white south end post piece white cap resembling non original end posts set structures legacy remain original location retain original design setting continue mark entrance subdivision entrance pedestrian traffic originally designed purchased land subdivision marked construction street plot plan designed civil engineers buffalo county engineer role development subdivision added national_register_of_historic_places december
Entranceway at Main Street at Roycroft Boulevard