East Aurora, New York East Aurora, New York Location in Erie County and the state of New York.
Location in Erie County and the state of New York.
Town Aurora East Aurora is a village in Erie County, New York, United States, southeast of Buffalo.
It lies in the easterly half of the town of Aurora.
In 2015, East Aurora was rated the third-best town to raise a family in New York State by Niche. Prior to becoming President of the United States, Millard Fillmore lived in East Aurora with his wife Abigail from 1826 to 1830.
The home is presently positioned at 24 Shearer Avenue in the town of East Aurora.
One of the town's most famous landmarks, the Roycroft Inn, was converted from the Hubbards' initial print shop and opened as an inn in 1905 to accommodate the influx of famous visitors thriving by Hubbard's ideas as well as the books, Mission-style furniture and metalware produced by the 500 Roycroft artisans on the South Grove Street Roycroft campus. The Roycroft Campus was granted National Landmark Status in 1986.
East Aurora is also the place of birth of and home to the corporate command posts for Fisher-Price. From 1987 through 2007 the village and the Toy Town Museum (an autonomous non-profit organization positioned on the Fisher-Price campus) held the Toyfest Festival, which encompassed the Toyfest parade featuring enormous replicas of classic Fisher-Price toys.
The Knox Estates, now known as Knox Farm, is a 633-acre (2.56 km2) New York state park.
East Aurora is home to the corporate command posts of Moog, Inc.
East Aurora was one of the first communities to successfully block a Walmart store, in 1995 and again in 1999.
Wegmans also attempted to come to East Aurora, but it was blocked by Tops, the only grocery store in East Aurora. In February 2008, small-town officials rejected the urging of small-town politician Kevin Gaughan to merge village functions with the Town of Aurora, citing recent disputes with the town. On September 15, 2008, the Village Board voted to accept a Negative Declaration on the State Environmental Quality Review for the proposed rink, which eliminates the need for further exhaustive site surroundingal impact studies. As a temporary measure, the AIA purchased the ice rink structure that was used in the 2008 NHL Winter Classic at Ralph Wilson Stadium in Orchard Park.
East Aurora is positioned at 42 46 1 N 78 37 2 W (42.766809, -78.617121). According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the village has a total region of 2.5 square miles (6.5 km2), all land.
Main Street in East Aurora is lined with a range of specialty shops, restaurants, churches, municipal buildings and carefully preserved homes.
Businesses include the Toy Loft (a small-town toy store), Vidler's (an old-fashioned five and dime store), Arriba Tortilla (the Town's only Mexican eatery), Aurora Outfitters (a men's Apparel, Footwear and Accessories store), Explore & More Children's Museum, and the Aurora Theatre, a 650-seat, big-screen cinema theatre with a classic, old-fashioned neon marquee.
The rinks components such as the boards, glass and refrigeration fitness were purchased by the Aurora Ice Association and is the same equipment used in the 2008 NHL Winter Classic between the Buffalo Sabres and the Pittsburgh Penguins. Children living in the village of East Aurora attend Parkdale Elementary (grades K 4), East Aurora Middle School (grades 5 8), and East Aurora High School (grades 9-12).
Another option is the East Aurora Montessori School for ages two through five.
East Aurora High School is known as one of the top schools in New York, and is extremely prosperous in athletics (soccer and cross country) and academics.
Hinke, founder of Master Charge, later Master - Card; long-time resident of East Aurora who died in the village on December 30, 1990. Irving Price, co-founder of Fisher-Price and former mayor of East Aurora James Schuyler, New York School poet, moved to East Aurora with his family when he was 15.
East Aurora has been home to a number of county-wide landscape painters, most prominently Carl W.
He painted landscape scenes along Cazenovia Creek, and fields and hills around East Aurora, in all seasons.
In the Whit Stillman movie Metropolitan, Nick Smith (played by Chris Eigeman) says that he will soon be taking a train to East Aurora, where he will meet his "stepmother of untrammeled malevolence, quite possibly to be murdered." "A Prince for Christmas" was filmed in the village of East Aurora and premiered on the ION network on November 29, 2015.
"A Christmas in Vermont" was filmed in the village of East Aurora and other locations entirely in NY.
"East Aurora Bee".
"The Roycroft Inn, East Aurora NY - History".
"Village of East Aurora History".
"East Aurora New York - Village History".
"Cinema Treasures - Aurora Theater".
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