FRED

Buffalo Building of Dreams

By Frances R. Schmidt

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I found this to be an interesting and wonderful read about a building and it’s history. -Patricia S.

About the Novel

Fred : Buffalo Building of Dreams , built in 1900, tells the oral history and legacy of generations of his ethnically and culturally diverse tenants and their families who arrived in America from all over the world, during the span of a hundred twenty years.

This multi- period historical fiction novel shares Fred’s appreciation of the value of freedom and what it means to thrive and survive in the 21st Century and beyond. It is
a legacy of hope for current and future generations to come.

Author discussing her novel FRED

Who is FRED?

Fred, is an apartment building, located in a residential and industrial neighborhood on the West Side of Buffalo, New York. In 2006 Fred spoke to me on my way to work at a local college using telepathy. He said “Please tell my story before It’s too late and evidence of my existence is gone”

It took took six more years until 2012, before “The Orphan Building” research team was organized and our adventure into the past began and it took another nine years to confirm publication.

Fred, built in 1900,tells the oral history and legacy of generations of his ethnically and culturally diverse tenants and their families who arrived in America from all over the world, during the span of a hundred twenty years.

His tenants were immigrants, refugees, internal migrant and descendants of enslaved Peoples of Africa. Heritages included German, Sicilian, Italian, English, Irish, Jewish, Polish, Hungarian, Canadian, French, Puerto Rican and African American.

Fred’s story is a legacy of hope that shares his appreciation of the value of freedom and what it means to survive and thrive in America in the 21st Century and beyond.

FRED has a history to tell

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Tiny Sharon

"All my life, books have been important to me and every day I read. Fran's novel has many interesting historical facts about the 1900's that I never knew before. The story of Fred's tenants' legacies inspired me. I was able to provide Fran with feedback regarding her manuscript because reading is like candy to me and her characters are all the different flavors! Fran has constantly "pestered " me at at ninety-two, to write my first novel. I hope she'll enjoy reading mine. like I have enjoyed reading hers!"

Jane Hauser

Book Project Typist

"As a legal assistant for the law firm of Lipsitz Green Scime Cambria LLP, it was a nice diversion and pleasure assisting the author and my friend, Frances Schmidt, in the manner of typing her manuscript for this novel. I want to thank her for giving me this opportunity. It was a fascinating read."