Extreme Makeover and deerfoot

Bob and I like to run 10 milers on the weekend when the weather is decent. It has been a great way to explore the paths and roads of Western New York. We're always up for suggestions, so if you have a great route, let me know.
We've had a bonus November because it has been so beautiful. Since Extreme Makeover Home Edition is in town, we decided to check out the house on Saturday. The show has had an unprecedented 5000+ volunteers, so they were not only able to build a house for the chosen family, they were also able to side and re-roof most of the houses on the block, fix porches and sidewalks, put in a community garden, etc. We couldn't get right up to the house--it was he morning to "move that bus" and there was still a lot of work going on. It was great to see so many people out so early in the morning though. It did make me sad for the people just outside the block who did not have their homes worked on. Hopefully it will be the start of a revitalization of the community. It' only a couple miles from Buffalo State, so we need that area healthy.
From there though we ran through Forest Lawn Cemetery. I'd always heard it was a great place to run, and it was. Miles of peaceful road with no traffic. This was not a day to run for time (as I'm not allowed to right now), but a day for looking around. There were a lot of people there who lived at the turn of the century (early 1900s) when Buffalo was in its heyday (the most millionaires in the country). I loved visualizing what their lives might have been like. There was an amusement park across the lake in Canada (before Crystal Beach)--you can see the remnants on our run last week. Ferries took people over from the the city. It must have been so vibrant back then.
There are many notable people in Forest Lawn--Millard Fillmore, Red Jacket, Rick James, but my favorite was Deerfoot. He set world records for running for 5 and 10 miles. Naturally I had to look him up when I got home--he's from Calgary, Canada and spent most of his life in jail, but once ran 84 miles in 16 hours. I can see how he got his name.