Issue Six
Letter from the Editor
To get anywhere in life you have to keep your feet moving...
Progression is what life is about. Passion drives it. Integrity will sustain it.
To get anywhere in life you have to keep your feet moving, because obstacles arise out of nowhere, seemingly everywhere. And so–we move from subject to subject, from story to story, from issue to issue, from place to place and end up–here, in Traffic.
Traffic East is about developing and preserving integrity in print.
Cassandra Gainer paints with words.–In this issue, Cassandra’s Flight is loosely based on the plight of her paternal grandfather. This is a story you must read.
Kevin Connors interviews Toshiko Mori, the architect of the soon to be built Frank Lloyd Wright Martin House Visitors Center, in Buffalo. As inspiring to look at as it is functional, the Center, along with the complete renovation of the Martin Complex, will no doubt be a great regional draw. Note Harvey Breverman’s drawing of Toshiko opposite this page.
L.J. diBernardo explores the remarkable lives of acclaimed social documentary photographer Milton Rogovin and
his wife Ann.
Bob Borgotti examines Frederick Law Olmsted’s original vision for the Falls in his piece, Niagara Falling. Note John Pfahl’s great photographs throughout.
Daryl Crane takes us on another humorous ride–this time she moves out west in From Sea to Shining Sea.
Stacey is back and takes us to Harlem, in New York City for Fried Chicken in Pouletpalooza.
Our Fiction piece, The Eight Sections of an Orange, is by Janet McNally, with another great painting by
Craig LaRotonda. Note also the collage by Isabelle.
Jennifer Irwin brings us to Prague–as she continues to travel the world. Terry Bechakas talks about wine in the first of what will become a regular feature in Traffic East. Joe Sweeney reviews 2002’s Unsung Albums.
We also have poetry by Myra Shapiro, and John Rigney reviews Jonathan Safran Foer’s experimental novel,
Everything is Illuminated.
And...Traffic moves! –Binationally, as we continue working with the Ontario government and the County of Erie to help promote the Region by developing stories of national and/or international interest from within.
And finally–I would like to acknowledge the national recognition of Traffic East in Print Magazine’s 2002 Regional Design Annual, and the 2002 Society of Publications Design Annual. In total we had 6 spreads awarded representation.
As always, I would like to thank our advertisers and our subscribers. We hope you enjoy the issue as much as we enjoyed working on it. Thanks for staying with us!
Mark Ernest Dellas