Copper Eyes WNY

06/08/2026

Copper River salmon and halibut caught near the do naturally contain the mineral copper, but only in the small amounts found in most fish. They do not have elevated copper levels simply because they come from the Copper River.
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The river itself was named for the rich copper deposits in the surrounding region, not because the water is loaded with dissolved copper. The fish are prized mainly for their high fat content and flavor, especially the famous Copper River salmon. 🍣
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On average:
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* Salmon contains a small amount of dietary copper (typically around 0.05–0.1 mg per 100 g).
* Halibut also contains a small amount, usually in a similar range.
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For comparison, most adults need about 0.9 mg of copper per day, so a serving of either fish contributes only a modest portion of that requirement.

06/07/2026

🤩ABSOLUTE BEAUT 🧡

06/06/2026

06/05/2026

There’s many lores out there about who the Statue of Liberty was modeled after. Did you hear the one where her face was also inspired by the sculptor’s mother? It has never been conclusively proven.. What we do know is when the statue was dedicated in 1886, she wasn’t green at all—she had the bright brown color of new copper. The famous blue-green patina developed naturally over the next few decades as the copper oxidized. Here’s this pages style of mixing both.. perhaps never conceptualized with her classical crown, torch shaft and robe greenish and her skin brownish orange copper. CHEERS TO SOON TO BE 250 YEARS. 🌎 🇺🇸 🗽 📜 🖋️

06/03/2026

Why don’t clean/ patina stains off their structures? No. It’s a question. No clue why not…

06/03/2026

06/02/2026

Copper top

05/29/2026

Did you know:
Buffalo’s famous “gold” dome was originally designed with shiny copper to stand out during the Pan-Am Exposition?

Over time, the copper developed a green patina as we know today like the hue of the statue of liberty and the protective coat began deteriorating. Restoring it would have meant the copper would eventually turn green again, especially before modern clear-coat preservation methods became common.

So, In the early 1950s — around 1953–1954 during Buffalo’s postwar economic boom — the bank made the bold decision to gild the dome with another shiny metal: gold leaf instead. The transformation gave the building a dramatic new brilliance on Buffalo’s skyline, echoing the gleam the copper once had during the Pan-American Exposition era while standing out against the city’s aged green oxidation’s.

The decision became so iconic that the institution later rebranded itself as “Goldome Bank” in the 1980s. Since then, the dome has been regilded multiple times because Buffalo winters are especially harsh on thin gold leaf. One major restoration used roughly 140,000 sheets of 23.75-karat gold leaf to keep the dome shining — much like the appreciation copper enthusiasts have for bright, buffed and polished unoxidized metal.

Today, the shiny dome symbolizes prosperity, stability, and prestige. To back this up, feel free to check out this colorized image provided by Erie County’s Public Library when the dome was greenish eerie blue: https://buffalo-erie-county-public-library-online-store.myshopify.com/products/buffalo-savings-bank-buffalo-n-y-postmarked-1909