Buffalo Niagara Nikola Tesla Council, Inc

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Buffalo Niagara Nikola Tesla Council, Inc

His genius changed the world and
it started in Buffalo, NY the world's First Electric City!

Buffalo Niagara Nikola Tesla Council, Inc, a non-profit (501c3), is dedicated to promugating the legacy of fellow New Yorker and brilliant scientist Nikola Tesla.

04/01/2026

The Buffalo Niagara Nikola Tesla Council is honored to be invited to present our latest visually rich projection Lecture at the Niagara Aerospace Museum on April 24 at 1:00pm. The lecture delves into one of the most fascinating intellectual clashes of the 20th Century: the conflict between Nikola Tesla and Albert Einstein over the nature of nature itself. We will show how Einstein’s theories of relativity revolutionized our understanding of space, time, matter, energy, and reality. In contrast, Nikola Tesla rejected relativity, clinging to a deterministic, aether-based worldview even while pioneering alternating current power systems, radio technology, and high-frequency electrical innovations that electrified our modern civilization. By separating Tesla’s genuine scientific and engineering brilliance from his philosophical and physical misconceptions, we will offer a balanced reassessment of both men. The result is a compelling exploration of genius, rivalry, and the dramatic transformation of our infrastructure by Tesla and the reshaping of civilization’s worldview by Einstein.

01/12/2026

The Buffalo Niagara Nikola Tesla Council, Inc ( Francis S Lestingi, PhD, Martin McGee, Paul Swisher, and Stephen J Lestingi) were honored on January 10 at the Hotel New Yorker by the 14th Annual International Tesla Science Foundation Conference for the creation of the “Nikola Tesla Legacy Corridor of WNY.” We were presented with their Award Framed Medal of Nikola Tesla. Francis S Lestingi, PhD was invited to present a 30 minute Lecture on the “Rationale For And The Making of The Tesla Legacy Corridor in Western New York.”
Our accomplishment in Western New York represents the most unique tribute to Tesla on the entire planet.
It was right here in Western New York that Nikola Tesla changed the world by delivering Alternating Electricity from Niagara Falls through North Tonawanda to Buffalo, NY. Our Triptych Tribute of Appreciation and Acknowledgement can never appear anywhere else in the world but here in Western New York. Learn and Be Proud.

11/24/2025

It has been 129 years since the world was changed by a monumental event that occurred right here "in our own back yard." Through the brilliance of Nikola Tesla and the manufacturing of George Westinghouse, the world's first long-distance transmission of Alternating Current flowed from Niagara Falls to North Tonawanda to Buffalo, NY. The Buffalo Niagara Nikola Tesla Council has endeavored to educate the public by creating the Tesla Legacy Corridor as a Triptych Tribute of Acknowledgement and Appreciation to Nikola Tesla and through dynamic Lectures.
Recently, the Mayor of the City of North Tonawanda, Austin Tylec, offered to name the road leading to our Tesla Coil art sculpture "Nikola Tesla Way." Here are a few photos.

09/16/2024

Hello Friends! If you're looking for inspiration (and astonishment), devote your next 15 minutes to viewing the YOUTUBE video below. It was shown at Hotel Layayette on Saturday night in conjunction with the City of Buffalo designating September 14, 2024 as "Dr. Francis Lestingi Day" and the Italian Cultural Center of Buffalo, NY naming Dr. Lestingi its "Man of the Year" ... My friend is an amazing human and his accomplishments are testimony to his innate talents and abilities along with his intelligence, focus, and extraordinary work ethic. Congratulations Francis on your recent plaudits and your lifetime resume of success! 🌎
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OOCmb9vqxQs

06/10/2024

ATTENTION TEACHERS, EVENT ORGANIZERS, HISTORY BUFFS, ETC: Nikola Tesla was integral in the illumination of our planet by means of alternating current electricity. His crowning achievement occurred right here in Western New York in 1896 when electricity generated at Niagara Falls passed through North Tonawanda on to Buffalo, making Buffalo, NY the world’s first electric city.

If you or someone you know might be interested in scheduling a dynamic, visually enhanced lecture about the life and legacy of Nikola Tesla and his direct association with WNY, please peruse the information contained in the link below and contact us, the Buffalo Niagara Nikola Tesla Council, to schedule a complimentary program. We have presented dozens of lectures at museums, schools, historical societies and community centers since 2017. We are teachers who love to teach and Nikola Tesla is an amazing subject to explore. Please share this post with friends and colleagues interested in science, history and education.

BUFFALO NIAGARA NIKOLA TESLA COUNCIL

https://www.tlcfortesla.org/events

01/06/2024

Hello Friends! Tomorrow marks the 81 year anniversary of the death of inventor-scientist Nikola Tesla. Boatloads of "information" about this great man can be gleaned from social media. Some of this information is accurate, some of it is hyperbolic, and some of it is outright false. One indisputable truth is that what Nikola Tesla did to change the world was done right here in Western New York. In honor of his passing, please consider perusing our web site to learn more about Tesla and to see what the Buffalo Niagara Nikola Tesla Council, under the leadership of Dr. Francis Lestingi, has done to honor his legacy.

LEARN ABOUT THE LIFE AND LEGACY OF NIKOLA TESLA
https://www.tlcfortesla.org

01/02/2024

Facebook is filled with "information" about Nikola Tesla be it accurate, hyperbolic, or outright false. What he did to change the world was done right here in Western New York. And here is what some of us did to show appreciation to him where it first happened.

09/14/2023

Francis Lestingi, of the Tesla Legacy Corridor, focused on Tesla's legacy and local efforts to recognize them.

10/29/2022

National Grid of New York has wonderfully enhanced its historic 1896 North Tonawanda Niagara Falls Power Transfer Station with beautiful graphics. Learn about the "Making of the Tesla Legacy Corridor"
in the Buffalo Niagara Nikola Tesla Council's Lecture Series: See the notifications.

08/27/2022

The nonprofit Buffalo Niagara Nikola Tesla Council, Inc proudly announces its brand new website. Here is the direct link:

www.tlcfortesla.org

07/22/2022

BUFFALO RISING has published an article on our Nikola Tesla Legacy Corridor. Take a look: https://www.buffalorising.com/2022/07/tlc-for-nikola-tesla/

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