Life Well Lived: Frederick Attea
Fred Attea was a wildly accomplished attorney with a distinguished career, and he helped keep music and the arts alive in Western New York. Author: Larry Haneberg Updated: 10:07 AM EDT May 9, 2021
BUFFALO, N.Y.
Each week on Daybreak Sunday, we honor a life well lived in Western New York. This week 2 On Your Side contributor Larry Haneberg pays tribute to Frederick Attea. He managed to save Artpark. It was a love, and it looked like Artpark was not going to survive, said Judith Michael, Frederick Attea s widow.
That s until Attorney Fred Attea stepped in. New York State didn t want to run the venue anymore, and [wanted to] perhaps close it down. Michael tells us Attea wasn t going to let that happen.