Mike Puma: February 2012 Archives

The University at Buffalo has announced a competition to select an architecture and engineering firm to design the new UB School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences on the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus. It will be the largest new building project in the City of Buffalo in decades and would be located at the southeast corner of Main and High streets adjacent to the light rail station.

Robert Shibley, dean of the UB School of Architecture and Planning, is directing the competition. He says 19 firms from North America, France, the United Kingdom,

This story originally appeared on Views of Buffalo

The Marlowe Theater at 257 Virginia was originally built as a modest movie house in 1915 by John R. Oshei, the same man who founded the Trico Corporation. Oshei owned and built a number of other theaters throughout Buffalo including the Teck Theater which was located in the 700 block of Main Street in downtown Buffalo. The theater was named after one of Oshei's

Buffalo's Young Preservationists (BYP), a dynamic group of young professionals and concerned citizens dedicated to saving Buffalo's architectural heritage, showed some creative love to four forgotten houses this weekend on Buffalo's east and west sides. The Valentine's Day-themed campaign, called

Allentown will soon have an additional eight residential units when Ellicott Development completes their conversion of the former Allentown Athletix building on Allen, near Delaware Avenue. The project will likely be wrapping up within the next two weeks with four loft style, one-bedroom units and four, two-bedroom units. Several of the units have already been leased.

Each of the units

An historic West Village church has a new owner.  The Evergreen Foundation, a subsidiary of the Evergreen Association, has purchased the Prospect Avenue Baptist Church at the northeast corner of Georgia Street and Prospect  Avenue.  The sanctuary at 262 Georgia Street and adjoining properties at 71 and 73 Prospect Avenue were purchased for $115,000 from the Prospect Avenue Baptist Society in late December. 
 
The not-for-profit Evergreen Association oversees four affiliated agencies including the Foundation, Evergreen

The number of churches that have been forced to close their doors in recent years has been staggering. However, there have been some rare cases where churches have been able to reinvest in their historic properties and find a new life. Holy Angels Church at 348 Porter Avenue is one of those rare examples.

Built in 1856, the Roman Catholic Church has been in constant use since it was completed. The congregation was founded in 1851 by the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate. They began

Urban Land Institute's Young Leaders Group of Western New York (YLG) is hosting a 100 Year Anniversary presentation at the historic Electric Tower. The party is taking place on Thursday, February 23, 2012 at 6:00 p.m. Pre-registration and the presentation will be located across the street at newly renovated retail space at 5 East Huron Street.

The building is owned and operated by Iskalo Development Corporation and has worked tirelessly returning the downtown landmark to its original grandeur including