monday august 28th 2006
New York Times on Buffalo Old Home Week
queenseyes
The New York Times article featuring Buffalo Old Home Week ran earlier today. The following piece was written by Dave Staba. It was accompanied by a photo of the Central Terminal shot by Mike Groll:
Frustrated by decades of watching friends and family flee New Yorkis second-largest city for warmer climates, healthier economies and sunnier images, a group of Buffalo boosters gave a party this weekend.
The idea for the event, Buff…
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sunday august 27th 2006
Downtown Housing Tour Recap
Gabe Armstrong
The Downtown Housing Tour, as a part of Buffalo Old Home Week (BOHW), happily exceeded my expectations. An impressive amount of people came downtown for an intimate glimpse at what the new loft craze is all about.
This offered a wide variety of folks an opportunity to see, first-hand, this exciting type of city living. Our s…
saturday august 26th 2006
SHOP TILL YOU DROP AT THE LEXI CO-OP
Lorne Opler
Iim a huge fan of food co-ops. I discovered them seven years ago just after I moved to Austin Texas for graduate school. My personal philosophy has always been communitarian; about sharing, building and sustaining community n the very same principles that guide the co-op movement. Co-ops are grocery stores that exist beyond the purpose o…
Christa Glennie Seychew
This is the question posted at the top of the form provided to me by United Neighborhoods and the Community Action Organization.
Some of the answers furnished are: - The safety of the residents - Neighborhood cleanliness - Neighborhood beautification - Maintaining property values - The opportunity to seek funding for beautification projects - Having a united voice when dealing with the city government.
For my little neighborhood, we hope that it will be something of a social club with benefits for the whole neighborhood. As we launch the first Block Club on our street in more than 10 years, we are finding o…
queenseyes
Looks like Buffalo Old Home Week is going to get a bit of last minute press. Dave Staba, stringer for the New York Times, has been attending many of the events so far and told us that we can expect an article at the beginning of next week. He caught up with Mayor Brown at Thursday at the Square n a night that was filled with all sorts of BOHW activities.
The mayor…
friday august 25th 2006
Does This Look Like An Irish Pub?
queenseyes
It soon will. It's going to be the new home of Dennis Brinkworth's Irish pub and restaurant. The traditional pub is going to go by the name of W.J. Morrissey's. The project was originally slated for development further down on Mississippi, but Dennis switched up the plans and decided W.J. Morrissey's was a better fit in the neighboring transfer s…
thursday august 24th 2006
The Central Presbyterian Church: In Search Of Tenants
queenseyes
As I drove down Main Street the other day I passed the new Peopleis Park that is currently under construction at the corner of Jewett Parkway. Then, as I passed the Central Presbyterian Church located across the street I remembered WestCoast…
Mike Miller
The Central Terminal Restoration Corporation (CTRC) would sincerely like to thank the City of Buffalo for the approval of our request to mill and repave the Paderewski Drive approach to the Central Terminal. We would also like to gratefully acknowledge the hard work of Common Council President David Franczyk and assistant Robert Sienkiewicz in facilitating and i…
wednesday august 23rd 2006
Buffalo: The Capital of the Pierogy Pocket of America
queenseyes
Bet you didn't know that pierogis were as popular as they are. I certainly didn't until I received an email notifying me that tomorrow is a day in Buffalo dedicated to the pierogi. So I looked up pierogis online and discovered that people actually celebrate this Polish food. There's a pierogi super hero, and a pierogi car, a Mr. Pierogi, and a pierogi with a religio…
West Coast Perspective
The on-again, off-again plan to renovate the vacant Greystone Apartment building at 24 Johnson Park is on again, this time with a new owner. Rocco Termini and Signature Development are taking over the residential conversion projec…
