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• Commented on Time Warner Cable Urged to Locate Call Center at Sheehan Site (New Rendering)
  Call Centers are not the new steel factories. While they do not require a college degree, they do require some technical skills and communication ability. The current call center position for TWC Intelligent Home Agent is a technical one that...
• Commented on Time Warner Cable Urged to Locate Call Center at Sheehan Site (New Rendering)
  They don't need to open a new place. That's the problem. Schumer and Kennedy have much bigger items they should work on than trying to push TWC to move to the east side. Especially considering the two items you mentioned...
• Commented on Time Warner Cable Urged to Locate Call Center at Sheehan Site (New Rendering)
  Call Center employees get crapped on daily and they do not get paid very much either. Because of this, call centers have very high turnover. Part of the reason they are paid a smaller wage is companies have to...
• Commented on How many new roads have we built since 1990 and how much is it costing us?
  Don't take this the wrong way but you're a Black Rock Lifer. Meaning I don't think you have anything to base a comparison off. Comparing to other towns, let alone cities around the US, the COB is an epic mess....
• Commented on How many new roads have we built since 1990 and how much is it costing us?
  Agree there is a tremendous opportunity for rebirth in some of the first ring burbs. If opportunity is measured without viewing the challenges in those burbs. The reason for the constant expansion is people are essentially 'running' away from the...
• Commented on How many new roads have we built since 1990 and how much is it costing us?
  My use of 'converting farmland' was not literal. This post is just another in the long line of posts on BRO talking about how sprawl is bad. The amusing part in all of it, is one of the biggest voices...
• Commented on How many new roads have we built since 1990 and how much is it costing us?
  ===The problem of course is that subdivision s pay more in taxes than farmland.=== The problem is people would rather convert farmland to subdivisions than live in the city. Until people in Buffalo actually take a look at why that...
• Commented on Outer Harbor Elevator/Marina Purchased by FFZ Holdings
  =====The private owners of this property are most likely going to want to do something other than a "Navy Pier" type project, which is something that would likely involve quite a bit of public space and might not provide the...
• Commented on Outer Harbor Elevator/Marina Purchased by FFZ Holdings
  With any due respect, the challenge with you saying the 'Navy Pier' idea going at the Terminal A/Nanodynamics complex rather than this location is they have different owners. If the new owner of this parcel has the money and desire...
• Commented on Outer Harbor Elevator/Marina Purchased by FFZ Holdings
  How much weight did Chris Hawley put into the economics and opportunity for the developers into his opinion that adaptive reuse was best? Just curious. What if the developer had all of the resources needed to convert this parcel into...
• Commented on Outer Harbor Elevator/Marina Purchased by FFZ Holdings
  Their track record is not impressive. I'll give you that. There is always the risk of having a property sit. I guess that depends on what they are allowed to do with it. I am sure many are going...
• Commented on On The Market: Two Acres in Allentown/Med Campus
  Might be too big of a deal to pull off but.... Why not move the Bus Station to the CT as well and do it in concert with the Salvation Army project? You could then run 'sprinters' downtown (HARBORcenter) and...
• Commented on Construction Watch: 716 Swan Street
  Noticed I said FN being purchased _could_ happen? I don't know much about how attractive FN is to other banks. You seem to be confident in your comments so I'll take value in that. All I do know is the...
• Commented on Region Gets Destination Outdoor Gear Retailer
  For what it's worth....the region is getting two 'destination outdoor gear retailers'..... Bass Pro is opening a store just over the border in Niagara-On-The-Lake. Ground has already broken. http://www.basspro.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/CFPageC?storeId=10151&catalogId=10051&langId=-1&appID=94&storeID=96&tab=3...
• Commented on Construction Watch: 716 Swan Street
  ====Given that the performance of the company cost him his job, it would be difficult to see where a larger bank would have the stomach to double down on Koelmel's bets.==== That's my biggest concern. If a bigger bank is...
• Commented on Construction Watch: 716 Swan Street
  I hope this is the case. Sadly, another thing that I was told was the 'buying spree' for FN didn't just include other banks. They went after talent at both M&T and HSBC. In going after these folks, they put...
• Commented on Construction Watch: 716 Swan Street
  I love seeing all of these updates around this area. That said, does anyone else share the concern for the future of First Niagara in Buffalo? Had a conversation with a M&T person and the word on the street is...
• Commented on Uniland Plans Ellicott Street Office Project
  Don't see the big deal on the red. I like it. One thing for sure is it stands out and will be easy for people to find....
• Commented on Uniland Plans Ellicott Street Office Project
  Envy is bad. Good luck with your life....
• Commented on Uniland Plans Ellicott Street Office Project
  Awesome design for what the building currently is. That said, they should remove the parking from the plan. Maybe speak to the city about putting a bike rack and bus stop outside. After all, parking is bad right?...
• Commented on Apartment Boom Continues with 10 Symphony Circle
  Not much could be done on the exterior... But for me they really missed the mark on the interior. The exposure on the brick for the porch looks cheap. The kitchen is even worse. Looks like a Home Depot special....
• Commented on Mixed-Use Project Planned for Historic C.W. Miller Livery Stable
  But...but...the project has an adjoining parking lot. The whole project is crap because of this. The people don't need cars! They should walk or ride a bike everywhere....
• Commented on Catholic Health Seeks Additional On-Site Parking
  The buildings you're speaking of were demolished almost 50 years ago. I see no line of logic that would allow for them to be considered a reasonable item in this particular conversation. The reality is Buffalo is being rebuilt right...
• Commented on Catholic Health Seeks Additional On-Site Parking
  Since this thread is about a parking ramp at the new Catholic Health building, can you tell me please what was, in your words, 'wrecked' in order to build this ramp? I get just how horrible it is to tear...
• Commented on Catholic Health Seeks Additional On-Site Parking
  I am not 100% of the challenges but there is a water table to deal with in parts of downtown I am told. So while underground parking is nice, it may be cost prohibitive in some parts of downtown....
• Commented on Catholic Health Seeks Additional On-Site Parking
  This is a great space for a parking ramp. It backs up to a freeway after all. Personally, I think every build that is going to have more than 100 workers/residents should have parking included. If done right, it will...
• Commented on Time to Eliminate Lackawanna
  If the steel mill site would be an asset for Buffalo...then it's already an asset for Lackawanna...yet nothing has happened with it. Again, leadership in Lackawanna is horrible but it's not like Buffalo has visionary leadership. That's the main point...
• Commented on Time to Eliminate Lackawanna
  Everything you suggested can be done right now by Lackawanna. So I don't see how Buffalo calling the shots would change anything....
• Commented on Time to Eliminate Lackawanna
  What's the potential? Honest question. Say you could magically clean up every square inch of that site by the end of the year and clear it of all buildings. What next? Just what would go there? Better said, what...
• Commented on Time to Eliminate Lackawanna
  Even though there is a lot of potential opportunity for Buffalo in absorbing Lackawanna, as others have pointed out, Buffalo is not strong enough to take on the burden of Lackawanna. As for Federal funds to clean up the site,...