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• Commented on Central Park Plaza Owner Ordered to Clean Up and Sell Site
  Although this area is presently designed for commercial retail, it's future use will need to defer from this for several reasons: 1) Within close proximity there is both the University Plaza retail (TOPS as the lead anchor), the Delaware Commons(?)...
• Commented on Friday is Brewfest!
  I'm very torn on this event, several years ago they held it at The Central Terminal for two years running ('06-07), although the space issues were similar to what they now suffer with at the arena, just being at the...
• Commented on Home Brewing Bliss In Buffalo
  Niagara Tradition is def the Place to go for homebrewers....both from the suburbs and city...the family that owns is is never less than 100% helpful, no matter how busy...but to see the homebrew industry grow in a city/region with such...
• Commented on Looking for available restaurants to lease...
  Main Street could def use some love.....After Shango and The Steer there isn't much else to write home about...for such a high-traffic area..both car and foot...the area is generally lacking....If Miranda still is the main property owner/leaser in the area,...
• Commented on Comment of the Day: Levy Responds
  Not every single project can be "built to the street", we are not NYC or Chicago we do not have the critical mass/infill at this moment that will allow this. The key here is that something is finally being done...
• Commented on One or More Idiots Vandalize Delaware Park
  My wife and I are saddened to hear the news of this senseless destruction, five years ago this July we were married in the Rose Garden so this news hit home. My question is that if the reports of upwards...
• Commented on Wrecking Buffalo: Riverside Men's Shop
  Although I agree that this is a horrible loss for a neighborhood that is barely hanging on, and that this building could have/should have been the cornerstone for any potential re-birth of Riverside, I would like to present the following...
• Commented on This is Why We're Broke
  As some previous posters have stated, the biggest stumbling block to the revival of Buffalo continues to be the schools. As a personal example, my wife and I ( 27 & 31 years old) recently when through the process of...
• Commented on Shamrock Run: Tough weather, tough runners, aggressive celebrating."
  I will definently check out your site and email you about a tour! Thanks....
• Commented on Shamrock Run: Tough weather, tough runners, aggressive celebrating."
  1st year I had the chance to run it.....what a great chance to experience areas of Buffalo that my wife (also a participant) and I have not yet before; we have already talked about returning to explore more of the...
• Commented on Sabres Sale Likely To be Announced Monday: Pegula to Take Control
  The Sabres have a Non-Movement clause with the NHL which basically prevents any new owner from moving the team....
• Commented on Stanley Cup On Display at the Albright-Knox
  1) By having this exhibit at a venue other than downtown...it allows/forces out-of-town visitors to explore another part of the city/region that they otherwise may not have. By brining them to the the Albright-Knox it thus brings them to the...
• Commented on Rudnick the Wrecker: "Difficult to Justify" Saving the Statler
  I find it ironic that the above article on the most recent exploits of the statler situation followed another recent bro article(s) on the broadway-filmore-central terminal area. In that article and the proceeding comment section the talk was of the...
• Commented on Cuomo Already Pushing for High Speed Rail
  The rail is more than just another connection between "suburban buffalo and suburban rochester" it allows for additional access to toronto, montreal, nyc, boston; these are the cities/regions where a connection such as this will add to our possible economic...
• Commented on Cuomo Already Pushing for High Speed Rail
  During Buffalo's prime during the late 19th & early 20th centuries the city was second only to chicago as the largest rail hub in the country. Both the rise of air travel and the interstate highway system not only helped...
• Commented on A Civic Going Out of Business Sale
  Although I do not like to partake in the city v suburb debates that occur on this site, as I feel that the battle lines that exist between the two sides add to the inability for our region as a...
• Commented on Medical Office Building to Front Main Street
  one of the ideas behind being a "progressive city/region" is to look towards the future/what does the upcoming generation want. As Buffalo continues to grow as a major collage hub the goal continues to be how to entice the students...
• Commented on Medical Office Building to Front Main Street
  it is true that public transportation is not over utilized in the region, however with an expanded rail system perceptions may change as instead of joking that it's the train to nowhere the reality of having expanded options besides main...
• Commented on Medical Office Building to Front Main Street
  with a major development company in the region looking to utilize the metro rail hopefully this can get the conversation rolling to a more serious level with other development/business/political players to expand the system. Although the popular statement tends to...
• Commented on Wing Fest Weathers the Storm
  The idea behind the festival, which is to promote and build on Buffalo's contribution to the American Culinary landscape was and is a great idea...an idea that came to fruition later than it should have, but what idea comes to...