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• Commented on Free up Connecticut Street
  just curious, where have you seen it in action? i'd like to know how it plays out in the real world, too....
• Commented on Free up Connecticut Street
  it's really annoying. these owners neglect their properties for decades (and city hall looks the other way) until someone else risks a big investment, then they want to cash in on the value created by others....
• Commented on Free up Connecticut Street
  you'd like land value taxes. they're a good alternative to the perverse incentives inherent in the property tax system we presently have. http://www.earthrights.net/docs/kunstler.html...
• Commented on Learning Choices Network: Best of Buffalo Urban Immersion
  since no one commented, i will. looks like an innovative, worthwhile program. way better for your kids than hanging out in front of the 7-11....
• Commented on Plans Submitted for 'Freight House Landing' Along Buffalo River
  they do have a minor benefit: if someone says what i was thinking, i just upvote them rather than adding a redundant comment....
• Commented on Plans Submitted for 'Freight House Landing' Along Buffalo River
  known today at the elk terminal lofts....
• Commented on Plans Submitted for 'Freight House Landing' Along Buffalo River
  Great point. Assuming a good portion of the existing material would have to be replaced for a likely radical rehabilitation, that would leave us with a mostly new structure with a few historic components. just like the entirely reconstructed pergola...
• Commented on Plans Submitted for 'Freight House Landing' Along Buffalo River
  looks like savarino is taking a page from the suburban playbook: name your development after what you've eliminated. i know, i know: market rate housing, dense in-fill apartments, increased tax revenues, good, fine, yay. benefits officially noted. but let's have...
• Commented on IDA Approves Richardson Center Hotel Incentives; Rejects Charter School Package
  let's not forget that this complex was saved in large part by a suit filed by the preservation coalition against the state of new york. back when sam hoyt was one of the good guys. preservation is sometimes like making...
• Commented on Roly Poly Sandwich Shop coming to Main Street
  is it going in the granite company storefront or in the building next door that burned and was saved from demolition?...
• Commented on International Weather Experience Center @ Buffalo Summer Solstice Party
  central terminal?...
• Commented on Common Council Items of Interest June 11, 2013
  props to you and joe both, but i wonder if the reason you got no response is that any possible bridge merger is -way- beyond their jurisdiction? i think that only the federal government can do it, assuming canada goes...
• Commented on Before I Die...
  before i die: humboldt parkway restored metro rail expanded to the airport radial street plan restored (buh-bye convention center) great lakes pleasure cruises docking in buffalo first female mayor central terminal restored and occupied...
• Commented on Time Warner Cable Urged to Locate Call Center at Sheehan Site (New Rendering)
  actually, you and i and the people of buffalo own trico, care of the buffalo brownfield restoration corp. the medical campus has a contract as designated developer which will expire soon....
• Commented on Teamwork Removes Obscenity from Valley Grain Elevator
  i want to know how the [plural vulgar noun] got up there to deface it in the first place....
• Commented on Niagara Street Gateway
  i must have missed that promise. if he is serious, then he can fund the installation of those handsome blue bike racks on every major commercial avenue in buffalo. i know a non-profit who applied for them two years ago...
• Commented on Niagara Street Gateway
  thanks, you said it nicer than i would have....
• Commented on St. Francis De Sales Church in Hamlin Park is on the Market
  exquisite. looks like guastavino tile on the ceiling....
• Commented on Teamwork Removes Obscenity from Valley Grain Elevator
  i hate to be cynical, but i have long suspected that 'east side' is code for all buffalo neighborhoods that are predominantly african-american. if the spot you're discussing is technically east of main street but not predominantly african-american, you will...
• Commented on Niagara Street Gateway
  niagara badly needs traffic calming, bike lanes, and street trees. when you're done with the section south of porter, please continue north of porter. the section from porter to the city line is an even more desolate unpatrolled speedway....
• Commented on Time Warner Cable Urged to Locate Call Center at Sheehan Site (New Rendering)
  ever better idea than hsbc!...
• Commented on Taste of Buffalo Celebrates 30 Year Anniversary July 13-14
  taste of buffalo, followed by a wrap party called waist of buffalo, in which everyone bemoans the sheer volume of deep fried goodness that they just scarfed up. just kidding! congratulations on the anniversary!...
• Commented on Canalside Archaeology: Digging for the Story of Buffalo
  finally, a shovel-ready site that i can get behind....
• Commented on Time Warner Cable Urged to Locate Call Center at Sheehan Site (New Rendering)
  and then there's hsbc tower, which will soon have the room anyone could want....
• Commented on How many new roads have we built since 1990 and how much is it costing us?
  where can i get me one of these gay-powered lawnmowers?...
• Commented on How many new roads have we built since 1990 and how much is it costing us?
  robh said: And regardless, if the total is $20, $35, or $50 per year.... who cares. a few months ago, a -lot- people on this blog (excluding robh, of course) absolutely freaked out about the idea of paying an extra...
• Commented on On the Market: K-Mart at 998 Broadway
  which "same people?" can you find us, oh, one single plaintiff in either of the two suits against the federal government (remember, no one sued the senecas) who now says that the casino is too small?...
• Commented on Learning From San Diego: Lighter, Quicker, Cheaper.
  i see that paulsobo/christy/lou is back to ALL CAPS hysteria....
• Commented on Joe's recipe for success
  wish them every success, given this location's history as a graveyard for new restaurants....
• Commented on MirrorMirror reflects the ingenuity of Buffalo
  you read my mind, especially now that your tablet can be your cash register, special order form, mailing list sign-up sheet, portfolio of more examples of your work, and so on. solar powered canopies would also benefit food vendors in...