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• Commented on Those Idiots to Raise the Roof in Kaisertown
  That is a very beautiful church. I used to go with my mom when visiting my grandma. The actual church is slightly off the beaten path, but it is a sight to see inside. You can get lost in deep...
• Commented on Sabres and Ellicott Development Face Off for Webster Block
  Some comments are from people who aren't around the local rinks. Have you been by the Pepsi Center (or whatever its called now) or Holiday or Leisure rinks ? They are jammed packed from early morning hours until 1am. And...
• Commented on Soft Opening for Pan American Grill and Brewery
  It looks great. However, I really miss the old Tap Room and the blues bands they had. I had just recently "discovered" blues music and really started getting into it right as the Tap Room closed. I would say I...
• Commented on One Last Look?
  I don't know how I feel about this anymore. I am not being wishy-washy, but I am open to other peoples opinions and facts presented. While I still think they have every right to demo this building, to put a...
• Commented on Preservation Ready: Bethlehem Vigil - Overnight!
  Let's for a moment say all of this rallying pays off, and they decide not to tear this building down. Hooray, its saved. Now what ? The people who saved it from demolition still do not own it, so they...
• Commented on Preservation Ready: Bethlehem Vigil - Overnight!
  I'm picturing a cartoon-like scenario of a clown car full of preservationists, just scurrying around the city... 50 people all pop out of a Volkswagen beetle with their candles and sidewalk chalk and placards...."Save that Building ! Save that Building...
• Commented on Preservation Ready: Bethlehem Vigil - Overnight!
  "There is no publicized plan for the land after the building is removed and placed in a dump." What is the plan if everyone gets its wish and it stays ?...
• Commented on This is what they call progress.
  Trautman associates, a reputable local architectural firm, before BNMC bought the building, did an extensive survey back in 2006 of the Trico building, and estimated it would be 3 million minimum to mothball it, back in 2006. Add another 6...
• Commented on This is what they call progress.
  Well, to the comment that I didn't reply fast enough to counterpoints, I have to step away every now and then as needed for my job. Rand 503 wrote "If you tire of a building, you sell it. Simple as...
• Commented on This is what they call progress.
  Again, my point in all these arguments from the less popular side of the fence... Who owns this building ? If the owner is tired of owning this property, then everyone who wants to save this building can simply chip...
• Commented on Central Wharf (The Visuals)
  Here you go Buffalo. Wait till they get going on the Aud block. Your faster, lighter, cheaper plan everyone clamored for is....crappier. Even without Bass Pro, that "Bass Pro Design" was a good footprint. Alot of money was already there,...
• Commented on Hotel Lafayette Gets Ready to Shine
  I really hope the Lafayette Tap Room will continue with a blues theme and have live blues bands. Expanding my musical taste the past few years, I discovered the old Lafayette Tap Room exactly 3 weeks before it closed. The...
• Commented on Save Trico. Be Happy.
  This isn't about saving the Statler or Shea's. This is about saving an old manufacturing building full of asbestos, lead, mold, and toxic barrels Trautman Associates found on the loading dock. They could remove, abate, and powerwash the entire building...
• Commented on Save Trico. Be Happy.
  Jeez, its even worse that I thought. Read Trautmans report, which was from 6 years ago. Its probably even worse now. It's a medical campus, would you want to be treated in that refurbished building, no matter how much lipstick...
• Commented on Firms Have Design Ideas for Medical School
  HOK's design looks like it crosses right over Washington and looks to really be a ni.... ....Wait, stop everything. Isn't that an old building on the corner of Washington and High street ? I mean, it's old and everything, and...
• Commented on Tuesday Trico Meeting POSTPONED
  First off, "the rest of us", including me, shouldn't have as big a voice as say Roswell Park, who actually paid big bucks for this building. This Trico plant has been available for re-use for x amount of years, with...
• Commented on Tuesday Trico Meeting POSTPONED
  If the plan is to tear it down with no re-use, then I am not for that either. But I doubt the medical campus spent 11.7 million (or whatever that figure was) to buy a building to turn it into...
• Commented on Tuesday Trico Meeting POSTPONED
  First post, long time reader. This one finally got me riled up enough to register. I think I am running against the grain with alot of you on these topics, but even though I disagree with most, I respect your...