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• Commented on Luminous Shots of Grain Elevators in 'The Atlantic Cities'
  too bad they didn't spend it on a study......
• Commented on School Board Elections Today
  still trying to figure out how the 'teabaggers' fit into the equation...but, blame the kids??? how about blame the parents..any idea how many parents don't give a f*** whats going on with their kids lives in schools? any idea how...
• Commented on GN'R @ The Outer Harbor
  a permanent ampitheater is a must if Buffalo wants to compete with other mid sized cities...let live nation or another nationally accredited group oversee the development...something in line with darien lake, but more like the molson ampitheater in toronto, great...
• Commented on Buffalo Jazz Report
  check out 91.1 from toronto, great jazz 24 hours a day, very good reception in most parts of wny, and they do recognize they have a listenership in our neck of the woods......
• Commented on Sunday Post Parade Party @ Pan Am Grill and Brewery
  is that a caricature of rocco riding a mechanical buffalo?...
• Commented on East Canal Construction to Begin This Month
  yes, i agree, i dont understand why the governor's signature is on this......
• Commented on Cobblestone District Growing- Club Planned for Illinois Street
  i dunno, splitting a turkey sub with jon bon jovi?...
• Commented on Cobblestone District Growing- Club Planned for Illinois Street
  cannibalization and capturing some population growth, hmm...my take on this is, places like this have the unique opportunity to be a regional magnet for musicians and the culture they bring with them. i loved sole myself, and was disappointed to...
• Commented on Grain Elevator Lighting Test, POOL Elevator, Buffalo, NY
  isn't that spectacular...the potential is limitless....
• Commented on Standing larger than life on Grant Street
  what a huge difference when business owners care enough about the aesthetics or presentation of their business...i personally enjoyed cuchifrito hut, but it was just not a place i would bring a date to, so to speak. i hope this...
• Commented on Let Me Clarify
  this reminds me of a quote a transplanted friend from minnesota once told me (he's since returned to minn..) by g.k. chesterton, "Men did not love Rome because she was great, she was great because they had loved her"...plug Buffalo,...
• Commented on Let Me Clarify
  steel, you bring up an interesting point, or several...i will venture to say that there are 2 kinds of businesspeople in society, those whose businesses in the long term benefit many, and those whose businesses in the long term benefit...
• Commented on Receivership
  looking at those pictures bring back so many great childhood memories growing up next door to this home...like the time when my sister and i found a knife in front of this property on a warm sunny day, and there...
• Commented on 224 Hudson, One To Watch.
  thank you for pointing this building out...this particular area has tons of potential, not just its proximity to allentown, but the emerging kleinhans district, the west village, d'youville college and its expansion, and all the great historically significant residential properties...
• Commented on My Favorite Buildings: Guercio & Sons gets it!
  i've always loved that it makes me feel like i'm at the set of The Godfather, the scene where Don Corleone almost gets whacked while buying fruit at a shop exactly like this one......
• Commented on On the Market: 1502 Niagara Street
  there's a great 4 story building across the street from this one, on niagara and potomac that is abandoned and begging for a rehab, but that stench is atrocious. sure would be nice to see both buildings converted into great...
• Commented on An Alternative Plan for ECC's Proposed Medical Classroom Building: Sheehan Hospital
  hmmm...let's see what kind of stones pridgen has as a politician. i've always liked him, but praying ain't gonna make that happen...what's the next move??...
• Commented on Construction Watch: Cynthia Gardens
  i have such mixed feelings personally about this build...first off, i had mentioned before (not that it matters), i grew up at 302 hudson, my parents rented for 7 years, then owned that house for about 7 years...this is built...
• Commented on Extended shopping hours: Great in theory
  i was just kidding, gawd! we do need a great theater district again......
• Commented on Extended shopping hours: Great in theory
  why don't you go to the galleria mall like the rest of our out of towners......
• Commented on Woodson Gardens to be Demolished for Development
  turn it into a park where the families of those staying at roswell, or buffalo general, or soon children's can find a little peace or comfort during what's often a sad time for them......
• Commented on Found Object
  uh huh...i can get with that...
• Commented on Found Object
  so dan, what you're saying is people became successful in Buffalo, so much so that they could afford to move out to a better, seemingly more comfortable area, families were having less kids, while the local regional economy continued to...
• Commented on Found Object
  interesting to bring up mid century architecture, i've had this discussion with a number of people recently...first, this building...architectually, its rather ordinary, socially, this building was robbed almost on a daily basis, it's been rammed by a vehicle (more than...
• Commented on Wrecking Buffalo: 375 Colvin Avenue
  thats crap, this church can be a tremendous community/youth center for this part of north buffalo. other than the former school on sanders, and that is dated, there is nothing like this in north buffalo, look at who set this...
• Commented on The Lyth Cottage: Preservation in Progress
  so much potential in the masten district, still tons of great architectural gems all over the place, on jefferson (like this one), ellicott, e.utica, michigan, masten, northampton, they need some love, not the wrecking ball......
• Commented on Times Two for Termini
  the streetscape on this block of grote street is awesome...when i saw the for sale sign up last year or so i thought, cool, another old factory sitting vacant. this is really great credible news......
• Commented on Rust Belt Bands to Pay Tribute to Final Days of Mohawk Place This Friday
  live music is dear to my heart and this is always sad. however there has been work at the showplace and icon, now eden club (who knows what the holdup is, liquor license?), so all is not lost. one can...
• Commented on A Buffalo Renaissance Proclamation
  do you believe in the american dream? apollo creed does......
• Commented on A Buffalo Renaissance Proclamation
  and since you are tuned in for now, Mr. Weekes, can you please help bring some of the jargon into the 21st century and start referring my group of origin as hispanics and not latinos...it's probably just me, but calling...