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• Commented on Construction Watch: One Canalside
  How do you know they won't be making good use of that "dead space"? They may have plans to have outdoor cafes or utilize it for public activities. Maybe you should wait and see the final product before condemning the...
• Commented on On the Market: Richmond Methodist Episcopal Church
  A conversion similar to the Bryant Parish Condos a few blocks up the street would be really cool....
• Commented on St. Luke's Project to Serve Single Moms and Families
  I think the idea of a shared courtyard as opposed to backyards is an excellent idea. It builds a sense of community, and is safer. It appears that the doors are on the side because they are behind a secure...
• Commented on A Sprawl-tastic Grab Bag
  Also, the "vacant" Rite Aid is under renovation and Dollar Tree will be opening in that location in October....
• Commented on Preservation Means Jobs: O'Brien's Quality Service Flooring
  I was thinking the same thing. It's like misaligned wallpaper......
• Commented on Big Deal: Horsefeather's Building Sold
  While those rents seem ridiculously high for Connecticut Street, I think they are geared towards D'Youville students, so given the cost of student housing, that's about right. Ever price the new studio apartments recently built in close proximity to the...
• Commented on Construction Watch: Buffalo State Technology Building
  Has anyone noticed that even though the campus starts at Grant, the nice brick "Buffalo State College" sign is one block in? You literally have to go up one block (Letchworth/Rockwell) past the new dorms to see the sign, as...
• Commented on 504 Washington Street Ready for Tenants
  At first, I actually thought that was the "before" picture.......
• Commented on Sheehan Closing; Blocks from ECC City Campus (hint hint)
  That building houses several different facilities. Is the whole building closing and all of their tenants being forced to move? There are several medical practices, an adult day care program and other programs that are not associated with Sheehan but...
• Commented on On the Market (Again): 112 Genesee Street
  I'm sure the Genesee Gateway project directly across the street being completed has increased the value. If nothing else, it has added traffic and potential customers to whatever business might move in there. It looks like it would make for...
• Commented on Acme Storefronts
  This reno isn't that recent. It was done before the building next door burned in the beginning of December. The question is, why was it done? It was a vacant storefront before, and it's a vacant storefront now. If they...
• Commented on Larkin Center of Commerce Celebrates Its First Year
  I think the building has gone from "ewww", to "eh". Obviously a big improvement, but if you didn't see the before you wouldn't appreciate the after, at all. I was in the building about 7 years ago and it was...
• Commented on The future of Lafayette High School
  Where do all the teachers and faculty park? When I was in high school (back in the 80's) we even had a student lot, for those of us that had to drive to school....
• Commented on Wrecking Buffalo: 94 Northampton
  I drive down this street about once a week for work, and this is one of the better streets on the East Side. You can count the number of abandoned houses on one hand, maybe two. It's relatively quiet as...
• Commented on ECMC Breaks Ground on Skilled Nursing Facility
  I don't mean to criticize, but can someone please edit this article?...
• Commented on Seeing the Light on Main Street
  I believe he was making reference to what you would see at the zoo.......
• Commented on Wrecking Buffalo: 62 Wilson Street
  That's a very logical post, but in case you haven't noticed most of the posters here write about the fantasy world going on in their heads. I don't think they take too kindly to people living in reality.......
• Commented on Wrecking Buffalo: 62 Wilson Street
  Let's not forget that most of the properties on the demo list are way beyond repair, and many were not built to last. The majority of the houses that are falling apart were built with no foundation and cheap materials...
• Commented on Mystery Health Club Operator Plans Elmwood/Hertel Location
  Originally this land was going to house a storage facility. I think this is an improvement over that. Now will someone please do something about the eyesore across the street???...
• Commented on Design Ideas Floated for Maryland/West Project
  I'm curious why several of the different designs (that blend well with each other) couldn't be used to give the appearance of brownstones, like you might see in a residential side street in Manhattan? Or maybe one style in different...
• Commented on Meetings Set to Review Maryland/West Project
  I wonder how difficult it would be to design the exterior to look like a series of brownstones, like you would see on a residential block in Manhattan.......
• Commented on THEN, then, and Now: Stratford Arms Redo
  The building on the Northwest corner of Main and Utica was the twin to the newly renovated building on the Southeast corner, but it was in really bad shape just before it was torn down....
• Commented on Construction Watch: BMFCU Expansion
  Yes, instead of putting a second floor and re-cladding the building, they should have picked it up and moved it to the curb, so they the renovation of an EXISTING building didn't look suburban....
• Commented on It's a Wrap: Main Utica Square
  The building looks much better, for now. Can we get new tenants and get rid of the drug dealers and crack whores that set up post in front of the building?...
• Commented on Ripley... believe it.
  It certainly sends a message. Possibly "color blind person lives here". I get what you're saying, but I would not be happy being a neighbor of a house painted that color....
• Commented on Eliot Spitzer at Talking Leaves Wednesday
  Love the strategic placement of his hand to display his wedding ring....
• Commented on Krog Bullish on Buffalo
  I work a block up from this project and I have seen no visible progress in the past 4-5 weeks. And to say this project is 50% completed is a huge exaggeration. Maybe if it was going to be a...
• Commented on Another Church at Risk of Demo
  I think the house next door needs to go. I think it would be much easier to market the church without a rundown house next door, especially if there are stained glass windows on that side. That house is blocking...
• Commented on Another Church at Risk of Demo
  If you look at the Google street view there are 2 dilapidated structures on that block. The house next door, and then the next one down on the left. Behind it are brick newer builds, and the remaining houses on...