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• Commented on New Sabres Uniforms - Again?
  ah Abercrombie and Fitch...actually a kind of like it....
• Commented on The West Delavan Connection
  Yes from the parkway up to the beginning of the subway exit where it goes above ground and with the exception of the block before, ; looks like a detroit landscape. The main street should be a well kept ,...
• Commented on Governor Signs First Crucial Amendment to Historic Tax Credit
  In response to whatever. Being the TO guy staying in a gem like the Lafayette or even a refurbished Stater adds to the charm when visiting Buffalo for a short weekend jaunt, We just don't come to Buffalio for the...
• Commented on Governor Signs First Crucial Amendment to Historic Tax Credit
  what an art deco masterpiece the Lafayette will be; we have nothing to compare with in Toronto. Once finsihed, will stay there in a minute, and forgo the Hampton inn or other common offerings; now a hotel stay in...
• Commented on Turning the Lights Back ON
  I found the the other parts of the city quite nice being the anything west of Main; and yes we were downtown and loved the achitecture as well as recall many years ago being quite different; it seems to...
• Commented on Turning the Lights Back ON
  as I was going to the Anchor bar last weekend from Toronto, my friends were impressed with the beauty of the homes in the Delaware and Elmwood areas ,the great streetscapes, Delaware park and Allen town , they could...
• Commented on Quality of Life Issues: Back to the Basics
  went to Buffalo on the weekend; very impressed with whats happening on elmwood and even Grant, but Main specifically the sidewalks and the lack of trees, and weeds is a damn shame for such a beautiful city. Main street is...
• Commented on Record Sale on Middlesex Road
  A box in San francisco. Wow! A bargain compared to Toronto...
• Commented on BPO Pops: Hollywood on the Harbor
  Sounds great. Skipping the cottage gotta be there and coming from Toronto...
• Commented on Orange = Green: March Madness in Buffalo
  Rather than dithering; simple re-open main street to cars and it too will emulate Allen,Elmwiid and Chippewa...
• Commented on Richard Meier pays a visit to Buffalo
  was just in Tel Aviv, Israel and he is building one of the most splendid looking condo towers I've ever seen; quite talented and very individualistic in design, just so sick of the cookie cutter sameness we see in...
• Commented on "How are things on Elmwood these days?"
  I reside in Toronto; but visit Buffalo often and friends( Torontonians) are always facinated driving up elegant Delaware ave to the park, around the stately homes and circle, Museums and up Elmwood and down to Allen and lower west...
• Commented on Got some info? What's the caption?
  design for the the new peace bridge or possibly first mock up of the skyway?...
• Commented on Apartments Planned for Horsefeathers on Connecticut
  simple: tax dollars or credits for these buildings in the city leverage out the devastating public policy of drawing all investment to the suburbs since the 1950's. This is simple catch up as well as making these neigh. more enticing...
• Commented on LolaPearl Bake Shoppe and City Wine Merchant Tasting
  you just gotta open up a storefront on Elmwood; it would be mobbed!...
• Commented on Whitney Place Rehabs
  re-habbing today;guaranteed dollars to donuts and being so close to downtown; that the rema[nder of the homes there will rise quickly in value and too will be re-furbished. People will be scratching their heads wondering why they didn,t buy then...
• Commented on Cross Border Twin Cities?
  From Toronto , been to Hamilton and many times to buffalo;spend the extra 30 minutes on the QEW to buffalo ;damn more interesting,urban and architecturally superior as well character....
• Commented on Cool Buffalo Real Estate Listing of the Week
  what a gem, asking 75,000 ; in Toronto where I live you couldn't even build a garbage box for that price; you've guys just gotta fix it up; it would complement the other great homes I just viewed this...
• Commented on Bloomberg on Pittsburgh
  driven from Toronto , shocked to see a beautifully situated and vibrant city with stunning stock of cultural, commercial and housing. so impressed brought the whole family down again to visit, great for children. Buffalo has the bones, and have...
• Commented on 340 Delaware- Blue to Multihued
  biggest problem in Buffalo, make it a nice streetscape and watch retaurants and stores flourish, where is your mayor?; in Toronto the first signs of a street renaissiance is immediately complemented by the a city effort to beautify the...
• Commented on 340 Delaware- Blue to Multihued
  fantastic! now just clean up the sidewalk and that rubby tree that makes the rest of lower Delaware look like the south Bronx...
• Commented on Delaware Avenue: Streetscape Enhancement Needed
  want to add; walking on lower Delaware not long ago, as a out of towner , could not for the life of me understand why such a grand ave. has such a south Bronx sidewalk appearance( maybe there filming a...
• Commented on Delaware Avenue: Streetscape Enhancement Needed
  something as simple as planters, street furn. Buffalo vintage lampost as you see on Chippewa, Main, and Elmwood; can tranform the drab into pedestrian friendly and add synergy to the whole neigh. I really don't understand why it's not done...
• Commented on 'Body Worlds' Breaks Records at Buffalo Museum of Science
  understand it's a must see ; in Israel now and the show is presently in Haifa and making plans to see it...
• Commented on MSN Suggests a Buffalo Getaway
  your right PaulBuffalo but Torontoinians rarely venture into 905 unless going to the cottage and would find the Knox more elaborate and better presented in a very idyllic setting as well as get in some great shopping...
• Commented on MSN Suggests a Buffalo Getaway
  been telling my friends in Toronto for years, one of the best kept secrets within 90 minutes of Toronto...
• Commented on Statler Sells for $1.3M to Local Group
  perfect application for a condo conversion juxtaposed in a prime location in the city with the best views of the city and lake. In Toronto, we would salivate for something like this!...
• Commented on Social Bar and Nightclub
  Excellent location for clubbing. You guys always so critical and down. Just Remember Chippewa 15years ago just barred windows and empty shops. Feel much safer there than Toronto's entertainment district...
• Commented on Arson Takes a Landmark
  from Toronto, very sad ,stunning row house just in the wrong part of town I suppose. often on my visits to Buffalo see great existing and continuing refurbished housing stock on the west and north side which would be...
• Commented on Singles shape Chippewa. Now who shapes Main?
  I rememeber when your city added planters and new Buffalo style street lights to Chippewa and Elmwood ,it aided in a quick tranformation to a very welcoming environment which in turn led to retail and restuarants and thus people, as...