Joe Galvin

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• Commented on HomeFront Inc. Transforming City Neighborhoods With Vacant Home Rehab Projects
  It's very common to hear the drug dealers referred to as "Pushes pushers" They use to hide the drugs in the bushes and sell right off the little PUSH side porch on the corner of Nineteenth and Massachusetts. Now...
• Commented on 'Touraine Paints' Sign Gets A Refresh
  I really miss the one on the side of Ray Flynn's....
• Commented on Save Trico. Be Happy.
  There is no history to it. ............... See right there... Go to the meeting. You have a lot to learn. It could be an eye opener for you...or not!...
• Commented on HomeFront Inc. Transforming City Neighborhoods With Vacant Home Rehab Projects
  The work Homefront is doing on 19th street is fantastic. They set out with a plan, stuck to it and accomplished their goals in a timely fashion. I have watched all the homes they have renovated with excitement and I...
• Commented on A Big PUSH on the West Side
  Soupcan... Come introduce yourself. Look for the red barn on Nineteenth street. You will know it when you see it. Welcome to the neighborhood...neighbor !...
• Commented on A Big PUSH on the West Side
  does anyone know who the company was that installed that metal roof? looks great! Answere: Roof Masters...
• Commented on Buffalo ReUse Moves Into Kaufman's Bakery Building
  Dear Queenseyes, Correct me if I am wrong but Kaufman's bakery was located in the Main/Fillmore neighborhood across Fillmore from what is now a Rite-Aid store on a Main/Fillmore triangle. The building you are referencing in the Ferry/Jefferson neighborhood is...
• Commented on New Tavern To Open On Allen Street
  The "Allenwood"...?...
• Commented on Homefront, the 19th Street renovations
  How so?...
• Commented on Gene McCarthy's Brewery and Kitchen
  What.....................? No roast beef??? Gene will be turning in his grave !...
• Commented on Homefront, the 19th Street renovations
  I am all for lowering density and I'm proud to say I am doing my part. I have a single home. I have a double. I have the same amount of people in both. My neighbor however has 12...
• Commented on Homefront, the 19th Street renovations
  Is Homefront working on both blocks of 19th Street -- from Rhode Island to Mass, from Mass to Ferry -- or just one of those blocks--? 50/50. They started on the North block and have five finished. To date...
• Commented on Homefront, the 19th Street renovations
  I am proud to say I have been in the area for twenty five years. During this time I have seen a lot of change but the amount of investment going on now is something very new. In the...
• Commented on Planting with the Stars
  Thank you. I WILL be in touch....
• Commented on Construction Watch: Larkin District
  This is amazing. I am truly proud of the makeover happening here in this area. Can't wait to see what the summer brings in terms of entertainment and excitement. Job very well done !!!...
• Commented on Planting with the Stars
  O K That's it! I'm stealing this idea. I don't care what you think. I'm taking it. So here's my idea: I have this property that needs some sprucing and my thought is to adorn it with the big...
• Commented on Sweet Sophia's
  Give "Angie's Pizzeria" on Niagara street a try. Small, one at a time service...and...Oh So Good. It says Pizzeria but they serve breakfast, lunch and dinner. To tell the truth...I've never had the pizza....
• Commented on Caribe Café
  What are the hours? I went yesterday night...dinner time...and they were closed....
• Commented on So long Sweet Tooth
  "there has been an influx of sweet shops opening in the Elmwood Village..." That has little to do with the closing of this shop in my opinion. It has more to do with the quality of the products and the...
• Commented on Park At My House
  O K...so here's another idea. With all the houses being knocked down in Buffalo how about a plan to designate empty lots in select areas as off street parking for neighborhood residents. I realize there are not houses coming...
• Commented on Carl Paladino Talks Preservation, Mentions New Downtown Project
  The first floor of the Crosby Building is not vacant. There is a new restaurant called "Frankie Mohawk's". They have live music and good food. Its a shame when you have a city on the move and it leaves...
• Commented on Gillian Brown: Getting to Housing Court
  Where is Gillian's headquarters???...
• Commented on "A Buffalo Guy In Los Angeles"
  Don Esmonde has a good story today you might want to read. http://www.buffalonews.com/city/columns/donn-esmonde/article510480.ece...
• Commented on A Richmond Refresher
  Congratulations to the new homeowners. Your house looks wonderful. Thank you for helping the neighborhood. Whether its gray or blue, green or orange, primary colors or not and San Francisco too, somebody always has a hard time with it....
• Commented on Buffalo Rising: Stunning architecture, brilliant revitalization
  How can I receive the program for the National Trust conference? Where is that available please? Thanks....
• Commented on A 450lb Cake Version of the Larkin Building. For Real.
  Are we all invited???...
• Commented on Rolling Joe Café
  James was out last night in the Massachusetts and Nineteenth area around the time of the downpour....
• Commented on Thursday at the Square 2011 Schedule (and RTH)
  Yesterday I had a conversation with my neighbor and she complained about the color choice I made when painting my house last summer. Never mind the thousands of dollars I invested in that project and all the other money...
• Commented on My Favorite Buildings: Wicks House
  My family lived in this neighborhood for Fifty years and I have spent a lot of time here. Its a wonderful house filled with thousands of memories. This house has gone through the similar fate of many houses in the...
• Commented on Re-Tree WNY Pushes Back Major Volunteer Efforts to Fall
  For all the good this organization does its disheartening when a handful of volunteers come to your neighborhood and don't even try to plant a tree. Last year several people came to the corner of Massachusetts and Nineteenth street...