benfranklin

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• Commented on Free up Connecticut Street
  The properties may be overpriced, but his posts seem to show that he's looking to get back to Buffalo, and partner with someone. Theoretically, if I were going to go into business with him, and he wanted to say the...
• Commented on Free up Connecticut Street
  I don't believe you can legally have an empty building in the City of Buffalo. I'd be in favor of certain areas to be zoned as 'revitalization districts' or something... and actually try to motivate owners to rent or sell...
• Commented on Free up Connecticut Street
  The price has been dropped to $400,000. The listing shows an 'edit' within the last week....
• Commented on Free up Connecticut Street
  The posting now says $400,000. 10,000 square feet, it's not really that crazy. It is interesting to see the list of improvements, which to me seem significant, but people here will deride him as an absentee landlord letting his property...
• Commented on Free up Connecticut Street
  I don't see an address on it in streetview. This was the one posted on Craigslist not too long ago?...
• Commented on Roly Poly Sandwich Shop coming to Main Street
  Using terms you might more easily grasp, in the world of comments, this is the equivalent of the owner of a McMansion in Akron driving in the 33, to a newly created parking lot where an E.B. Green creation once...
• Commented on Roly Poly Sandwich Shop coming to Main Street
  "...nascent epicurean revolution..." nice....
• Commented on Tappo raises the rooftop
  "We need people from all over WNY to start visiting DT more Often...This is done by creating destinations that are appealing to the eye as well as to the stomach and wallet...Also good marketing works.." Took my son to canalside...
• Commented on Roly Poly Sandwich Shop coming to Main Street
  I'm beginning to think he's playing a role, similar to a villain in professional wrestling. The threads with his pro-demo crowd, or anti-sprawl rants drive the most traffic to the site. Wonder if he wears a mask while he types?...
• Commented on Roly Poly Sandwich Shop coming to Main Street
  It's kind of funny you mention the Mayor. A few weeks ago I was replying to Steel, and began to say something about no-one being for demo all the time... and I stopped, thinking the Mayor of Lackawanna made the...
• Commented on Big Deal: Ellicott Development Buys Two Development Sites
  Got it. Bureau of Labor and Statistics has the following: Pay: The median annual wage of veterinarians was $82,040 in May 2010. Job Outlook: Employment of veterinarians is expected to grow 36 percent from 2010 to 2020, much faster than...
• Commented on Big Deal: Ellicott Development Buys Two Development Sites
  Over 60,000 per year for school for a job that earns $45,000 a year? That salary number seems low, but I have no facts to question it....
• Commented on Roly Poly Sandwich Shop coming to Main Street
  Would be interesting to see the lease. The spot will be more valuable three years from now....
• Commented on Big Deal: Ellicott Development Buys Two Development Sites
  Mrs. Markel tip her hand that she's ready to sell? A tenant of her's has shown an interest in some property downtown... that would explain a couple things....
• Commented on Teamwork Removes Obscenity from Valley Grain Elevator
  ...iron railings, bad pizza, what kind of heresy are you pushing on a Sunday?...
• Commented on St. Francis De Sales Church in Hamlin Park is on the Market
  If you were dropped on this planet from somewhere else... and you were shown a 2013 Cadillac, and told it sold for $70,000, and then you were shown this building, what would your guess be for it's value? 100 of...
• Commented on St. Francis De Sales Church in Hamlin Park is on the Market
  A vehicle and sign related to stop the violence in the google street view of the building....
• Commented on St. Francis De Sales Church in Hamlin Park is on the Market
  Wow...quite a building. It looks like the chandeliers have been removed? That couldn't have been that easy, or am I seeing this incorrectly?...
• Commented on Taste of Buffalo Celebrates 30 Year Anniversary July 13-14
  Get a grip man. Does it make sense for an Amherst business to be in the Taste of Orchard Park? Not really, and they've set up a policy to not have it happen. It's not a city vs. suburb thing,...
• Commented on Teamwork Removes Obscenity from Valley Grain Elevator
  Deadspin had a 'swear word bracket', like the NCAA's 64 team bracket... google it you must, but probably not at work. Well, depends where you work. I'm not sure how the NSA feels about it... Anyway, your 'C' made the...
• Commented on Taste of Buffalo Celebrates 30 Year Anniversary July 13-14
  From the 'Taste of Orchard Park' .... **This year, all vendors wishing to participate in this fantastic event must be an active member of the Orchard Park Chamber of Commerce.** What pedestal was that?...
• Commented on Teamwork Removes Obscenity from Valley Grain Elevator
  ... do you think the 'you're racist' but I'm not comments do more to stop racism, perpetuate it, or just let us know you're better than the rest of us? South Buffalo means Irish drunk, right? That didn't make me...
• Commented on Taste of Buffalo Celebrates 30 Year Anniversary July 13-14
  Just read through the list of restaurants. I haven't been to this event in a while, so maybe I'm off base. It would seem appropriate to limit participation to those restaurants that have locations in the city, or some tiered...
• Commented on Time Warner Cable Urged to Locate Call Center at Sheehan Site (New Rendering)
  Seems like UNYTS is no longer in the running to move here... I'm aware they wanted to consolidate under one roof. Seems like some deep pockets could buy the K-Mart (bini's idea), update if for the Salvation Army, knock down...
• Commented on The Foundry's Creative Community Series: Buffalo Lab
  This seems like it could be a good fit. Good luck to them....
• Commented on How many new roads have we built since 1990 and how much is it costing us?
  https://maps.google.com/maps?q=bnmc&ie=UTF-8&ei=jsK4UZTJLunB4APsv4DIBA&ved=0CAgQ_AUoAg I didn't see acres of empty lots. Thought the suggested new building was newsworthy, but seemed to be overlooked here....
• Commented on How many new roads have we built since 1990 and how much is it costing us?
  ...it's a joke people, don't get upset....
• Commented on How many new roads have we built since 1990 and how much is it costing us?
  Steel told us the other day not to believe what's in the News....
• Commented on How many new roads have we built since 1990 and how much is it costing us?
  Gays cutting grass and sex in the basement, that post could be the basis for a reality show....
• Commented on On The Market: Two Acres in Allentown/Med Campus
  Nice work Sheldon. Old Pink or Hell were the best options of the day....