Joe E.V.

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• Commented on Construction Watch: 716 Swan Street
  If only these had been shovel ready sites, imagine how much further along this progress would be....
• Commented on The Skyway's The Limit?
  Put in the new Southtowns light rail and then demo the skyway. Turn Beth. Steel into park n rides. But first, put a damn ped. bridge across the river, somewhere between the Hatch and Miss Bflo, something on an axis...
• Commented on Construction Watch: Hotel Graystone on Track for New Residents this Summer
  I will never forgive him for the Harbor Inn or our sea of Rite Aids/Dollar Stores and their parking. Thank god he didn't get his way at Elmwood and Bryant to do a mega Rite Aid....
• Commented on Construction Watch: Hotel Graystone on Track for New Residents this Summer
  Is this an end-of-April fools joke??...
• Commented on Preservation Buffalo Niagara Proposes to Further Assist with Trico Reuse Planning
  BF, I think the idea is that 6 mos. is an artificial deadline anyway since there is no urgency in demolishing Trico; there is no specific plan for the site, so why the rush? "Shovel ready" sites used to be...
• Commented on UB Unveils Med School Design (More Images)
  What happened to restoring Allen St. east?? Another dead end....
• Commented on Common Council Looks to Revise Food Truck Rules
  People are voting with their wallets resulting in the proliferation of food trucks. The Council ought to walk softly or a lot of hungry people are going to show up in Niagara Sq....
• Commented on Fantastical Place: Bethlehem Steel
  Agree with you 100%, but you just know if a corp came along offering to re-open even a fraction of the mills, the rush to throw money at it would cause whiplash....
• Commented on Casino Construction Tops Off
  Uh, I think the economy killed their earlier plan to suck the money out of Buffalo, not the anti-casino groups-especially since there's been no resolution to any of that litigation. I assume the mayor has prodded the Senecas into this...
• Commented on Rehabbed Homes in Masten Neighborhood Come with a High Price Tag
  What a crime-I'm no less offended just because it's federal dollars being flushed. 350k rehab and when done, they are worth...40k? 50k? Who approves these grants!!...
• Commented on NYSDOT Agrees to Look at Skyway Alternatives
  ECHDC has only as much say in the removal of the skyway as the rest of us-it's the State DOT's baby because Rt. 5 is a STATE road. Your "holistic" approach if pretty scatter shot....
• Commented on NYSDOT Agrees to Look at Skyway Alternatives
  Yes, because recreational boaters have so much in common with food stamp recipients....
• Commented on NYSDOT Agrees to Look at Skyway Alternatives
  If they didn't have a choice, they'd make it work. While I don't sail, I am a boater....
• Commented on NYSDOT Agrees to Look at Skyway Alternatives
  I imagine boaters could be advised the bridge won't be raised from 4:30 to 6:00 and learn to deal with it, just as motorists would know if they didn't get over by 6 they should take Ohio street. Or find...
• Commented on NYSDOT Agrees to Look at Skyway Alternatives
  I imagine boaters could be advised the bridge won't be raised from 4:30 to 6:00 and learn to deal with it, just as motorists would know if they didn't get over by 6 they should take Ohio street. Or find...
• Commented on Rumor: Walmart Eyeing Hertel/Elmwood Corner
  I can only support this if they build it to look like the unbuilt Frank Lloyd Wright Walmart. And build it to the curb....
• Commented on Acropolis a Go-Go
  This is the quality of argument that Corp Counsel made....
• Commented on Acropolis a Go-Go
  Oh please, this was just lousy Corporation Counsel lawyering-nice write up though Paul/Newell....
• Commented on Catholic Health Breaks Ground For New Administrative Facility
  Isn't that entrance actually about 100 feet from the corner of Oak and Genesee? More deadzone, on top of the deadzone that is interstate Oak St....
• Commented on Preservation: A Discussion Worth Having
  I have no doubt that if saved, this will be a destination in a few short years. This could be a lighter, cheaper project in our new Distillery District. Wouldn't hurt to have the Sabres back by then, though....
• Commented on Dream or Nightmare: Stadium Complex Proposed for Outer Harbor
  The stadium could be just a stop, not the end of a Stowns line-it could go all the way to...ECC South! Commuters could park there and ride, and then we could tear down the skyway without commuter opposition. Bet it...
• Commented on Freight House Owners to Apply for Demo Permit
  Actually, even Savarino says he won't be bothered by waiting til spring to start, so there's plenty of fall and winter for obstruction to take place without it delaying his plan and his taking his marbles and going home....
• Commented on Freight House Owners to Apply for Demo Permit
  Even worse, I bet the attorney for Pres Co. will do it mostly...PRO BONO!! Nothing more stubborn than a lawyer who isn't taking a case on an hourly or contingent retainer....
• Commented on Freight House Owners to Apply for Demo Permit
  So, so sad....
• Commented on Freight House Owners to Apply for Demo Permit
  If preservation were based on polling, we'd have a lot of strip malls....
• Commented on Freight House Owners to Apply for Demo Permit
  Tear it down and build-it will help revitalize the whole area, maybe even save the Harbor Inn from demo...oh, wait....
• Commented on Erie Freight House - An Alternative View
  I bet you believe man never set foot on the moon, too....
• Commented on Erie Freight House - An Alternative View
  Looks worth exploring-if it's feasible it's a better project than apts. It's sat decaying for decades, and even Savarino says a seasons delay is not going to kill his plan-so either there's a viable alt by spring or down it...
• Commented on Catholic Health Admin Center Design Released
  Have you tried Coco yet at 888 Main? Good food....
• Commented on Catholic Health Admin Center Design Released
  I park behind the library every day and have to cross Oak-it's brutal, traffic flies past at 40-45. Anyone who jaywalks has a deathwish. Traffic here needs to be slowed and crosswalk timing needs to get more ped friendly, especially...