Slide Show: A New Home For Buffalo's Artists
Last Saturday a few of us from BRO attended the groundbreaking for the new Artspace complex on Main Street. There was a good crowd on hand to listen to stories told about how this instrumental project came to fruition. Artspace shovels lined either side of the podium, while works of art by local artists surrounded the crowd - hung on walls and perched on easels. After the ceremony the crowd was invited to hang out with the folks from Artspace, and they were also given a free pass to wonder the complex along with the many puppets who were also in attendance.
To the crowd’s surprise, each floor of the building was already framed-out and pieces of paper hung at framed entrances in order to delineate where kitchens, bedrooms, etc. would eventually be located. The complex was absolutely gigantic, and people visited floor after floor of the old Breitwieser building. Some attendees were allowed to break their own ground with spray paint cans that the committee handed out. All of the above activities took place while musicians played on the first floor, and by the end of the event a good number of Buffalonians walked away knowing that the city had landed top-notch art complex.
Thank you Newell and all at BRO for your constant support on this amazing project !!! I am proud to be a part of it and know that it is changing the city in many seriously good ways.
I think we all need more puppets in our lives :)
Come on over and check out the neighborhood. Coe Place, Ellicott and the homes on Northampton are the best. Hats off to the entire Artspace team...
and shameless plug...across the street at Delta Sonic...the brick oven pizza is amazing!
How about working on another Artspace in Buffalo?
Very nice. Too bad about that ass-ugly, suburban looking gas station accross the street. How much better it would have been if Benderson didn't demolish the Mid City building-where more apartments surly could have gone.
a lot of attractive people in attendance
ArtSpace will be a huge success and will have a positive impact on the area and all of Main Street.
I used to work in that building about 10 years ago as a graphic designer for a game company that was known for producing the "Blizzard of '77" game (before I worked there). Sometimes I would walk to work and think about how sad the neighborhood was. There are some great buildings in the area. Glad to see how things are changing. The offices were great for studios with all the large windows and light. Some of the spaces were empty and I used to wander them wondering about what was there before, who worked there, what the empty space could become. It was damn freezing in there in the winter and roasting in the summer, but I trust those issues will be solved! Some mornings we would have to walk through the protestors at "the abortion clinic." I almost wish I didn't own my own home so I could rent a space there!
how was this neighborhood in the 1970's? Does anybody remember it
hmmmmm...graffitti art?