Buffalorising has been redesigned.

any dropped off in Canada yet?

sbrof,

Not yet, but stay tuned. We have some pretty cool plans for introducing Toronto to all Buffalo has to offer and keeping Buffalonians up to speed on what's going on in Toronto...online and in print.

2007 is gonna be pretty hot.

I haven't seen any in the downtown area yet.

get some up in Niagara Falls hotels and restaurants as.... well both sides

If you're in Niagara Falls USA, you should drop by Donatello's on 3rd street for a copy of Buffalo Rising. The full distribution list will be posted soon, listing locations on Pine Avenue, in LaSalle, Lewiston, Snyder and many more in Niagara County. Coming soon (this week) on the Canadian side!

Hey Steve,

We'll be publishing our distribution list online at the end of the month, but right now, here are a few of the places you can find BRM downtown:

Market Arcade
Studio Arena
Irish Classical Theater
The Larkin Building
Globe Market (Downtown)
Pearl Street Brewery
Sound Lab
SPoT (Chippewa)
Convention & Visitor's Bureau
Salsarita's

And then there's Hero Design on Allen Street, the folks responsible for the design of the holiday guide...

and Buffalo Big Print
Allen Street Dress Shop
Neo
Sage
Cafe 59

And Steel, we are distributing in Niagara Falls, just on the US side though.

Thanks, figmo. I'll be sure to pick one up tomorrow while I'm downtown. Also, Glad to hear your distributing to the Niagara Falls area (Both sides)- That is a very great market to get exposed in. Keep up the good work everyone at BR

Any appearing in Rochester, NY?

How sad that every year there are fewer and fewer unique shopping choices on elmwood. Gooing or gone in just the last year are Pier One, Home of the Hits, Mondo Video, What is being done to stem this tide? You need more than empty storefronts to lure outsiders into the area.

sally but there has been a large new influx of businesses as well, Room, Stache, Krudmart, Lu Modern, Elmwood Panhandler just to name a few. The new far out weight the old.

Then why are there more vacant storefronts than in years past? Don't get me wrong I think Elmwood is a cool place. But the overall trend in the last few years is definitely downward albeit only slightly at this point. This still needs to be addressed before the street reaches a tipping point.

I don't think Elmwood is going in the wrong direction at. In fact it's looking more and more busier, and better. Yes, a handful of empty storefronts, but we have many more 'New" businesses that have and are opening up. Even our downtown core is seeing new retail activiety return in a very short time. ,,New Era Cap Co, Get Dressed-Downtown, Chez Ann Salon, and the new Retail encubator coming to Ellicott Street this February with Rocco's new loft buildings.
A new trend is happening in Buffalo, we should all be very excited, things come and go and we are not loosing so much as we have been used too. I'm excited about what is happening all over this city and plan to stay and wait them out for more.

Great, but of course the places you mentioned are not on Elmwood which was my concern. As someone that only see's the area sporadically it may be easier to see the decline than someone that is there all of the time. Kind of how you don't notice yourself getting older in the mirror but you sure can tell that someone you have not seen in a long time has aged. Remember at one time Broadway was far busier than Elmwood is but it just slowly slipped away until such a point was reached that it went into free fall. My concern is that Elmwood not follow the same path.

Sally -

"As someone that only see's [sic] the area sporadically" you are part of the problem, no?

The retail development on Elmwood has been fantastic this year: Krudmart, Lu Modern, Stache, and Room, not to mention new and existing eateries doing very well. Pier 1 is really no loss.

let me just say that it looks beautfiul and would make anyone want to shop at these stores, even if you were done with your christmas shopping. great job!

I am not part of the problem, the problem is that I do not desire to go to an area that has fewer options everytime I visit, Perhaps you cannot see the forrest for the trees. Don't blame the shopper for the decline blame the store operators for not creating a must go to shopping destination.

I'll admit, it's not the Galleria Mall... but Elmwood does not seek to attract that kind of shopper. How can you walk down Elmwood and say that there's less there? It might not appeal to you, but that doesn't mean it's a deeply troubled area. It's the healthiest retail corridor in the city.

Actually Elmwood has more retail and restaurant establishments than it ever has had. It also has more actual storefront spaces than it ever has had ( I think I can count a net gain of 4 new retail spaces this year alone) The quality of the retail establishments has also increased substantially in recent years. Anyone seeing the loss of Mondo Video as a sign of decline is really off base (not to mention that Mondo moved because someone is proposing a major new development on that site

Funny Sally real funny!

Steel you are wrong as usual, the area is in a very slight decline. Things such as last night's double shooting will only hasten the decline of Elmwood as a whole. The decline needs to be addressed now while it is minor. At t least 3 shops have closed since summer. That is not a sign of health and neither is denial.

To say Elmwood is the best retail corridor in the city is faint praise indeed,

Well Sally it seems you only count the stores that close and not the stores that move or the new development that has happened or new stores that have opened. To say that an area is in decline when stores are moving out of the way of new development is a silly argument. As for small businesses of the type on Elmwood , they will always be in flux with new replacing old. You do not even believe your own story if you ignore the new businesses and only count the old and faded.

What is your agenda Sally and what else have I been wrong on...please enlighten me.

Picking up my issue tomorrow before I go shopping. This year I am hitting Buffalo for gifts. There is nothing more spirit deadening than fighting the shopping zombies at a mall.
I am sure that there are more than enough retailers to fulfill my needs.

I agree wholeheartedly, Pauldub...fighting the malls and big-box stores filled with shopping zombies who all desire the same sweaters and toys and gadgets that thousands of other people will be purchasing is not my idea of fun either. Elmwood, Hertel, Allentown, and the like are the way to go when shopping for unique gifts that the people on my list always adore - and as a double bonus, shopping at these stores also helps support our local business owners.

And Sally, I simply cannot bring myself to agree with you that Elmwood has "fewer options" with every visit. Yes, some stores and restaurants have closed, but that is simply the nature of business. I live in the area and see many exciting new businesses opening constantly, taking the places of those that have moved on. Elmwood is always in exciting transition, not at all the tumble-weed ghost-town that you seem to be describing.

I also have to disagree with your comment that city shop operators do not create a "must go to shopping destination." Individually, the shops have created some beautiful holiday window displays (has anyone seen Everything Elmwood, Spoiled Rotten, and Delish's festive windows lately?...they are great!). Passing by sure puts me in the mood to shop in the city! And collectively, the Elmwood and Hertel areas have organized exciting holiday shopping/celebrating evenings. I can shop on Elmwood late on Friday nights under the stars and snow, eat and drink yummy holiday specials at the local eateries, enjoy the festive decorations all around, and even take a carriage ride down Bidwell Parkway...and Santa visits on Saturdays in December, too. I certainly can't compare any suburban mall/shopping plaza experience to this!

Sally, what are the options at the Malls? Sears, Sears, or Sears. Or Walmart or Walmart. I have my choice of 3 or 4 Targets. And each and every one of them has the same thing. I need something different. I want my wife to say "Where did you find this!" (Hopefully because it is unique and wonderful, not because it's goofy)

I am a terrible gift giver.. but the only pair of earrings I ever gave my wife that actually liked I got on Elmwood.