What? You mean we will be losing another possible shovel ready site? How will Buffalo ever grow again with all this obstructionism.
What? You mean we will be losing another possible shovel ready site? How will Buffalo ever grow again with all this obstructionism.
WOW. i definitely had no hope in the orphanage ever being saved. its nice to see some good projects going on around the inner east-side.
Great to see this beauty possibly being restored.
Though, housing might be iffy. I bet this place is haunted as hell.
Thank you for this news. Stories like these are why I read BuffaloRising.
Fantastic news! I also felt that these were doomed for demolition and I guess some of them still are but 4/9.. could be worse. Do we know which ones will be demoed?
Terrific! This, combined with what the BN is reporting about the Livery, makes me happy to be a new resident by choice.
What is wrong with the five buildings that are being demolished? Aren't these worthy of preservation?
On his fixBuffalo blog David has a collection of slideshows and links to a recent photo show up in Toronto about this place. Some neighborhood maps and gruesome story about the place from back in the day.
I'm impressed this project is coming to fruition, if indeed it comes to fruition. It's been a long time in the making. Great reuse of a charming site in a difficult, yet accessible neighborhood.
The reason for my caution is the caveat that the deal is held up by short term financing. What does that mean? Isn't this a tax credit candidate? It hasn't won approval for those yet, has it? Is this project a competitor in this year's round of credit applications or is the majority of the financing already in place?
Does the project mean that CAO is going to give up their digs on Harvard? Canisius High School was once interested in buying their site on Harvard (near Main and Michigan) upon which to build an athletic field.
At least 4 of the buildings will be rehabed including the Chapel. Thanks to Fr. Ron and the St. Martin de Porres Parish Community for working so hard on this property and the neighborhood. I can't wait to see the progress on Dodge St.
I wish in adding the new apartments they would try to reconstruct the original look of the original building...because this really was an integral part of the eastside, kensington, olmstead park community and its return is an integral part of reknitting that section of the community back together.
Furthermore it does add to the pressure to deck over the kensington!
One last thing comes to mind....now that the German Roman Catholic Orphanage has attracted interest....is there any question how much longer places like St Vincents Orphanage and Notre Dame de Lourdes must wait to be redeveloped...especially since they are much closer to Main Street and thus much more visable and closer to the development corridor.
The bad news is that DHCR announced the tax credit awards this past Monday, and St. Martin Village was not funded - a big setback for this project.
this building is so amazing in person. i cannot wait to see this area come back to life.
Report this