Anyone looking to restore a former mansion of their own should continue up Porter Ave, to #428 at the corner of Plymouth (on the right) o it's for sale at a ridulously low price but, I'd imagine, needs a good bit of work. To see that an investment done correctly would be worth your while, continue another few blocks on Porter and check out the houses on both sides of the street as you approach D'Youville College. Check out the link (above) too, to see one of them "before" and "after". Enjoy the tour!

can anyone explain what the allentown association actually does besides perpetuate itself and provide its president with the prime corner space at the allen west festival? over the last two years, and since the coit house debacle they mainly seem to be maintaing their own existence. they do little or nothing about problem properties in the neighbor hood. a very important piece of city legislation regarding the regulating of social service agencies, of which there is an overabundance in allentown, is about to expire in the common council and they are doing nothing to notify, educate or mobilize the community. give your money to a better cause, and if you are a member, ask the association what it is doing for YOUR neighbor hood? also ask what is happening with coit house....they may have sold it, but it was with the assurance that it would go to someone who would protect and preserve it, not flip it a year later for a profit.

Very nice photos of the Birge Mansion