I must claim, for myself and a few others, that we were the original Skate Rats on the Buffalo scene... thirty-some years ago. Back in 77-79, me a few die hards used to skate WHEREVER we could! We were the first to skate Reese St. pool (with six …

On visits home, we have stayed there a few times and it has made all the difference in the world! It used to be, on trips home, that we'd stay at the Hyatt - which had fallen, greatly - or the Holiday Inn or, even, the Lennox. And it just felt li…

Steel, actually, it was TWO votes from Toni. But who's counting? Nice article. Thank you.

Actually, I believe it is NEVER too late. Look at what Baltimore did with their 'Inner Harbor' over the past ten years. It was nothing but dive bars, crab shacks, winos and...well, the assorted miscreants found on most industrial waterfronts. Al…