buffalorising
The City of Buffalo In Rem 42 Foreclosure Sale is scheduled to take place on October 20, 21, and 22, 2008 at the Buffalo Convention Center. The In Rem 42 Foreclosure Sale List is posted on the City of Buffalo’s website at www.city-buffalo.com. It is also available for a $5.00 fee at the Department of Assessment & Taxation.
“We know these are difficult times and help is available for property owners experiencing financial hardship,” said Mayor Byron W. Brown. “The City of Buffalo can help homeowners avoid foreclosure and payment plans are available to anyone who cannot pay the full amount owed.”
For further information, please contact the Department of Assessment and Taxation at 851-5733, the User Fee Office at 851-5966 or American Water Services at 847-1065 to inquire about a payment plan. Court orders offering extended payment plans to stop foreclosure are also available through the City’s Court Order Program, conducted jointly b…
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Buffalo Foodie
After a brief summer hiatus, SAMPLE’s Supper Club resumes in a few weeks. The monthly occasion returns with an eye on the season and an appreciation for quality beer.
For the uninitiated, SAMPLE’s Supper Club features a “food forward” six course feast that tempts the taste buds and the imagination. If Chef Adam Goetz’s thoughtful and refined contemporary menu isn’t enough to tempt you, perhaps the pairing of exquisite beers with each course will seal the deal. Last season's beer dinner was a stunning success, so I suggest you make reservations and pencil this engagement into your calendar right away.
I attend Supper Club regularly as the food is not only delicious and unrivaled by most area restaurants, but the experience is also memorable. Tables converse with one another and an overa…
queenseyes
For years, visitors to Elmwood Avenue have been gazing upon a partially lit neon work of art at Bidwell Parkway above Sahara Grill. Every once in a while there were reports that the neon was getting repaired... then nothing. That's not the case anymore as this Wednesday marks the official relighting of the Neon Tango Dancers. Thanks to the work of the Elmwood Village Association, the Buffalo Tango Society, NAS Quicksigns and Joe Golombek, the dancers will once again strut their stuff high overhead one of the Top 10 Great Neighborhoods in America. The lighting ceremony will take place at 6:15pm on Wednesday.
Following is from an interview with Laura Rankin, the artist behind the neon sculpture (see post):
"Boy, this takes me bac…
Jennifer Westerholt
More often than not, Carl Paladino comes across as a guy who has a gripe about plenty of things in Buffalo—its politicians, its development projects and even the way its schools are run. And, more often than not, he makes a fair argument. Still, no one can deny that he is a full-time Buffalo Booster, with a particular passion and unconditional love for this city. It’s obvious in his dedication to doing business here.
As CEO of Ellicott Development Company, a real estate development and property management firm which he founded in 1973, he manages 2.8 million square feet of office and residential property, making him Buffalo’s most invested landlord.
Among the properties of which he is most proud, Paladino is particularly pleased with his acquisition of the Ellicott Square Building and its role as a viable entity downtown. He also takes pride in his impressive conversio…
queenseyes
At long last, Tony Maggiotto, owner of CityLove Clothing has found a permanent home on Elmwood Avenue. He has turned the former Stache/Damsel store into a one stop shop for all of your Buffalo needs, Tony is a mastermind when it comes to printing t-shirts that reflect the local times – my favorite happens to be the American Apparel that broadcasts ‘Peace Bridge Planning Committee. And now that Tony has made the move from apartment/cyber space to an official headquarters, he’s decided to bring along some of his accomplices for the ride.
I have a feeling that before long City Love is going to be the home for ‘all things Buffalo’. While selling at the Amherst Street Indie Market this summer, Tony realized that there is power in numbers. That’s why he’s also featuring a few of his grassroots artist friends that were looking to find a presence on the commercial strip (R…
Eli George
Are voting machines safe? Are they reliable? Can they be trusted? With 87 percent of votes counted by the electronic contraptions, those are some very important questions that need to be answered. Hacking Democracy is a documentary from 2007 by Simon Ardizzone and Russell Michael and it attempts to answer those questions and the concerns over their operations and vote tampering.
It all started in 2000, when a voting machine in Volusia County, Florida registered minus 16,022 for Al Gore. For machines that are supposed to be tamper-proof and foolproof, that was a really big fault in the supposedly perfect system. Enter Bev Harris, grandmother and writer. In 2002 in Seattle, her voting machines acquired electronic touch screens and she didn’t understand why. Her curiosity then drove her to discover everything she could about the electronic voting system.
Harris started doing her…
buffalorising
Getting into the University at Buffalo just got a little easier for area students who wouldn’t be able to afford it without some help. Bluecross Blueshield (BCBS) of WNY has joined together with UB to start an endowed fund that will provide Buffalo Public School (BPS) students who enter the university as freshmen with need-based scholarships. The scholarships will help ensure a bright future for area students and the partnership comes just after UB’s third annual Scholarship Gala, which was held on October 4th.
BCBS will be the presenting sponsor of next year’s gala, which is attended by more than 425 business executives, UB faculty, administrators, and community leaders in the Alumni Arena Triple Gym. The gala raised more than $200,000, some of which goes towards scholarships and the rest of which goes into an endowment fund. Partnering with BCBS will allow the universit…
West Coast Perspective
The Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus, Inc. (BNMC) is renovating a four-story annex of the Trico complex at 640 Ellicott Street into an "Innovation Center," a 120,000 sq.ft. building offering state-of-the-art office and wet laboratory space to house local, national, and international life sciences and biotech companies. The $20 million project received a $4.5 million Restore NY grant earlier this year. Economic development officials believe having new laboratory and office space available is critical to attracting life sciences and biotech companies to the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus.
monday october 13th 2008
Oktoberfest @ Essex (Corners)
queenseyes
If you happened to miss the Oktoberfest at the Central Terminal this year, maybe you made it to the one at The Essex Street Pub? Actually, I wasn’t even aware that there was such a celebration on the West Side until I received a phone call Saturday evening. When I heard that ten bucks would get you all of the German food you could eat… well, I had to check it out. When I arrived, the scooter community had already commandeered one side of the joint’s sidewalk, while the cyclists had laid prey to the other side. Nice new bike racks have turned the pub into a haven for the bike community. Inside, there was a German-speaking beer swiller doling out piles of authentic spaetzel, potato salad, dumplings, etc., while a German DJ (both decked out in lederhosen) connected customers with plenty of native s…
andalu13
In an effort to shed some of the summer BBQ pounds, I have been attempting to embark on a daily walk. I was strolling north on Elmwood this past weekend and happen to find myself perusing the shelves of Inspiration Point. At the present time, I could not explain what led me to stop my pace and enter the store, but in retrospect, I think it was meant to be part of my path [metaphysically speaking] that day.
Inspiration Point has a wonderful, peaceful energy. The space is filled with positive books, music, crystals, jewelry et cetera. I purchased a really cool candle created by Phil James –aka- “The Candle Man”. Phil has been creating awesome candles for 30+ years and IP is only one of two locations in the city to carry his works.
I had a really uplifting conversation with the owner, Sandy St. Louis [love that name!]. The store has been open since September of 1997 a…
