monday may 5th 2008
Beer And Bows
buffalorising
Like beer? Still need to buy that Mother’s Day gift? Head on down to Annie Adams in The Neighborhood Collective at 810 Elmwood Avenue on May8th and 9th from 5pm-8pm and get them both. Annie Adams is holding “Beer and Bows.” Customers can sample free beer while shopping for a great Mother’s Day gift and as an added bonus, any purchase will be gift wrapped free of charge.
According to Jayme Becker, Director of Operations at Annie Adams, “We’ll have draft beers for sampling while gentlemen can shop for Mother’s Day. Whatever you purchase we’ll have fabulously wrapped with a fabulous bow!”
The beer comes from the Village Beer Merchant in growler jugs. They will have a variety of beers from lagers, stouts, to ales. The Village Beer Merchant has the largest selection of beer within the Buffalo City limits.
You can find out more about Annie Adams at their website or by calling 887-2929. The Village Beer Merchant is located at 547 Elmwood…
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Eli George
Back in April, some of you might remember that the Binational Tourism Alliance (BTA) held a summit in the Adam’s Mark Hotel. The summit centered on discussions of how to eliminate the barriers to cross-border tourism development. The BTA is going to be holding one of the first of several roundtable discussions this summer. The first is tomorrow, May 6th, at the Edgewaters Tap & Grill in Queen Victoria Park in Niagara Falls, Ontario.
The Binational Transportation Roundtable will cover an array of topics with a variety of speakers. Topics planned are on the existing transportation plans, alternative transit methods, the Niagara bike train, signage challenges, border crossing and summer construction, and new legislation that will affect the travel industry. Arlene White, executive director of the BTA, say…
Elena Cala Buscarino
Yesterday I toured the Columbus Park-Prospect Hill community. Martin Wachadlo led the tour, a historical and architectural narrative.
Most of those present were residents of the neighborhood, and while Wachaldo did his best to talk about these second-generation homes, where there once stood four-story mansions dating back to 1803, coupled with the evils of vinyl replacement windows, residents such as President of the Niagara Gateway Columbus Park Association Kathleen Mecca had other things on her mind.
Mecca, along with Carol Perla and Liz Martina had more to say about what the proposed Peace Bridge Plaza would do to the neighborhood--the site of former Indian-owned land that was transformed by the well-to-do and middle class whites, then became the home of many Italians and was known as "Doctors' Row" surrounding an Olmsted Park.
The tour was an amalgam of the historical a…
Christa Glennie Seychew
Most of Buffalo's fine dining restaurants change their menu two to four times a year in order to take advantage of the season's best produce and to provide their clientele with weather-appropriate dishes. You may love a good braised short rib, but it may not be suited to an evening's meal in the full heat of August. A wise chef moves forward with proteins, produce and preparations that reflect the season. The best way for a chef to do this is to purchase goods grown and raised by area farmers.
But buying local isn't as easy as it seems if you're a chef in Buffalo.
Once upon a time, Buffalo chefs would rise at dawn and head down to the bustling Clinton Bailey Wholesale Market to buy fresh produce from an array of local farmers. In recent years, the market has seen resurgence, but not to the point of being the hub of Buffalo…
Todd Mitchell
Ten more folks are ready to tell Buffalo’s stories of architecture and history to residents and visitors alike. Others expanded their repertoire of stories. On Saturday, May 3, they all completed the 2008 Buffalo Tours docent training class, and will be giving their graduation tours over the next four weeks.
This year’s docent class, the third for Buffalo Tours, is preparing docents for not one, but three downtown tours. The Downtown Revealed: Appreciating Buffalo’s Architecture tour will continue to introduce our city’s history and architectural highlights. The Theater District Tour will explore the northern half of downtown including Shea’s Theater, Goldome Bank, and the Electric Tower. People can get the lowdown on downtown’s resurgence on the New Digs Downtown tour. This tour examines the new developments along Delaware Avenue including the New Era Cap Company h…
STEEL
A few days ago I posted this story about some wonderful North Pearl Street row houses. In that story I alluded to some other treasures in this small corner of the city. The building seen here sits at the top of North Pearl, almost directly across the street from those row houses. It may rank as Buffalo's most underrated and least known masterpieces. It was built in 1899 as the home of the First Baptist Church. Its address is actually 14 North Street and now serves as the worship space for the New Life Assembly of God.
I could not find any information about this building. It is not in the Buffalo architecture guide book, It is not listed on Buffalo as an Architectural Museum, and I could …
sunday may 4th 2008
Buffalo's Pebble Beach
queenseyes
When recently discussing the new Erie Basin Marina beach, the issue of ‘quality of sand’ was brought up. The reason? Because there is a beach at the NFTA Small Boat Harbor that is very underutilized possibly due to the type of sand found there. Have you ever walked the beach? Have you ever taken a close look at the materials used for sand? It's basically gravel and rocks, making for an excellent place to take the dogs, but not a great place to build a sandcastle.
If you ever head over to the NFTA Small Boat Harbor during the warmer months, you will find that it has become a destination for walkers... but not necessarily on the beach. People mostly stick to the boardwalk unless they're down by the water launching a jet ski. It's unfortunate really. Here is section of our waterfront that has made enormous strides forward. There are places to fly kites, take the dogs, rollerbla…
BRO Reader Submission
This may be a pointless topic, but I was wondering if anyone has ever done a story or considered a story on our downtown buildings and the night lighting that exists on the skyline?
For example, the Rand building (no lights at all at night) and the HSBC tower (nothing but office lights in the windows). There are a lot of unlit buildings at night especially from the Rand to the Hyatt area. The city would appear so beautiful if they just LIT it up! As for the HSBC... that is the tallest building and it absolutely makes no "statement" when the sun goes down.
I'm sure the new courthouse and 200 Delaware will add to the lighting.....
-Russ
Anthony Swinnich
It's not often you hear about someone moving from California to Buffalo to pursue a career in music, but Bernice Marie has done just that. A Niagara Falls native, she moved to Palm Springs when she turned 18, but ultimately found herself drawn back to Buffalo's closer-knit community.
Bernice played shows for about a year in California, but felt like she was lost in the shuffle.
“LA and Palm Springs are very overrated as far as music. You're just a small fish in a huge pond there. It turns out that when you leave Buffalo, you come to realize that you really love Buffalo. I mean, I really have honest 'Buffalove,'” she said.
She feels that Buffalo provides a better opportunity for artists, among other things. It's not like Bernice didn't get a fair shake in LA, where she played large venues like the Airliner and the Wire. She simply prefers the Queen City.
“We ha…
Joseph DiDomizio
“We’ve been the best kept secret in Western New York for close to thirty years,” begins Kevin Kazmierczak, Principal of the Buffalo Academy for Visual and Performing Arts (BAVPA). The school, which includes grades five through twelve, was founded in the late 1970’s as a college preparatory plan to attract students from all over the city, regardless of race or ethnicity. The BAVPA spent most of its time in a building on Clinton Street, and recently moved into a new facility on Masten and Ferry.
“The new facility physically supports our programs. In the old building, form did not follow function,” Kazmierczak said. “Once you go inside, you don’t know that you’re in the school. From the start, you can experience students' artwork.”
The programs at the BAVPA go beyond the arts, as the faculty strives to develop a curriculum that includes art-influenced ac…
