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For The Famous and Famished.

When I was organizing a tour of the Old First Ward this past weekend, I wanted to show people something completely different. Of course we saw many of the waterfront amenit... Continue Reading

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Last Login: on 25/3/08
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What Were They Thinking?

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Mar 25th, 13:21

up until sometime in the early 90s when this building was constructed, on this spot was a public space where stairs led down into a low flat concrete or brick area with an old clock tower in the center. it was a popular place for skateboarders and …

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City of Buffalo 2008 Spring Planting with Re-Tree WNY

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Mar 10th, 11:10

al-alo is correct, I cant source it but I have heard that there have been studies demonstrating that stakes protect the tree from vandals. Also, if you were to plant a sapling along the street the likelihood that it is inadvertently stepped on, mow…

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City of Buffalo 2008 Spring Planting with Re-Tree WNY

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Mar 7th, 11:28

THANK YOU FOR THE POSITIVE COMMENTS! I wanted to answer some of the questions raised: Is it possible to request tree plantings on streets that do not have a block clubs or community groups? Yes - Re-Tree WNY recognizes the fact that not all neigh…

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Ship of Fuels

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Mar 6th, 10:36

In the face of rising oil prices alone, we are still making decisions in this city to expand our transportation infrastructure on the assumption that our traffic volumes are expanding... we need a truly multi-modal system to move our region forward…

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pgf1948

Street-lighting is one of the most important issues of urban life that there is. It matters tremendously. As the Washington Post architecture critic Wolf vonEckhardt said many years ago, modern street ligh...
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pgf1948

Street-lighting is one of the most important issues of urban life that there is. It matters tremendously. As the Washington Post architecture critic Wolf vonEckhardt said many years ago, modern street ligh...
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mybuffalo

people being so negative about this project are not only embarrassing them selves but also this website and the entire city of buffalo quite frankly. i understand frustration with the cost and length of the ...
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blueliner1776

Unfortunately the cops can't tell instantly who's trouble and who's not, so I agree with dpbflo in that it's a classic case of many paying the price for a few who can't follow the rules. I blame the jerks w...
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pegger

The English Garden movement of the 1920's can be seen all over the Buffalo area especially in first ring suburbs. In Tonawanda, the Deerhurst Park development is one example. In the neighborhood mentioned ...
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