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nice that they can still afford to expand and that thay will fill in a lot in the process. hopefully clover can find creative use for the high street property.

I think its a shame they rushed to rip down that building on high street last fall before they were truly sure this was a go. There was a lot of history behind the building, going back to early-mid 1900's. I put together a slide show in November documenting its demolition, click on my name link to see it.

Hopefully the developer does something productive with the "shovel-ready" lot...

I think that building was a brewery at one point.

Rob,

That slide show is extraordinary. Well we are told we need shovel ready sites right

Call me crazy, but I can't help wondering whether this was the plan all along. Clover gets the building down without a fuss, who wants to be on the wrong side of AIDS services? If Clover had said they were going to demolish the building for shovel ready site they'd have much more trouble.

One thing should be clear at least. No one can argue that there are a shortage of shovel ready sites in the BNMC. Also, they took that building down very quickly, which weakens the argument that leaving a building like that up on the off chance that it will be used, will significantly delay future development without the builing.

All in all a bad process and outcome.

Thank god they tore down that dilapitated eyesore, now they can use that site for a ancilarry development without all of the negativity from the building huggers that dominate this site and otherwise try to impede a rebirth of this City.

Verypro,

What are we going to do with you. Parking lots are not driving the city's redevelopment. It is being driven by the unique historic buildings that those building huggers have saved. The very same buildings you are so ready to trade for emptiness in the hopes of some mythical new building...perhaps a new Walgreens. I am tired of the dittohead language with regard to preservation.

verypro,

Let's see, can I come up with a "creative use" for a parcel on the same block as a light-rail tranist stop, steps to an active commercial strip and a burgeoning residential market that can support the absorbtion of 500 new units a year, with major redevelopment happening both two blocks to the south (Main & Virginia) and two blocks to the north (Main & North), and walking distance to a major employment center.... hmmm.....

Oh! I got it! How about a thirteen story residential tower?

this is exactly why it is not wise to tear down old buildings on speculation. The brewery could have become high end condos....or something!!!!! SHAME ON ALL OF YOU INVOLVED!

i did not post the second post. the one today at 12:39 pm.

i claim no resposability for it. thanks to whoever is trying to present me as anti presevation or pro parking lot.

this is nothing but an attempt to slander me for being in support of natale's proposed north buffalo development.

I also think the building could have be rehabilitated... At one point back in the 90's there was someone living on the top story, they made an entire website devoted to their "buffalo penthouse." Rather interesting material. The views from the roof were absolute spectacular (see my name link for a posting with links and more detail). Definetely high-end condos material. Oh well.

STEEL: For the record, my name is not Rob... Perhaps confusion from other animations on the site?

Ok Rob...er I mean Buffalo9... Nice Blog site by the way!

What a $%*@! waste. If I didn't have any respect for BRO, I'd let loose with a real streak of profanity.

Yes, it was a brewery, and it was a downtown apartment building before downtown apartments were cool.

Somehow this makes me thing that Bass Pro will prove to be equally fictitious. You heard it here first.

In my opinion HSBC bank (you know, main & high the one always getting robbed) stood in the way of the project because AIDS Community Services wanted that parcel to build out on to the corner. HSBC was invited into the new building so their location would not have to change and they refused. It was vital, in my opinion, to have a rapidly growing health are initiative be anchored on the corner of the medical campus and not stuffed into the fabric behind a ghastly one-story dated fifties bank (let's hide AIDS and the clients too). A golden opportunity was missed to have incorporated one of the most comprehensive health cares facilities into the medical campus. And for those of you who are bemoaning the razing of the once brewery/apartment house/ghetto slum building believe me it was a hideous structure that needed to come down and that would never have survived the expense of bringing it up to residential code. And for you non-believers there is something important about shovel-ready sites. You'll see. Buffalo has never had this much momentum in my lifetime and things are very different now.