BRO reader, BuffaloCook, sent me a note asking whether we had seen Katherine Heigl in the latest issue of Star Magazine. I had to admit that I wasn’t even sure what Star Magazine was. It turns out that it’s a celebrity watch magazine, and one of the celebrities in this latest issue was seen wearing a Buffalo, NY baseball cap. BuffaloCook also spotted the photo on the Jezebel website and sent along the link. For those of you who may not be familiar with Heigl, she is a professional model and television/movie actress (Grey’s Anatomy). It looks like the gang…
Author: Bill Zimmermann
Yesterday morning I really had no intentions of heading out towards Fuhrman Boulevard… that was until my phone started ringing and a couple of Bills’ fans began talking about the latest ‘blockbuster’ (street name for a large ‘piece’ using rollers and two contrasting colors). The property in question, as reported by Channel 7 News, is an Ohio Street building owned by Advantage Trim and Lumber, while the vandals in question are the self-professed ‘Buffalo’s Finest Vandals’. The ‘blockbuster’ lettering acted as a gigantic billboard broadcasting the ‘f-bomb’ for all to see as they traveled along Route 5 on their way…
As you may already be aware, Neo, Allentown’s longstanding home accessory and gift store has pulled up from the corner of Allen and Franklin. As it turns out, Allentown’s loss is Elmwood’s gain, and Buffalonians can rest easy knowing that the gift store will reopen in a matter of days. From all accounts, though the new space will be a slight downsize, it will open up with both flare and pizzazz. Joining Neo, to celebrate the good news will be Lu Modern Classics, which is celebrating its one-year anniversary Thursday night (open to the public). Neo’s official opening to the…
After posting an inquiry for ideas regarding possible mural projects in Buffalo, I was contacted by an artist by the name of Jeffrey VIncent (photo with his works of art): J. Vincent: I love the idea of doing mural work for the beautification of Buffalo, I think it’s a great idea. I am a local artist with a BFA from the Cleveland Institute Of Art and I work in many mediums and styles. I’ve participated in the M.I.A. live painting demonstrations (’03-’06 ) and Rockin’ @ the Knox projects, and have made some indoor murals for private clients. Jeffrey forwarded…
With the help of urban activists Sue ‘Frenchy’ Cholewa and Mark ‘Joe’s Station’ Kubiniec, Amherst Street is seeing another progressive business owner open its doors. Michael Mayalt (left), owner of M4 Real Estate has purchased a property next door to Crozoo at 495 Amherst Street with the intentions of opening his real estate business inside. “I’ve been leasing space in Williamsville for the last ten years,” he told me. “Now I’m buying into an area where I can afford to buy and fix up a beautiful house… I want to help affect change in this neighborhood and am happy to…
I’m pretty sure I know what most people would choose when presented with the following scenario. And that’s the million-dollar question and answer that Ed Hogle, owner of Atlas Steel, is faced with. “I’ve been approached with this business opportunity,” he told me. “I have been offered a proposal to build a home for sex offenders on my property. For a while this was my only real option that was presented to me. It was explained that this would be good for the community in that this would enable the offenders to be monitored… instead of living in a number…
There are three cities in the United States that are often compared in their prowess and cultural mix of preserved ethnic neighborhoods all working together to make a great and powerful city; they are New York, Boston, and Chicago. The Fourth Musketeer to this group, if you will, is Buffalo. Interesting, though, is the number of decades that occurred where Chicago and Buffalo each flanked as bookends on Great Lake Commerce and they both partnered together and competed against each other for the position of pre-eminence. Consider the boasts—true or false—starting with the fact that Chicago, the Windy City, is…
Buffalo Illustrated Architecture Dictionary— is one of the best of its kind in the country, and a huge personal resource for my On This Day from Buffalo history series. But, it isn’t coming up on my screen today. Several other Buffalo heritage sites are down. That’s because their server, the Buffalo Free-Net is down. Buffalo Free-Net is one of the oldest free public internet service providers in the country. And it’s been hacked, comprimised, damaged, but not– we’re told– destroyed. We asked University of Buffalo news director Arthur Page what’s up? Any reason to panic? “First of all, yes, the…
The Buffalo International Film Festival is a not for profit charity headed by Edward Summer, who promises some exciting film history projects coming Baffalo’s way very soon. We spoke today about his history projects dealing with Buffalo theaters. Summer can seem bursting with knowledge and enthusiasm for Buffalo’s grand theater past, but he makes certain to share much of the credit with his project colleague, Ranjit Sandhu, who Summer reports “knowing more about and writing more about Buffalo’s theater past than anyone.” There’s a great story that goes with the fact that On This Day, October 19, 2007, we celebrate…
This morning Congressman Brian Higgins along with the DOT presented their plan for Route 5 and Fuhrman Boulevard that is scheduled to break ground in the spring of 2008. Brian spoke of the plan as a culmination of a fifteen-year process to overcome an embarrassment that is Buffalo’s Outer Harbor. He stated that this project is about connecting the Inner Harbor to the Outer Harbor, and with the limited amount of money available ($55 million) it is best to move this plan forward now. Commissioner of the NYS Department of Transportation, Astrid Glynn, stated that the plan will consist of…