The Bills have a home but away from home game this weekend against the hated Dolphins. Suneel’s Light, a local medical research foundation, is throwing the largest tailgate party in Western New York as the Buffalo Bills try to revenge their early season loss to their divisional rivals, the Miami Dolphins this Sunday in Toronto. Known as Tailgate for a Cure, the annual fundraiser organized by the Suneel’s Light Foundation welcomes all to attend a full blown, festive tailgate party at the Buffalo Convention Center on December 7th starting at 2 p.m. The game will be aired on two gigantic…
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Not to be outdone by the Burchfield Penney and the Darwin Martin House, the Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site is undergoing an expansion of its own. The National Park Service along with the Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural Site Foundation are building a new addition to the Wilcox House at 641 Delaware Avenue. The new carriage house will provide space for a new gift shop, restroom and elevator as well as tour, exhibit, program and research space.
A two-story Delaware Avenue office building is getting a new face and a third story. The Buffalo Planning Board approved renovation plans for 334 Delaware Avenue at this morning’s meeting. Owner 120 W. Tupper Street Inc. is undertaking the $1.2 million project. The bland building will get a new look and a glass third-floor addition.
Construction is winding down at the Eleanor and Wilson Greatbatch Pavilion, the visitor welcome and interpretive center at the Darwin D. Martin House. The Greatbatch Pavilion, designed by Toshiko Mori Architect, will be substantially complete by January 1 and open to visitors next year.
There was one local Kohl’s store unmobbed by stampeding bargain seekers yesterday. Instead, it was full of construction workers. Benderson Development was trying to get the new Kohl’s store at 2232 Delaware Avenue open before the holiday shopping season. But with final approvals this summer, the aggressive schedule was not feasible. The 88,000 sq.ft. store is expected to debut in April.
Twelve apartments will be created at the White’s Livery site at 428 Jersey Street under draft plans by developer Sam Savarino. The $3.4 million project is a victory for neighborhood residents who stepped in to stop an emergency demolition by the City after bricks started cascading from the neglected property earlier this year. After court hearings and a commitment to the site by Savarino, the City agreed to save the front and rear facades and distinctive tower of the circa-1889 structure.
Local and national evidence suggests people are willing to pay a price premium to live in a walkable urban place such as the Elmwood Village. It represents a major shift in the way an increasing number of Americans, especially younger generations, want to live and work. “There are still plenty of suburban buyers hoping to move back to the city,” says realtor Jim Mack of Holcberg Ltd. “But the problem we face here in the city, especially the Elmwood and Allentown areas, is a lack of suitable inventory.” “People are moving back to cities for what they offer—legacy architecture and…
Planning for the South Buffalo Brownfield Opportunity Area (BOA) is progressing. Over the past nine months, the City of Buffalo has undertaken an in-depth analysis of approximately 1,900 acres of strategically located brownfields, underutilized properties as well as industrial and open spaces in South Buffalo. On Wednesday, December 3rd, the City will present to the public and stakeholders the various land use options for the study area. It will be held at the Buffalo Irish Center, 245 Abbott Road. The event includes an open house from 5:30 to 6:30 pm, a presentation from 6:30 to 7:15 pm, and a workshop…
A group of young risk-takers are planning an urban garden on the west side and will be selling their bounty on site. Prep work is underway at the organic farm and it promises not to be your run-of-the-mill tomato, lettuce and green bean patch. The project at the northeast corner of Vermont Street and West Avenue will be much more. “Curbside Croft” will be an urban farm (croft = small farm), the idea of Matthew Barnhardt, Justin Fundalinski, Brandon Majewski and Emily Gadanyi. All are college graduates and work in the landscape design field. Their goal is to create a…
Pity the bench. Home to pigeon feeders, transit riders, vagrants and failing athletes, the bench gets a bad rap. But as street furniture, it serves a useful purpose. The Toronto Star’s Christopher Hume recently gave city street benches some overdue love.