Before cities had fire codes and professional firefighters, fighting fires was everyone’s job, and an “alarmingly” common occurrence. When the alarms went up, volunteers would […]
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At this point, there might be no stopping a wall being built along the Mexican border. It looks as if the only way to stop […]
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The Pros and Cons of Parking Pads
Over the last three weeks I have entered into the discussion of the pros and cons of parking pads three different times. Once when upon […]
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This one is Illegal Too.
I did a short “Favorite Buildings” story on this building at the south east corner of Lexington and Ashland in the Elmwood Village. Here is […]
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The image here shows essentially what the Buffalo zoning code thinks of the Elmwood Village – Buffalo’s most popular neighborhood – the one with the […]
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Throughout the United States, the problem of what to do with abandoned strip malls is a serious issue. Even as developers were building these dime […]
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Urban planner Chris Hawley is getting ready to roll out his book, Industrious: The Story of the Hydraulics. Real Estate investor and partner in the […]