What would a community comeback be without the urban pioneers willing to stake their claims in the form of residential investment? After the grassroots efforts involving community clean-ups, tree plantings and historic tours, come the small su…
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Broadway-Fillmore-Memorial Triangle: Part 2
on Tuesday, November 9th, 2010
Buffalo Team LUNAChix To Host LUNAFEST 2010
on Tuesday, November 9th, 2010
On Thursday, November 11, the Buffalo LUNA Chix run team (about team) will be setting aside their running shoes for the evening and gathering women in the community at Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center for the 10th annual LUNAFEST Film Festiv…
The Berth of Festival Park
on Tuesday, November 9th, 2010
Do you want to see what a relatively low cost high impact waterfront project looks like? Just take a look at Festival Park taking shape at the Buffalo River. Although the park took a while to get started, there is a flurry of activity taking p…
INSIDE OUT: TOY Tours the Tummy
on Tuesday, November 9th, 2010
The Theatre of Youth is presenting a play which every parent should seriously consider. It could be the best gift you have ever given your child. INSIDE OUT is educational and instructional, yet it is also entertaining. The kids will be …
The Good Neighborhood: Grace Stumberg
on Tuesday, November 9th, 2010
At just 21 years old, Grace Stumberg is already establishing herself among singer-songwriter circles in Western New York. Beyond her substantial skills – show-stopping voice, justified confidence alone with a guitar, and songs that suggest tha…
Canalside Plan: Just Say Whoa!
on Tuesday, November 9th, 2010
On the last visit from a Project for Public Spaces official to Buffalo, Newell and I took Robin Lester, PPS Manager of Communications, on a tour around Buffalo’s waterfront, including the Route 5 project, which they then added to their “hall o…
Beauty in Urban Decay
on Tuesday, November 9th, 2010
The Beauty in Urban Decay exhibit at the Buffalo and Erie County Historical Society recently had its opening reception in the Community Gallery. The installation focuses on the ability of people to look past the deterioration of structures and…
Broadway-Fillmore-Memorial Triangle: Part 1
on Monday, November 8th, 2010
According to Broadway Market district advocates Eddie Dobosiewicz (right) and Marty Biniasz (left), founders of the Dyngus Day celebration and Forgotten Buffalo, the commercial sector once rivaled Downtown Buffalo for shopping. That’s why the …
ECIDA Advances a Number of Projects
on Monday, November 8th, 2010
The Erie County Industrial Development Agency (ECIDA) board and its Industrial Land Development Corporation (ILDC) today approved a mix of tax abatement packages and tax-exempt financing arrangements to leverage $115.8 million in new projects….
26 Lofts Planned Near Niagara Square
on Monday, November 8th, 2010
100 South Elmwood LLC received $110,000 in sales tax savings and up to $25,000 in mortgage tax savings from the Erie County Industrial Development Agency for a $3 million renovation of the circa-1916 Robertson Cataract Building (also known as …
“Hear hear!” to the Village of Hamburg
on Monday, November 8th, 2010
If you have been to Main Street in the center of the Village of Hamburg lately you have noticed some very big changes. The streetscape through the downtown section of the village has been radically altered with the completion of the Rout…
Buffalo Presidential Center Proposed
on Monday, November 8th, 2010
The Association for a Buffalo Presidential Center (ABPC) is hosting its inaugural fundraiser featuring a special exhibit and lecture to increase public awareness of its long-term plans. The event will take place on Nov. 17 at The Karpeles Manu…
Community Beer Works To Continue Buffalo’s Local Brewing Tradition
on Monday, November 8th, 2010
The city of Buffalo has a longstanding tradition of brewing craft beer. Business partners Ethan Cox and David Foster hope to become a part of that tradition when they open their very own nanobrewery called Community Beer Works. Cox, who …
More Funding for the Medical Campus
on Monday, November 8th, 2010
The Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus (BNMC), a critical economic engine of WNY and New York State, continues to receive government financial support.
Last week, Representative Louise Slaughter announced a $4.6 million federal appropr…
The Statler is Too Important a Treasure to Lose
on Sunday, November 7th, 2010
The following guest editorial by architectural historian Martin Wachadlo appeared in The Buffalo News this morning. He has graciously allowed Buffalo Rising to repost it here.
The former Hotel Statler, one of the major landma…