Buffalo Rising first reported about Ellicott Development’s request to demolish almost all of the houses currently standing on a small dead end street called St. Paul Mall which starts at Main Street just north of the Buffalo Niagara Medical Ca…

For those of you who are still recovering from the holidays and piecing together New Years, photographer Joe Cascio has sent along a Monday message containing his yearly prized shot of the Ball Drop and the ensuing fireworks. This was definite…

Behind the boarded windows of the historic Calumet building, big things are starting to take shape. Work is currently underway, restoring the historic fabric of the building and preparing it for new tenants. The law firm of Kenney, Shelton, Li…

A pair of buildings sold last week are expected to become downtown’s latest residential conversion project.  Downtown Biz LLC, owned by Amita Jakie, purchased 472 Main and 283 Pearl Street for $240,000 on December 27.  They had been …

On December 20, Carl Paladino, Chairman of Ellicott Development Company, was guest speaker at The Center for the Study of Art, Architecture, History & Nature’s noontime lecture series, “IMAGINE Buffalo Niagara in the 21st Century.”  T…

A critical corner of the 500 block of Main Street has sold.  WIL Partners LLC purchased the former Arby’s/Grever’s Florist building at 537 Main Street yesterday.  The three-story building faces Roosevelt Plaza and the Hyatt hotel.&nb…

By Jake Steinmetz:During the holiday season, along with the annual yuletide cheer comes the frantic search for gifts for our loved ones.  Often lost in this commercial frenzy, however, is the greater significance of the gift being given. …

The Buffalo and Erie County Public Library System has released a list of its most popular circulated items in 2011. With 37 locations, each reporting on the most borrowed selections, the library system compiles these year-end statistics to gau…

While walking down Elmwood the day or two after Christmas, I passed by 500 Elmwood, and for a minute I couldn’t place what this storefront had been previously. Apparently on Christmas day (according to neighbors) the facade of the old storefro…

We wanted to make someone’s Christmas a little brighter. So we had a Twitter contest.  We called it our Christmas Do-Over Contest and we asked our 7,500+ followers to share with us their worst Christmas present and we’d give the poor soul…

By Matthew Ricchiazzi:My background is in private equity, so I know very little about education policy, theory, or practice. But I’ve always found education a deeply fascinating case study from a management perspective. I often delve into issu…

As seen on Contemporist.com, these Parallel Park patio-meets-parking spaces are functionally creative, while adding vibrancy and street calming to commercial districts. Of course these would need to be placed in the ideal spots around town, bu…

By Jamie Nash:Everybody around here knows Chippewa, and what you can expect to see when you head out there for the night. Justin Anderson aims to bring something new to that perception with Tap House, which will replace the old Jack Devine’s a…

On New Year’s Eve, the last thing that you want to be doing is driving after having a couple of drinks. It’s just one of those nights when everyone throws on a party hat, but unfortunately many people decide to get behind the wheel after tipp…

Now that the pine needles on your Christmas tree are starting to fall off, it’s time to throw it out. Stop! There’s a better way to do the job. The City needs your tree to turn it into mulch. This is a win-win program. Just leave your tree cur…