People United for Sustainable Housing (PUSH), a grassroots, non-profit community organization working to rebuild the West Side of Buffalo, is advancing plans to renovate three vacant buildings on a four-block stretch of Massachusetts Avenue. The group is working with residents to create and implement an action plan for improving the neighborhood. A prime focus is the redevelopment of empty houses for occupancy by low-income residents.
The City of Buffalo designated PUSH as the redeveloper for 397 and 398 Massachusetts Avenue (left and right in entry image), two vacant City-owned properties, in October 2008. 460 Massachusetts (below), at the corner of Chenango, was acquired in November 2009 from a private owner. Eleven apartments will be created in the three structures.
Funding consists of a $1.47 million grant from the state Department of Housing and Community Renewal and $400,000 from the City of Buffalo. The Buffalo News has details on the "green" rehab plans:
Architect Kevin V. Connors of eco_logic Studio said one important feature is that the rehabilitation projects will embrace green technology. They will have energy-efficient windows and water heaters, solar electric panels and recycled-content materials.
The housing complexes will be painted in "turn-of-the-century" Victorian colors, said [PUSH executive director Aaron] Bartley.
Rents for one-bedroom apartments will be $375 a month, while three-bedroom units will go for $525 a month. PUSH already manages six units of housing.
460 Massachusetts Avenue- from Google Street View
Work is expected to start in the spring and be completed later this year. PUSH has longer-term plans to clean up vacant lots and rehab approximately 200 housing units in a 25-block area south of West Ferry Street and west of Richmond Avenue.
The larger effort may receive funding through the New York State Sustainable Neighborhoods initiative announced by Governor Paterson in his 2010 State of the State address. The pilot program, if it proceeds, is expected to create new, affordable, high quality homeownership opportunities by rehabilitating vacant and abandoned buildings and making them available to first-time homebuyers.
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Young Audiences of Western New York is teaming up with the Albright-Knox Art Gallery this Friday March 12 to give families the opportunity to go Around the World with Young Audiences through interactive experiences in art, dance, and storytelling. Presented as part of the popular Gusto at the Gallery series, admission to the gallery and participation in events are free to the public.
The programs offered with Around the World on Friday include interactive workshops and performances at the Albright-Knox from 4:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. in the classrooms and auditorium of the gallery. Each activity explores a different culture or group of cultures.
"Gusto events are a great way for Young Audiences to share the diversity and talent of our teaching artists with the public," said Cynnie Gaasch, Executive Director of Young Audiences WNY. "Our programs are educational and artistically excellent. Because they are most often offered in school many people don't know about all of the fantastic programs we offer. We love presenting in the family-friendly atmosphere of the Albright-Knox."
Families will make avatars or cherry blossom out of paper in Kyoko Roszmann's Origami Workshop and Sarah Hooper's Family Dance/Salsa Workshop will kick-off the night's activities in the gallery's classrooms, followed by performances in the auditorium by Lorna Czarnota and Clyde Alifiju Morgan.
At 6:30 p.m. Czarnota will present This World of Ours: Stories from Many Cultures, a dynamic performance featuring stories from China, Ireland, Africa, and the Middle East. Czarnota's performance will be immediately followed by Morgan's Afro-Brazilian Dance & Music at 7:30 p.m. Morgan's fast-paced performance features a brilliant array of dance and music reflecting the multi-cultural traditions of Brazil.
Young Audiences WNY, is one of 30 Young Audiences affiliates across the country. They present hundreds of programs, plus dozens of residencies. Their teaching artists provide schoolchildren, their educators and families, with multi-disciplinary, multi-session education through the arts. These residencies create meaningful connections between artists and young people that might otherwise not be exposed to the arts--especially arts integrated into school curricula.
Young Audiences also appeared at the Buffalo Powder Keg Festival with some of their teaching artists, and you can view a slideshow of the fun families had with Kyoko Roszmann, Cindy Hanna, Jen Russo , and Glenn Colton there, here. To learn more about Young Audiences programing, visit their website at www.yawny.org.
Funding consists of a $1.47 million grant from the state Department of Housing and Community Renewal and $400,000 from the City of Buffalo. The Buffalo News has details on the "green" rehab plans:
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