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Better Look: Seneca One Tower

Buffalo's tallest building amps up development as new renderings are released.This article originally appeared on Buffalo RisingbyWCPerspectiveBRE Buffalo, the leasing agent for Seneca One Tower, has sent along new renderings of the two additions planned for the complexs eastern plaza. Last month the Buffalo Planning Boardapproved the modificationsto Douglas Development Corporations reuse plans for the property.Two new buildings will be added to the eastern plaza including a four-story building that will contain 10,900 square feet of retail space and 42 ...
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Scajaquada Corridor Project Public Meeting

This article originally appeared on Buffalo RisingThe NYS DOT is hosting a public information meeting regarding the Scajaquada Corridor Project (Route 198) on Tuesday, August 8, from 5:30pm to 7:30pm at Buffalo State College (Bulgar Communication Center Bulgar North). A formal presentation will start at 6pm.This meeting is being considered one of the most significant thus far, because as recent as July, community partners and the Olmsted Parks Conservancy (BOPC) have been stepping up the pressure for the DOT to ...
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Gurney Sponsors Youth Sports Programs in WNY

This article originally appeared on the Buffalo NewsLiam Ainslie, 12, dribbles the ball as he and young athletes from the Delaware Soccer Club practice in the gym at City Honors School as a report was released saying more Western New York kids need more such opportunities to play sports. (Derek Gee/Buffalo News)Remember when kids used to run to the park after school to play football?Or when moms broke up neighborhood baseball games on account of darkness?Or when kids from one ...
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Remedy House, New to the 5 Points!

This article originally appeared onBuffalo Risingby queenseyes April 10, 2017Another piece of the commercial puzzle has come together for the Five Points neighborhood. This time its a coffee house and espresso bar that will be opening on the ground floor of 429 Rhode Island. This is the same building that now houses a pilates and arts studio on the upper floors (see here).Remedy House is owned and operated byAndrew Trautman (photo left) and Justin Smith. The two say that they ...
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Zombie home comes back to life, ready for sale

One of our brokers,Lauren Kostek, has been working with grassroots organizations like theBuffalo Erie Niagara Land Improvement Corporationto rehab properties and sell them to keep our stock of homes in our areas from falling into blight. Read below the WIVB coverage of the press conference we attended in celebrating this small victory in a war WNY is waging on fighting blight in our neighborhoods.This article originally appeared on WIVB.KENMORE, N.Y. (WIVB) The burned out shell of an abandoned house sat ...
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Annual Bike Auction

Gurney, Becker & Bourne havebeen working with area schools to creatively connect astudent with a healthy lifestyle each spring. Partnering with Nichols School, Park School, Nardin Academy, Elmwood Franklin and Buffalo Seminary in years past for their charity auctions, we continue this tradition with these fine institutionsand with Ricks Cycleon Allen and Franklin, in Allentown. Each year in the spring we donate bikes we purchase from Rick's Cycle, a staple in WNY for over 100 years. The schools then hold ...
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Stop in Buffalo to Sell Salt, Move Here, Get a Street Named After You

This article originally appeared onBuffalo StreetsRichmond Avenue runs north-south through the West Side of Buffalo, running between Forest Avenue and North Street. The road was originally known as Rogers Road and served as a trail from Buffalo to what was known as aShingletown area in the north. Even when the City reached to North Street, Shingletown was stillmainly open fields used for grazing animals and raising vegetables. The most prominent building on the street was a tavern located on a ...
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Better Look: Seneca One Plans

This article originally appeared onBuffalo RisingByBuffalo RisingDouglas DevelopmentCorporation is kicking-off City review of its plans to convert One Seneca Tower into a mixed-use facility. Up first is environmental and site plan review by the Planning Board. Washington, DC-based Douglas Development is taking a phased approach to the property. First up is adding retail and residential space to the plaza area. Plans for the office tower will be market-driven.Were getting a better look at the first phase plans thanks to DouglasPlanning ...
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142 Years Old and Still in Service: Buffalos Oldest Bridge

This article originally appeared onBuffalo Risingby Cynthia Van NessThousands of Thruway drivers pass it around the clock with a quick glance at best. It has been in service for over 51,000 days, built before the invention of the automobile, airplane, and Alexander Graham Bells telephone. It shares a birth year with the first typewriter to have a QWERTY keyboard. It opened for business in 1873 during Ulysses Grants administration as the International Railroad Bridge.The need for a rail crossing between ...
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