David Torke, owner of the Fix Buffalo blog, mashed up the data provided by the city last week of their upcoming demolitions and Google Maps.  I featured the data in a post here called Demolishing Polonia.

When you look at the demos coming on a map, you get a real sense as to how this really impacts the neighborhood.

Here is a link to the Google Map—>

Here is a link to David Torke’s blog—>

Polonia is truly being demolished right before our eyes.

Jan 29 (Bulletin)

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The Project for Public Spaces is doing a survey on the Broadway Market to determine where shoppers come from and other info.

Please take a moment to fill it out.

It can be accessed here—>

I heart 703 Fillmore.  It is on Fillmore just south of Broadway.  Long before being the First Holy Temple Full Gospel Baptist Church, it was the Masiel Furniture store built in 1925.

In the pictures above, you can see some of the detail…look at the old awning framework and some of the awning still left.

I am glad the building is in use.

It is another little rough around the edges gem of a building in B-F.

Jan 29 (Bulletin)

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Local radio personality Allan Harris let me post these here.  He had posted these on Facebook back in March of 2011.

Allan Harris

It is always seeing photos and images of the Central Terminal from different points in its history.

These were by Harris in college for a photo class.

Great stuff!!! Thanks Allan!!!

A couple of weeks ago on Facebook, I was introduced to the New Buffalo Brewing Company.

The company is currently in the development and testing phase of its beer.

From Buffalo Rising:

William Campbell is planning big things for the future of brewing in Buffalo. Bill is the owner and founder of New Buffalo Brewing Company, an upcoming microbrewery looking to introduce a variety of high-quality beers to the area. Currently the company is in the development and testing phases of their beer with a proposed opening date of August 2013.

When I found out they are looking for a home, the old Schreiber Brewery on Fillmore near Broadway popped into my head.

I passed along info about the building to them and BFA friend Tracy Land provided some interior pictures from a tour she took of the place a few years ago.

This building could meet their needs and potentially be a huge win for the neighborhood.

Now let’s see if we can get them from point A to point B-F…

Saturday, February 11, 2012

Time:
7:00pm until 10:00pm

Where:
Adam Mickiewicz Library & Dramatic Circle , 612 Fillmore Ave., Buffalo, New York 14212

Description:
Eddie Zawadzki will be giving a book talk on Poles in the New World followed by a book signing. Partial proceeds from the book signing are going to the library, so stop by and pick up a copy.

For more info on the book, click here–>

See this old bakery at Broadway and Krupp, well, it will soon be gone.

I got the info off a list published online in a story by Buffalo News reporter Aaron Besecker.

The sad part about the article is that most of the properties are in Polonia.  I grabbed the part of the list that shows the scheduled demolitions for B-F.

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The scary part is I don’t know if there is any type of method to what is scheduled for demolition.

I do understand that a lot of properties are past the point of no return.  But is there a plan or strategy as to what buildings go the way of the wrecking ball?

To me, I am surprised at what gets demolished sometimes and equally surprised at what doesn’t and what probably should be.