{"id":16641,"date":"2015-08-10T23:46:16","date_gmt":"2015-08-11T03:46:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/broadwayfillmorealive.org\/2.0\/?p=16641"},"modified":"2015-08-10T23:48:27","modified_gmt":"2015-08-11T03:48:27","slug":"am-pol-eagle-bjs-on-syacamore-a-notable-neighborhood-auto-repair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/broadwayfillmorealive.org\/2.0\/2015\/08\/am-pol-eagle-bjs-on-syacamore-a-notable-neighborhood-auto-repair\/","title":{"rendered":"AM-POL Eagle: B&#038;J\u2019s on Syacamore, a notable neighborhood auto repair shop"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(Gregory Witul &#8211; AM-POL Eagle) Last week, I had a new experience. While sitting at a red light at the corner of Genesee and Oak, a tractor <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"16643\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/broadwayfillmorealive.org\/2.0\/2015\/08\/am-pol-eagle-bjs-on-syacamore-a-notable-neighborhood-auto-repair\/1-fullscreen-capture-8102015-114000-pm\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/broadwayfillmorealive.org\/2.0\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/1-Fullscreen-capture-8102015-114000-PM.jpg?fit=560%2C374&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"560,374\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Picasa&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1439264400&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"1-Fullscreen capture 8102015 114000 PM\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/broadwayfillmorealive.org\/2.0\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/1-Fullscreen-capture-8102015-114000-PM.jpg?fit=560%2C374&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-16643\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/broadwayfillmorealive.org\/2.0\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/1-Fullscreen-capture-8102015-114000-PM.jpg?resize=360%2C194\" alt=\"1-Fullscreen capture 8102015 114000 PM\" width=\"360\" height=\"194\" \/>trailer ran over the front end of my car. My hood got dented, a headlight popped off, the bumper is ajar and the fascia has a tire mark on it, but luckily I could walk away from the accident. Today there are a number of collision places I can take the car to, but if this happened in 1975 there\u2019s only one place I would trust with my auto, B &amp; J Car Specialists at 999 Sycamore in Buffalo\u2019s East Side.<\/p>\n<p>For much of the first quarter of the 20th century, 999 Sycamore was just another building first serving as Knast&#8217;s confectionary store and then a rooming house. At the dawn of the Great Depression, Anthony Bajinski (Baginski) had a new dream for the location at the corner of Loepere and Sycamore, a gas station. Before he could install the tanks, Bajinski would have to appear before the Buffalo Zoning Board of Appeals and an apparent date with history.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/ampoleagle.com\/bjs-on-syacamore-br-a-notable-neighborhood-auto-repair-p9196-202.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Read full story on AM-POL Eagle<\/a><\/strong>&#8212;&gt;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Gregory Witul &#8211; AM-POL Eagle) Last week, I had a new experience. 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