This post was inspired by an email I received criticizing not only the neighborhood, but my efforts here\u2026I don\u2019t really try to do these type of posts, but felt I had to.<\/p>\n
Sometimes I get the feeling that people would simply like Polish history of the neighborhood to fade away\u2026while other parts of our fair city boast some incredible things, the heritage of B-F is something we should always embrace and use as part of the mix to help the neighborhood.<\/p>\n
Through all the deterioration of what see on streets of B-F, the remnants of its past are equal parts of its history and future.\u00a0 When I go to church at Corpus Christi, I sit in pews where my ancestors watched the baptism of my grandmother 94 years ago\u2026when I go to the Central Terminal, I am in a place where people went off to war and welcomed people home or where many in my family worked\u2026when I walk through the Broadway Market, I am walking with the ghosts of my ancestors.<\/p>\n
The architecture\u2026when you are in the neighborhood, look at the buildings\u2026look at the Matt Urban Center, Saint Stan\u2019s, the Polish Union, the Central Terminal\u2026these are but a few examples of the tremendous stock of incredible buildings in B-F.<\/p>\n
B-F is unique in that though we have seen other neighborhoods totally slip in Buffalo, there is a certain energy that remains which hasn\u2019t allowed the area to entirely fall.\u00a0 A lot of that feeling comes from the pride of people like me and people like you who understand the importance of what its past meant to Buffalo.\u00a0 There are a number of living and breathing institutions in B-F that reflect the resiliency of the Polish culture\u2026always down, but never out.<\/p>\n
So to the naysayers, I am sorry if you think helping here is a waste of time\u2026I take a lot of pride on where I come from and how the neighborhood shaped me as a person\u2026luckily, there a lot of people who feel the same.\u00a0 If you don\u2019t think it is important, shame on you\u2026to me, it is just a way to make yourself feel better for just simply walking away from your past.<\/p>\n
Broadway-Fillmore\u2019s past can help pave the way to its future.<\/p>\n
ALIVE!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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