Posted September 24, 201410 yr Great news!! This isn't far from the Larkin District where a new Amtrak/Light-rail station has been proposed: ‘Historic day for Buffalo,’ Zemsky says of SolarCity RiverBend plans By David Robinson | News Business Reporter on September 23, 2014 - 2:04 PM, updated September 24, 2014 at 11:03 AM SolarCity’s planned factory in South Buffalo – and the 3,000 jobs that come with it – packs a powerful economic punch. To be built on the former Republic Steel plant site in South Buffalo, the factory is expected to bring more new jobs to the region than the steel maker ever had in its heyday. With the ability to make enough solar panels to generate more than 1,000 megawatts of electricity, the factory would be the biggest solar panel factory in the Western Hemisphere and one of the biggest in the world. It would be three times bigger than any other solar panel factory in the United States, and could be in open by early 2016, with full production a year later. And the announcement that the factory would bring 3,000 jobs to the region is the single-biggest employment announcement in the Buffalo Niagara region in decades, topping the 2,500 new jobs that GEICO promised to bring to its Amherst customer service center. READ MORE AT: http://www.buffalonews.com/city-region/riverbend/historic-day-for-buffalo-zemsky-says-of-solarcity-riverbend-plans-20140923 "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
December 24, 20168 yr Buffalo? Yep, Buffalo.... Another Voice: Buffalo is facing a crisis in affordable housing Published Fri, Dec 23, 2016 By Aaron Bartley The surge of development in Buffalo presents new opportunities, but also new challenges. The word is out about the city’s charming neighborhoods and vibrant waterfront, and we’re attracting newcomers at a rate not seen since World War II. One consequence is a crisis that would have been unimaginable a few years ago: higher housing costs in every part of town and the advent of the $2,000 per month rent for a two-bedroom apartment. Buffalo can learn from other cities that have experienced rising housing costs. Average Oakland rents now exceed $2,700, making it tough even for firefighters and police to live in the city where they work. High housing costs in Washington, D.C., have reduced the population share of African-Americans from 70 percent to about 45 percent since 1980, and the displacement continues. Gentrification exacerbates disparities by devouring higher proportions of already-stretched family budgets for housing costs and, over time, moving vulnerable populations further from job centers, transportation networks and services. So, what can be done? Here’s the outline of an approach that would give Buffalo a chance to avoid the housing displacement wreaking havoc in many cities: MORE: http://buffalonews.com/2016/12/23/another-voice-buffalo-facing-crisis-affordable-housing/ "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
November 6, 20186 yr "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
February 26, 20232 yr Buffalo continues to impress me--new development here in the Elmwood Villiage using the old facades of existing buildings. I wish Cleveland insisted on more of these.
October 25, 20231 yr this kid has some great short videos — lets not forget the ‘other’ buffalo — broadway: https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cx3PhddLcaH/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA== main street: https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cwp8ergLWoC/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA== Edited October 26, 20231 yr by mrnyc
October 25, 20231 yr more — he checks out silo city 👍 https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cw5YxxBLH1v/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA== downtown: https://www.instagram.com/reel/CwxrCDyrFf9/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA== Edited October 26, 20231 yr by mrnyc
February 8, 20241 yr The shuttered Central Terminal in Buffalo will be remade by a new development team. The Central Terminal Restoration Corp announced the $300 million plan Thursday. https://buffalonews.com/news/local/the-future-is-real-development-team-named-to-remake-buffalo-central-terminal/article_f6b61356-c45c-11ee-9060-d36c54ec41e4.html "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
February 8, 20241 yr 1 hour ago, KJP said: The shuttered Central Terminal in Buffalo will be remade by a new development team. The Central Terminal Restoration Corp announced the $300 million plan Thursday. https://buffalonews.com/news/local/the-future-is-real-development-team-named-to-remake-buffalo-central-terminal/article_f6b61356-c45c-11ee-9060-d36c54ec41e4.html Sadly this has been attempted a few times before over the previous decades, so I'm not holding my breath. I still think the Bills should have put their new stadium next to this. Would have made an impressive "ballpark village".
February 8, 20241 yr ^A football stadium next to the terminal would require significant residential demolition.
February 8, 20241 yr ^To be fair, the Broadway-Fillmore neighborhood isn't exactly the densest part of Buffalo and has already been demo'd since, well, the 1960's riots. Not saying they should put the stadium there but it wouldn't be... a loss...if those urban prairies got filled in. "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
November 17, 2024Nov 17 Updates on the progress of the Central Terminal (unfortunately from Facebook--I could not find the video on other platforms) https://fb.watch/vVLTI7X7U5/
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