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So sad to see what they did to a once beautiful city. I remember many of those places and more. Those photos were from the 80's when the city was already in decline. I remember it from the 1950 and 60's when it was thriving and bustling.
So sad to see what they did to a once beautiful city. I remember many of those places and more. Those photos were from the 80's when the city was already in decline. I remember it from the 1950 and 60's when it was thriving and bustling.
I drove by main place the other day, thanks for sharing whats been happening there.
We had a junky but large mall in central San Antonio. They turned the whole first floor into VA Clinics, Doctors Offices, and accounting firm offices.
The whole second floor has only a few retail outlets, such as Ross Clothing, and a few cheap clothes store, but it is a better to see that than a dead mall.
They also use the area for Voting, and covid vaccine administration, as well as large recruiting for local hospitals/businesses.
The name of the mall I am referencing is Wonderland of the Americas. Its the dumpiest mall we have but they are doing a good job putting a spin on it.
I sometimes take a walk through on my lunch hour to see whats going on in this dead mall, and its not so bad.
Today we took the Metro Rail from the University Station into downtown to see the Blue Jays. They are doing track repairs downtown and running at single track, but rather than switching trains at Fountain Station we walked to the game down Main Street to the stadium, until we arrived and found out the game was cancelled.
It is still a beautiful downtown. We passed the Gold Dome of Buffalo Savings Bank, Roosevelt Square and the Electric Building, Lafayette Square, Brisbane Building, Lafayette Hotel, Court Street with the view of City Hall, Ellicott Square, Cathedral Park, One M&T Plaza - an impressive urban vista. There weren't a lot of shops open at 7pm on a Tuesday, but there were people on the streets and the bars and restaurants had customers, as did a few other businesses. There was a crowd outside Sahlen Field, that had just begun to leave as we arrived.
On the walk back along Main we had a beer at the packed Fattty Beer, and then went a couple of blocks to the packed Big Ditch Brewery on Ellicott Street where we drank outside and admired the buildings. After an hour people were still arriving and lines were forming outside the brewery.
We decided to have wings and caught the Metro Rail to the updated Allen Street Station, and then walked down a renovated Allen Street, past the lines of people waiting outside the restaurants, to Gabriel's Gate for wings, but decided that a 1 hours wait was too long and decided to catch the next train back to North Buffalo for wings at one of the local neighborhood pubs (today it was Kellys Corner, excellent wings).
A cancelled baseball game on a rainy day turned into a wonderful urban experience. Downtown is still great place to visit and enjoy.
Today we took the Metro Rail from the University Station into downtown to see the Blue Jays. They are doing track repairs downtown and running at single track, but rather than switching trains at Fountain Station we walked to the game down Main Street to the stadium, until we arrived and found out the game was cancelled.
It is still a beautiful downtown. We passed the Gold Dome of Buffalo Savings Bank, Roosevelt Square and the Electric Building, Lafayette Square, Brisbane Building, Lafayette Hotel, Court Street with the view of City Hall, Ellicott Square, Cathedral Park, One M&T Plaza - an impressive urban vista. There weren't a lot of shops open at 7pm on a Tuesday, but there were people on the streets and the bars and restaurants had customers, as did a few other businesses. There was a crowd outside Sahlen Field, that had just begun to leave as we arrived.
On the walk back along Main we had a beer at the packed Fattty Beer, and then went a couple of blocks to the packed Big Ditch Brewery on Ellicott Street where we drank outside and admired the buildings. After an hour people were still arriving and lines were forming outside the brewery.
We decided to have wings and caught the Metro Rail to the updated Allen Street Station, and then walked down a renovated Allen Street, past the lines of people waiting outside the restaurants, to Gabriel's Gate for wings, but decided that a 1 hours wait was too long and decided to catch the next train back to North Buffalo for wings at one of the local neighborhood pubs (today it was Kellys Corner, excellent wings).
A cancelled baseball game on a rainy day turned into a wonderful urban experience. Downtown is still great place to visit and enjoy.
So, you mean that Downtown Buffalo isn't as dead as people may make it out to be?
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Buffalo still has a great nightlife and lots of food establishments but retail is another thing. The cost of living downtown is only for those with $$$ jobs. I know many people who live downtown and all their retail shopping is done online. The middle class can't afford to live downtown.
Buffalo still has a great nightlife and lots of food establishments but retail is another thing. The cost of living downtown is only for those with $$$ jobs. I know many people who live downtown and all their retail shopping is done online. The middle class can't afford to live downtown.
I wouldn't go so far to say that the middle class can't afford it, as outside of a few properties the costs aren't really excessive. There are nearby areas that may be outside some people's comfort zones, and even include newer suburban-style housing in the shadows of downtown. Even many of the townhomes and condos on the waterfront are available at what would be considered middle-class pricing in larger cities.
Downtown has always had the best restaurants, the burbs are a culinary wasteland. I miss the Tralf downtown, we saw some amazing acts there. IMHO that was the best venue, as the owner had many friends in the Jazz scene.
Persuade government to adapt healthy sustainable revenue growth and avoid practices that are predatory and suffocate growth.
Get rid of the parking meters, dont have police prey on customers (dirty downtown shoppers needs a heavy police hand type mentality) and your downtown will flourish.
The revenue from a flourishing downtown replaces the revenue lost from the parking meters 10 fold. Start a committee.
Set your goals and work to make changes.
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