A vacant lot on W. Tupper Street is sprouting a new home this winter. The one-story home is being built at 179 W. Tupper Street just west of Carolina. Fred and Katherine Heinle purchased the lot in November 2014 for $24,000. CasXteriors is constructing what looks like will be a nice fit to the VETTE (Virginia, Edward, Trinity, Tupper, Elmwood) Block Club neighborhood. Photo today by LouisTully.
Author: Buffalo Rising
“What kind of shape is Buffalo really in?” That’s what Investigative Post Editor/Executive Director Jim Heaney is asking. While numerous segments of the city are experiencing positive changes, there’s still a lot of work to be done. The East Side of Buffalo, which is essentially half the city, still suffers from serious disinvestment. According to Heaney, these are the important issues that we didn’t hear when Mayor Byron Brown recently offered a “rosy picture” in his recent State of the City address. On Wednesday, February 24 (7pm), Heaney will present his own “Real State of the City” address at the Burchfield Penney Art Center,…
The 9th Annual Labatt Blue Buffalo Pond Hockey Tournament kicked off today, and play continues throughout the weekend. All of Buffalo is invited to come down to RiverWorks to watch upwards of 1000 hockey players take to the ice, even with the relatively balmy 46 degree weather forecasted for Saturday. RiverWorks is home to two refrigerated ice rinks that will see 144 teams (12 divisions) battle it out for top honors before the weekend is through. In past years, this type of weather could have spelled disaster for the tournament, but thanks to the RiverWorks refrigerated rinks, it’s business as…
In order to open people’s minds to the benefits of being healthy and fit (body and soul), the Buffalo Museum of Science (BMS) is hosting a new event called Family Fitfest. The premise behind the fitness festival is to rally some of the leaders in the Buffalo fitness industry together to showcase what healthy initiatives they are working on. On Saturday, February 27, BMS invites you, your family, friends, and anyone else who might be interested in getting fit in 2016, to attend a festival that explores the wonders of living a healthier life. Designed as an Audience Engagement Event, Family…
Some of the region’s hottest chili makers are going head-to-head this Saturday at Flying Bison Brewing Company, all for a good cause. Guests to the event will be able to try out myriad chili concoctions before entering their votes for the best chili in the land. Each year Flying Bison hosts CHILIFEST in order to give people a taste of some of the secret recipes that local cooks and chefs pride themselves on. This year, the money raised during the annual chili cook-off for charity will be directed to “WINGS Flights of Hope” – an organization that is dedicated to offering free air…
Hop heads will be coming together this Saturday to celebrate the region’s hop-filled brews. Each year, Gene McCarthy’s/Old First Ward Brewing Company hosts the majority of the region’s breweries in order to serve up the hoppiest varieties that they brew. Hop lovers attend the event to pit the hoppy beers against each other, to see who truly delivers (and satisfies) the hoppiest notes in the land. Featured local breweries include: Old First Ward Brewing Company Community Beer Works 42 North Brewing 12 Gates Brewing Big Ditch Resurgence Hamburg Brewing Flying Bison Four Mile Brewing Woodcock Brothers Buffalo 2016 Winter Hop Fest…
Are you ready for a night filled with Golden Era HipHop, and R&B from 80s, 90s and early 2000s? How about mixing in one of the city’s most prolific muralists? This scene, and more, will be going down this Friday at Cobblestone, as part of Noble Salvaje’s Fusion Friday event series. Friday Fusion incorporates live music, along with beats served up by guest DJs. The upcoming session incorporates a special tribute to A Tribe Called Quest, featuring some of the hottest sound sensations in WNY. “Fusion Friday is a Music series Hosted by myself as a tribute to Golden Era HipHop…
Owner/partners Frontier Development Initiatives and Savarino Companies as well as President and CEO of the Community Preservation Corporation (CPC), Rafael E. Cestero, Lieutenant Governor Kathy Hochul, New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli, U.S. Congressman Brian Higgins, Mayor Byron Brown, and New York State Senator Timothy M. Kennedy (D-63) joined development partners, tenants and community members to celebrate the completion of 500 Seneca Street. Formerly a vacant manufacturing facility and brownfield site, the now renovated building provides 98 new apartments, commercial space, complimentary retail space and new economic opportunities that will act as a catalyst in the revitalization of the growing…
Lewiston residents Thomas Paul Asklar and Matthew Sinclair Conroy have won the HARBORCENTER art contest with a design that symbolizes the renaissance of Buffalo and the new beginning of the Queen City, while paying tribute to its past. The design was chosen following a month-long online voting contest and will be displayed on the loading dock doors on the north end of HARBORCENTER. Installation will begin this spring. “Our intention with this contest was to showcase Western New York’s art community by displaying a locally produced mural that pays tribute to the history of downtown Buffalo and this historic district,”…
Another Belt Line warehouse has a new owner. Appropriately-named 166 Chandler Holdings LLC purchased 166 Chandler Street yesterday from 166 Chandler Street LLC for $250,000. Chandler Holdings is a new LLC formed on January 27 with a mailing address of, surprise, 166 Chandler Street. The four-story building has 43,200 sq.ft. of space on a .48 acre parcel. Considering the condition of the building and the sales price, the mystery buyer likely has redevelopment plans for the site. The north side of Chandler is mostly vacant, or “neighborhood building ready.” The building is just west of three Signature Development conversion projects…