Everyone who wanted to see some goal scoring in the new NHL better pay close attention to the dream match-up of the Ottawa Senators and the Buffalo Sabres. After both teams clearly proved that they were heads and tails above their first round opponents, it is time for the two elite offenses in the league to square off. Facing the Senators and all their stars is what this season has been building up to all year. Buffalo could not have asked for a better outcome than what transpired after defeating the Flyers. This “inexperienced” team took a few very important…
Author: Jen Parker
The waiting is finally over as the Buffalo Sabres and the Philadelphia Flyers will kick off their Stanley Cup playoff run at 7pm on Saturday at the HSBC Arena. From what I have been hearing around the city, this is the team that most people were hoping to see in the first round. I know it is dangerous to pick one team over another as most people in Philly will be saying “be careful what you wish for” but there is no way the Sabres wanted to face off against a red hot Devils team that has won 11 games…
A Junior League of Buffalois recent membership vote resulted in the selection of AIDS Community Services of WNY, Inc. (ACS) as the recipient of $288,500 in proceeds from The Junior League of Buffalo/The Buffalo News 2005 Decoratoris Show House. ACS will apply these funds toward the iBuilding on our Promise: Help for TodayOeHope for Tomorrow Campaign,i which will support the construction of the ACS Evergreen Center at the corner of S. Elmwood Ave. and Chippewa St. in Buffalo.
Friday evening s opening night audience of All the Great Books (Abridged) at Studio Arena broke out into hysterical laughter approximately one minute into the show as it was announced that we had all signed up for a do-over of a remedial Western English class we needed to pass before our graduation in only one hour and 45 minutes. The giggles, guffaws and out-and-out belly laughs continued throughout the duration of the show as we were whisked from the political unrest of revolutionary France, to the staunch severity of Russia, to the coming-of-age strife of a young America in a…
Get a sneak peak of the hilarious crash course in literature starting tonight (3/17) at Studio Arena Theatre! Previews for the renowned Reduced Shakespeare Companyis All the Great Books (Abridged) kick off tonight with an 8:00 p.m. show, and run this Sunday (7:00 p.m.), Tuesday (7:00 p.m.), Wednesday (7:30 p.m.), and Thursday (8:00 p.m.) We are conducting a book donation drive during the run of the show. We are encouraging patrons to bring used books to donate. Itis iThe Great (and not so great) Book Drive.i We will sell them in the spring with the Literacy Volunteers and the proceeds…
Slideshow of Emscher Park While the debate rages over preserving or demolishing our grain elevators, it may be beneficial to investigate what another region is doing with its industrial past. Germany is a recognized leader in reuse of former industrial properties (brownfields)and their projects are stunning. As recently as 2000, a contingent of residents, community leaders, and government officials from WNY and Southern Ontario participated in an International Brownfields Exchange to see first hand how fallow industrial properties have been redeveloped overseas. Sound preposterous? Read on.
It would typically be hard to get excited about a one-story renovation project, but that isnit the case with 731 Main Street. Terra Cotta cladding installation is just about complete and the faAade is already glowing. Chris Jacobsi Avalon Development is renovating the former nondescript storefront located next to the Stokes Seed Building he renovated in 2002. Terra cotta is a form of hard-baked clay, either in its natural red-brown color, painted, or with a baked glaze. It was popular in the late 19th century and the 1930is, and is particularly adaptable to rich ornamental detailing. This may be the…
Carl Paladinois Ellicott Development has plans for two of the four buildings it owns in the 1000 block of Main. One involves a demolition, the other is a conversion of a former gas station to a Quiznois. The firm purchased 1008, 1010, 1028 and 1030 Main in a series of transactions over the last two years. They include the former homes of Dowd Rental and Bryant and Stratton College (the three-story and four-story buildings pictured here). The Cityis Preservation Board approved Ellicott Developmentis conversion of the gas station located at 1030 Main at the corner of North Street in August…
Work has begun on e888 Maini a new upscale restaurant and bar located at, you guessed it, 888 Main Street. Daniel Campieri, Heather Bennett and Rock Doyle are the owners/operators. The restaurant will be open for both lunches and dinners and have a 58-person seating capacity. They purchased the property from the City of Buffalo for an astonishing $20,000 in July 2005. Luckyis Chinese restaurant, the last occupant of the two-story, 6,718 square foot building built in 1930, closed in the mid-1990is. Offices are planned for the second floor which at one time housed six apartments. No word if the…
In keeping with this week’s casino theme…What does the future hold for the former Fairmont Creamery Co. building at 199 Scott Street? Though many would consider it “progress” to see it gone, Ellicott Development, the current owner had bigger plans as recently as last year. Carl Paladino, has previously stated that he was planning to turn the building into lofts. Then again, Carl was also planning lofts for the H-O complex across the street. That building is now on its way to a landfill, truck-by-truck.