tuesday october 14th 2008
UB Partners With BCBS To Provide Scholarships For BPS Students
buffalorising
Getting into the University at Buffalo just got a little easier for area students who wouldn’t be able to afford it without some help. Bluecross Blueshield (BCBS) of WNY has joined together with UB to start an endowed fund that will provide Buffalo Public School (BPS) students who enter the university as freshmen with need-based scholarships. The scholarships will help ensure a bright future for area students and the partnership comes just after UB’s third annual Scholarship Gala, which was held on October 4th.
BCBS will be the presenting sponsor of next year’s gala, which is attended by more than 425 business executives, UB faculty, administrators, and community leaders in the Alumni Arena Triple Gym. The gala raised more than $200,000, some of which goes towards scholarships and the rest of which goes into an endowment fund. Partnering with BCBS will allow the university to further the work they did at the gala in 2007, where they raised funds specifically to help students from…
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West Coast Perspective
The Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus, Inc. (BNMC) is renovating a four-story annex of the Trico complex at 640 Ellicott Street into an "Innovation Center," a 120,000 sq.ft. building offering state-of-the-art office and wet laboratory space to house local, national, and international life sciences and biotech companies. The $20 million project received a $4.5 million Restore NY grant earlier this year. Economic development officials believe having new laboratory and office space available is critical to attracting life sciences and biotech companies to the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus.
monday october 13th 2008
Oktoberfest @ Essex (Corners)
queenseyes
If you happened to miss the Oktoberfest at the Central Terminal this year, maybe you made it to the one at The Essex Street Pub? Actually, I wasn’t even aware that there was such a celebration on the West Side until I received a phone call Saturday evening. When I heard that ten bucks would get you all of the German food you could eat… well, I had to check it out. When I arrived, the scooter community had already commandeered one side of the joint’s sidewalk, while the cyclists had laid prey to the other side. Nice new bike racks have turned the pub into a haven for the bike community. Inside, there was a German-speaking beer swiller doling out piles of authentic spaetzel, potato salad, dumplings, etc., while a German DJ (both decked out in lederhosen) connected customers with plenty of native s…
andalu13
In an effort to shed some of the summer BBQ pounds, I have been attempting to embark on a daily walk. I was strolling north on Elmwood this past weekend and happen to find myself perusing the shelves of Inspiration Point. At the present time, I could not explain what led me to stop my pace and enter the store, but in retrospect, I think it was meant to be part of my path [metaphysically speaking] that day.
Inspiration Point has a wonderful, peaceful energy. The space is filled with positive books, music, crystals, jewelry et cetera. I purchased a really cool candle created by Phil James –aka- “The Candle Man”. Phil has been creating awesome candles for 30+ years and IP is only one of two locations in the city to carry his works.
I had a really uplifting conversation with the owner, Sandy St. Louis [love that name!]. The store has been open since September of 1997 a…
Elena Cala Buscarino
This summer, we took a walk through the Commercial Slip with Keith Helmetag, a partner with C&G Partners LLC, principal designers of the exhibits and site graphics. Helmetag was concerned with public approval for what was there, in reference to moving forward with more designs.
At this point the Erie County Harbor and Development Corporation (ECHDC) is looking into putting up some additional exhibits and the following are the stories/themes being considered:
•Wedding of the Waters •The Commercial Slip •Foundations of Commerce and Manufacturing •Rebirth and Renewal •The Outer Harbor
In addition, there is still some uncertainty about the existence of certain signage, and the question of whether or not it should be changed arose at the ECHDC meeting last week.
Peter Flynn of Flynn and Ba…
Elena Cala Buscarino
Delaware Park by Hoyt Lake went upside-down funky yesterday when these break dancers showed up, turned up the groove and got down on their linoleum square at the top of the steps.
They've been trying out a few names lately: Omega Steps, DFC (Differential Flavors Crew), but what they say they are is Buffalo's premier breakdance group. We talked to Ted Krzykowski (green shirt), who came here a year ago from Syracuse in order to dance with Lehrer Dance, a new local dance company. (Lehrer dance is a contemporary company in the modern and jazz styles...not b-boy, and founder Jon Lehrer reminds Krzykowski regularly to "be careful!")
"I met these guys at
Marisa Polowitz
Suit-clad and smiling, Donn Esmonde may appear to be your average Buffalonian. But if you’ve ever read his column in The Buffalo News, you can understand that maybe he isn’t so typical after all.
In 1982, Donn Esmonde moved to Buffalo, for the same reason that most young professionals move—for a job. Having worked as a sports writer in Poughkeepsie, New York, Esmonde was out for a better paying job at a bigger paper. “I was incredibly struck by the sense of community in this city,” he says, of his decision to accept the job.
Raised in Long Island, New York, Esmonde commonly refers to his view of living in his hometown as feeling like existing as just another ant on the largest anthill in the world.
“Coming to Buffalo just felt like ‘wow, this is a real place,'" Esmonde said. "In a city this size, not only do you get the benefits of a large city, but i…
RaChaCha
Saturday I enjoyed spending time with some fine Buffalo folks, and took part in a popular October ritual: drinking Pumpkin Spice Latte at Caffé Aroma. But while sipping and watching the life on Elmwood, things suddenly got weird and we found ourselves watching the unlife.
Covered with blood, gore, and gashes, dozens of moaning zombies began shuffling past. What could be responsible for the sudden zombie invasion, we wondered. Sunspots? A disease? The financial meltdown (one of the zombies looked at bit like a broker friend of mine)? The Bills losing ugly last weekend?
On hearing several of the zombies moan “brains…brains…” I momentarily feared for the safety of my…
STEEL
This is a bit of a combination of two architectural series I have run on BRO for a few years now. I was recently digging through some old pictures and came across this early 1980's vintage image of a favorite building that I have not thought of for a while.
119 Tupper Street is 1/2 block west of Delaware just off the beaten path in a short row of buildings which make up a very charming street-scape. If not for a few destructive parking lots on the block this would be on of the city's most beautiful places. I could not find any history on this one with quick internet search. Perhaps it was a fire station? If anyone knows anything please chime in. It looks very much like an E. B. Green building, but I have been wrong on that guess before.
The newe…
sunday october 12th 2008
Statler-like Hotel Makes a Comeback. In Detroit.
West Coast Perspective
Detroit celebrated the reopening of the Book Cadillac hotel on Monday. The 84-year old property, vacant since 1984, was renovated at a cost of $190 million. What was once a symbol of the city’s decline, is now a symbol of hope and rebirth.
The Westin Book Cadillac Hotel and Residences features 453 rooms and 64 upper-floor condos, 50 of which are sold.
