friday march 31st 2006
Brantford Place Townhomes
West Coast Perspective
A number of readers have asked what is being built at the corner of Brantford Place and Potomac Avenue. Three new high-end stone and stucco townhomes. If you're interested in getting into one, you'd better hurry, two are already pre-sold. Johnson & Sons is developing the project that is expected to be completed in early Fall.
Each unit is approximately 2,000 sq.ft. on three levels and includes garage parking. …
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thursday march 30th 2006
Making the most of Study Hall
STEEL
As our society gains an ever more quickening pace we seem to have less ability or will to demand authenticity in our environment. We want everything instantaneously and without effort and we seem less able to distinguish between what is real and what is a fabrication or representation of what is real. In many cases we have completely lost touch with t…
queenseyes
Don't miss this opening tomorrow, Friday March 31, from 6-9pm. The show features painter Bruce Bitmead in "The Renaissance - Revisited", recent paintings; and installation artist Ellen Markel with "CYRK", found objects.
Past openings at Kepa3 have proven to be quite interesting. The …
West Coast Perspective
Sometimes it is difficult to see the forest for the trees. The same can be said with the numerous development projects in the downtown area. Start connecting the dots and you see some interesting clusters of development. Residential projects spreading towards the east side of downtown, and development along Main Street north of the Theater District for instance. One oth…
West Coast Perspective
Another small Main Street building is going residential. Three loft apartments plus ground-floor retail are planned for 535 Main Street, owned by Seymour Investments. The four-story, 6,800 sq.ft. building where Rose Nails has occupied the ground floor is prominently located across from the Hyatt Regency Hotel.
wednesday march 29th 2006
Big Plans for Dolci... Sweet!
queenseyes
Thank goodness for the small businesses of Buffalo. Dolci Bakery on Elmwood Avenue is under new ownership and the current trio of entrepreneurs/bakers has big plans for their little corner. David Simpson, Melissa T. Gardener and Richard Buccleu (absent from photo) are going to hold onto the Dolci Bakery name... for now, and are busy planning …
BRO Reader Submission
The New Phoenix Theatre is the perfect setting to experience Connor McPhersonis play, iThe Good Thief.i The unassuming venue is very intimate and quaint. From the outside, the theater has the appearance of a large house; on the inside, this theateris blackened walls provide a simple surrounding that allows the audience to be immersed in the story being told.
I caught last Fridayis evening performance of this one-man show. Performed by a drunken Irish thug (played by Brian Riggs), iThe Good Thiefi regales the audience with the thiefis musings after a night of hard drinking. As the thief sets up the story he is about to tell, the audience receives some insight into his character: iI hate people who have skills and can do stuff,i he so eloquently…
queenseyes
Sodexho, a publicly traded company with corporate interests in industrial laundry services, is partnering with Cornerstone Development to introduce its remodeled 145,000 sq.' facilty to Buffalo. The facility is positioned to bring 160 new jobs to the city by the end of the year. The business, located at 60 Grider Street in Buffalo, plans on being…
West Coast Perspective
Benderson Development is planning a 'lifestyle center' for 30 acres recently purchased from the Buffalo Shooting Club on Maple Road in Amherst. Preliminary plans call for a mix of office, retail and residential space.
Lifestyle centers are one of the biggest trends in retailing today. According to the International Council of Shopping Centers (yes there…
