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The City That Ate My Brain!

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 a... Continue Reading

Last Login: 2 weeks, 4 days ago
User Rating: 2.91 (45 votes)

Interests:: Art, jewelry design, pilates (ouch! :) ) I love to volunteer.
Favorite Music:: Magnetic Fields

Bring Back A Trolley

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Sep 8th, 17:27

Do a "Gallery Hop" once a month. The galleries put out some drinks and munchables (provided by new and or local restaurants for free advertising) and the trolley provides the transportation., you could include local theaters as well, maybe putting…

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Buffalo State College Acclimates Incoming Students

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Aug 22nd, 11:56

The timing could have been better on Buffalo State's part, someone should send them an e-mail pointing this out, and maybe next year (if the Elmwood Arts festival has a date for the 2009 festival already in place that is) they could plan for welcom…

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How Clean Is The Heart Of Downtown?

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Aug 6th, 17:35

An idea about how to get more garbage cans on the street, maybe "sell" advertising on garbage cans to companies, the same way that NFTA buses are totally painted with ads from an advertiser? The company picks up the cost and maintenance of the ga…

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Ten Qualities of a Great Street

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Aug 6th, 15:44

Excellent article! I liked the use of photos to illustrate each point.

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jamesbflo

Disneyesque doesnt have to refer simply to the building materials, I agree stucco and styrofoam would be a huge mistake. I'm thinking more along the lines of interperative elements that are interatctive yet...
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nick

buff, you said "if they want what the cityfolk have, they drive 20 min or less to get it." Well, many city folk have the ability to walk 2 minutes to go to a coffee shop. I'm just saying you'd still have t...
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buffawakening

nick... we dont need to drive 20 min for a coffee shop... believe it or not suburbs have these strange urban things you call "coffeeshops". in fact suburbs have most of the things the elmwood village or any ...
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Activist

Hey! I didn't want to besmirch the guy. I just don't get it when he's treated like a celebrity. Yeah, he's a major Buffalo Booster, but so are thousands of other people. Does he invest in Buffalo? Yes a...
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livesintheburbsworksinthecity

People in the suburbs live there because they prefer it to city living. What percentage of people who live in the burbs would rather live in the city? I would bet it's pretty small. Suburbanites weighed t...
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