86 City-owned properties were recently added to the City's list of 'homestead eligible' properties. This list includes 94 Northampton. These properties (.pdf ) are now available for purchase to qualified prospective owner-occupants for $1.
Interested? - John Hannon, Director of Real Estate, is waiting to hear from you. The City's Division of Real Estate can be reached at (716) 851-5261. Update - 5/3/10 - here's the official catalog of City-owned residential property (.pdf) that's currently available for sale.
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This list is progress. However, 12 of the 'homestead' parcels are vacant lots (property classes 311, 312 & 330) in devastated neighborhoods. They are likely to attract little interest.
One intriguing cluster of parcels is 547, 547 & 551 E North, which is a 2 family house (1280 sq ft, assessed Value $7.5K) surrounded by two vacant lots . . . in a neighborhood of many vacant lots & backing-up to vacant land along Route 33 (Kensington X-way). A possible site for another 'urban farm'?
DicK Kern
The untold story in this post is that its author, David Torke, single-handedly navigated the political process to get these properties on the homestead list after the Division of Real Estate's request to add them collected dust for months in a Council committee. Bravo, David, for your considered, strategic approach and your decisive action. A day's worth of phone calls and personal lobbying broke this logjam. Now, the hard part. The City need buyers!
108 Farmer is the only halfway decent address, except for its 54x70 lot size and lack of a building. Most of the places on that list should probably be demolished immediately.
I think BRO should post this at their site as well (assuming you give them permission). The word needs to get out. Thank you for this list.
73 & 77 Dodge might have potential, especially if done as a pair. Quiet street, two blocks from Main, around the corner from redevelopment at Coe Pl & it looks like the neighbors across the street are maintaining their properties.
Short of possessing decades of experience in the building trades, how does one begin to ballpark costs for projects like these?
Dan Potts
MARKET THIS LIST !!! to block clubs, urban pioneers, local college websites, in local newspapers, during treeplantings/volunteer clean-ups....
I have so many ideas for 108 Farmer- I want it as is! David, do you know anything about Black Rock Academy at the corner?