tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8584846.post2295754191211425669..comments2023-10-23T12:28:57.799-05:00Comments on fixBuffalo: City Honors - UpdatefixBuffalohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01098871938531527101noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8584846.post-71795002659425966722008-11-14T15:39:00.000-05:002008-11-14T15:39:00.000-05:00Kate,Thanks for sharing your thoughts about this. ...Kate,<BR/><BR/>Thanks for sharing your thoughts about this. I'm wondering how other graduates are looking at this project. Stay tuned...additional updates and pics are on the way.<BR/><BR/>DavidfixBuffalohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01098871938531527101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8584846.post-40801212785166708332008-11-14T13:46:00.000-05:002008-11-14T13:46:00.000-05:00Ultimately, I think the construction project is a ...Ultimately, I think the construction project is a positive. City Honors had definitely outgrown aspects of itself by the time I graduated in 05. <BR/>Preserving the intergrity of the original structure was a great move.<BR/><BR/>Reasons I am hesitant about the project:<BR/>(1) The power of City Honors culture is often underestimated. Pre-Battaglia, there was a student/teacher culture of trust and a relaxed atmosphere that contributed significantly to the learning environment. Honors needs to find a way to maintain that culture in the midst of the changes. I left the year before Kresse, and don't know much about his style. Regardless, the students will be mature enough to handle the new glitzy facilities (HOLLER at an adequate library). The administration would be doing itself a favor by not cracking down on students because it feels it's what "should" be done. <BR/>That might only make sense to Honors students past and present, but it's an important point.<BR/>(2) On a related note, bulldozing the lawn was a terrible idea. The parking lot on the south side of the building would have been a better site for the project. Parking could've been integrated into the new structure or playing fields area.<BR/><BR/>We shall see...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8584846.post-88421363660326920052008-11-03T12:39:00.000-05:002008-11-03T12:39:00.000-05:00they are coming down as part of the overall projec...they are coming down as part of the overall project. The playing fields will be replacing them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8584846.post-710659915035064252008-11-01T06:16:00.000-05:002008-11-01T06:16:00.000-05:00Oh, yuck. Did they have to build on the front law...Oh, yuck. Did they <B>have</B> to build on the front lawn? Those mostly abandoned BHMA shacks are bad enough. I was hoping those could be demolished, since BMHA has so many surplus units, and the grand lawn restored.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com