tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8584846.post7673017648612618737..comments2023-10-23T12:28:57.799-05:00Comments on fixBuffalo: Fixing the KensingtonfixBuffalohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01098871938531527101noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8584846.post-1864543218292454322010-02-25T18:29:48.260-05:002010-02-25T18:29:48.260-05:00Olcott Beach: That decision's already been mad...Olcott Beach: That decision's already been made. A $2 million study is funded to study options for mitigating the Kensington's imposition on the Humboldt Park neighborhood with a very strong constituency in support.<br /><br />The question for Buffalo now is, will every feasible option be studied? The "cap" over the Kensington is simply not feasible. It will cost upwards of a half-billion dollars to cover only a short portion of the trench and will likely require lowering of the expressway through sections of solid bedrock. It can't happen. And it wouldn't make sense: it would be the most expensive grass lawn ever constructed in history.<br /><br />A "third" option, which NYSDOT is refusing to consider at this time, is to fill the trench entirely, and replace the expressway entirely with a narrowed, high-capacity boulevard similar to Frederick Lawn Olmsted's multiway boulevards, like Ocean Parkway in Brooklyn. This options would be significantly cheaper and highly doable, which is perhaps the reason NYSDOT doesn't want to study it.<br /><br />This is the opportunity of a lifetime. It will come only once. Will we be the generation that finally removes this scar from the East Side? Or will we let another opportunity pass us by?<br /><br />Senator Thompson: URGE NYSDOT TO STUDY THE BOULEVARD OPTION.NMGhttp://www.nmgonline.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8584846.post-65053994420964949882010-02-25T12:35:30.349-05:002010-02-25T12:35:30.349-05:00Excellent idea, however, this is the wrong locatio...Excellent idea, however, this is the wrong location to begin this type of re-construction. <br /><br />Removing the elevated section of the 190 is where a project, such as this, should begin.<br /><br />Beginning with our own waterfront would fit into the already proposed work for the marina and commercial slip.<br /><br />Once completed, the Kensington can be addressed.olcott_beachhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06726812807342521852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8584846.post-64616490609456263912010-02-25T01:51:21.516-05:002010-02-25T01:51:21.516-05:00OMG, I would luv to see Humbolt Park returned over...OMG, I would luv to see Humbolt Park returned over the Kensington. I was just through this the other day while going to the Museum of Science and picturing how wonderful this neighborhood must have been before the expressway was put in. I fully support a cover over this eyesore and bring the neighborhoods together again with Humbolt Park.Giovanni Centurionehttp://giovannicenturione.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8584846.post-9900501137381298072010-02-24T10:08:13.874-05:002010-02-24T10:08:13.874-05:00It would be great to see something done with the K...It would be great to see something done with the Kensington, but are monies available to tackle such a large project?Paulnoreply@blogger.com