tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8584846.comments2012-05-22T01:40:59.492-05:00fixBuffalohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01098871938531527101noreply@blogger.comBlogger4196125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8584846.post-20687193057153479852012-05-22T01:40:59.492-05:002012-05-22T01:40:59.492-05:00I just take a peek and I discovered your blog. I really appreciated it. Hope things will fall in its proper places. A lot of thanks for sharing.<br /><br /><br /><br />Charles Acondo manilahttp://www.atayala.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8584846.post-49780822324244946442012-05-21T01:09:55.730-05:002012-05-21T01:09:55.730-05:00The state funds were designated for this building yet never used. Gateway owns a construction and development company R&amp;P Oakhill that is using lots of state money on their housing projects like the new Riverside Apartments for DePaul. http://depaulstaff.org/newsletters/InsightsImages.pdf<br /><br />This state money could be in Jeopardy too if they smack down a building that is not in the condition told to the state. DHCR does talk to OPRHP.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8584846.post-12356433374720665602012-05-18T08:37:45.887-05:002012-05-18T08:37:45.887-05:00stop the demolition now! we&#39;ll sort it out laterAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8584846.post-52315735377946463332012-05-17T20:13:04.361-05:002012-05-17T20:13:04.361-05:00In the &#39;60&#39;s I used to go by every day on the bus to downtown and thought it was a weird looking building. Well now it&#39;s a lost treasure. The repeating lesson is if there is no strong market demand for a preserved building then it will go unmaintained and ultimately require demolition.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8584846.post-11910105613134269182012-05-17T19:59:47.212-05:002012-05-17T19:59:47.212-05:00Anonymous, why is it that the Preservation community has to come up with the answers/money/funding/plan/solution? Why is it ok for corporations to let historically and architecturally significant buildings rot on their premises? Can you point to specific instances of where and when this Beaux Arts building (very few of which are left in this area) was marketed by the corporate owner? Ever? Can you tell me whether there was grant money applied for by Gateway to keep it in salvageable condition? (historic money would have been available) I don&#39;t remember hearing ANY outcry from the corporate entity who owns this building about the condition as it deteriorated. There is such a thing as good citizenry and and corporate responsibility. There&#39;s such a thing as stewardship. Gateway inherited a historically significant building but I don&#39;t remember them doing anything themselves to preserve it. Demolition money, when added to the equation, speaks volumes, of course.1962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8584846.post-65935652791367145152012-05-17T16:07:36.793-05:002012-05-17T16:07:36.793-05:00I couldn&#39;t agree more with the above-posted comment! I don&#39;t remember EVER hearing that these preservationists are willing to pay for anything -- just complain and try to force the hand of someone else to pay for it! So, let&#39;s save the eyesores as they stand, and absorb the empty tax base for these hideous structures.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8584846.post-36244727895870529612012-05-17T11:25:40.576-05:002012-05-17T11:25:40.576-05:00It&#39;s all well and good preservationist want to save every building in WNY. Just pay for it with your money and not tax payor dollars.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8584846.post-25804743929619973932012-05-17T10:19:46.589-05:002012-05-17T10:19:46.589-05:00It truly amazes me that for decades we have been looking at this eyesore, and now, because it is slated for demolition, the preservationists are up in arms? Do they really think it is a display of beauty the way it now stands? Frankly, it is a symbol of what once was here in Lackawanna, which is obviously no more, and the reason why is depressing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8584846.post-24098439876107951842012-05-17T10:08:44.838-05:002012-05-17T10:08:44.838-05:00If the preservationists are so intent on seeing to it that these decaying, unsafe buildings remain in Buffalo and the surrounding areas, why don&#39;t they come up with the exhorbitant amount of money it would take to restore them?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8584846.post-36853357925500391482012-05-16T07:52:46.748-05:002012-05-16T07:52:46.748-05:00Here&#39;s some more pictures from the inside:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.invisiblethreads.com/gallery/bethlehem-steel-north-office" rel="nofollow">http://www.invisiblethreads.com/gallery/bethlehem-steel-north-office</a>BuffaloItalianGuynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8584846.post-86523732150260957422012-05-16T06:50:35.290-05:002012-05-16T06:50:35.290-05:00I think the best part of this story is that the City of Lackawanna issued an &quot;Emergency Demolition&quot;. This building has been falling apart for decades. LOL<br /><br />It was sitting idle for so long I actually thought someone had a plan for the building, but of course not. I will miss looking over at her on my way out of the city.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8584846.post-38110372092852484342012-05-16T05:28:57.891-05:002012-05-16T05:28:57.891-05:00This is truly outrageous....another bites the dust by design. I guess those over grown trees did there job -&quot;out sight out of mind&quot; try to find another building in this area with copper work like this. the detail is truly amazing ..we have subway system that cost $500,000,000.00 ....and we all love the darwin martin house after spending over $50,000,000.00 ..and we all the architectural gems in the area.. but spending a few dollars on plywood, screws,tarps,etc is out of our budget to preserve this building &quot;it&#39;s a safety hazard&quot; however we all know somebody will make a lot of money on the copper scrap.. but what do I knowAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8584846.post-84266005054096069512012-05-15T11:58:55.967-05:002012-05-15T11:58:55.967-05:00That building was always an island of elegance and repose amid the complex industrial geometries of the steel plant. Both were exquisite and both are a big loss.Betty Barcodehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14614223500937270009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8584846.post-62599450644708769632012-05-15T11:34:51.042-05:002012-05-15T11:34:51.042-05:00This truly is an amazing building and quite unlike any other even within the city limits of Buffalo but one that has been sadly neglected for far too long and is definitely beyond redemption.<br /><br />Makes me wonder why the more modernistic piece-of-shit down the road was constructed to replace it but I can assume even Bethlehem Steel had little to no appreciation for the grandeur of this building and had decided something newer with cleaner lines would exemplifier their company image.<br /><br />However, as anonymous has already stated, this building is now and has been for quite a while, a safety hazard and liability to Lackawanna and needs to be removed.Resurrect Buffalonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8584846.post-1151461769980523082012-05-15T11:09:05.193-05:002012-05-15T11:09:05.193-05:00Well, its demise resulted in its only redeeming quality - the exterior. The stairs were amazing in two locations, and the control room evokes emotion as it does with any power plant as the central nervous system and monitoring of vitals to the plant for the people who worked in the building. However, its time for her to go since it&#39;s pretty much a possible hazard to safty more than any other structure in that area at this time because of its proximity to the road - noting, the rather long / open walk to the rest of the plant on that side of the street. She will be missed, and the cost of possible human life is more dangerous there now than ever since I&#39;ve been visiting since 2006. Let&#39;s hope this is the start of the end for this plant - I know you won&#39;t agree Dave, but we know it was just a matter of time.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8584846.post-48968428951755317492012-05-05T06:43:55.563-05:002012-05-05T06:43:55.563-05:00I think it was actually Brian Davis who was critical in saving that building at all. I don&#39;t remember the details, but Anonymous above is right that there was a permitless-demo started and then stopped before the whole building was gone. I think Brian was pushing the City to stop the demo.Chargernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8584846.post-54513347686702106662012-05-03T11:24:26.863-05:002012-05-03T11:24:26.863-05:00I was surprised to learn that Wildroot and Brylcreem are still manufactured which is amazing considering this is the greasy shit your father or, in some cases, your grandfather slopped onto their heads to control their unruly hair, much like styling gel is used today.<br /><br />God only knows who still uses this product assuming it has not changed since the 1950’s.<br /><br />My father used Vaseline which arrived into a room about ten-minutes before he did and that is still manufactured too – Yikes!<br /> <br />I agree, the last owner of a (commercial) building should be held responsible and, if the corporation is defunct, there should be some form of legal ties for the building to be demolished or permanently mothballs (abated, remediated and the roof inspected and repaired every five-ten years).Resurrect Buffalonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8584846.post-56427183971296550342012-05-03T07:04:47.454-05:002012-05-03T07:04:47.454-05:00At one time this building was 2 to 3 times as long as it is now. It used to be a rooming house, whore house and parking attendant office all at the same time. Ahhh, those were the glory days. I used alot of the bricks from the blue building next door, That was a Saturday morning special, I remember.....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8584846.post-41037817369585476212012-05-03T06:56:16.278-05:002012-05-03T06:56:16.278-05:00The sale included the parking lot. Remember the blue brick building that was in the middle of that parking lot. We tried to save that too. They started the demo on a Saturday morning and we were there, it got pretty heated. Then it sat half demo for a few months. Only to be funished off later.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8584846.post-7356717269773596722012-05-02T20:13:41.896-05:002012-05-02T20:13:41.896-05:00Who actualy owns this building?It has sat this way for a very long time.Now the boarded up windows are gone.If nobody is going to use it why not make the owner demolish it.All the houses around it are either burned out or vacant.There is no vision or plan for that poor neighborhood.Time to clean house!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8584846.post-24597649163673875422012-04-30T11:10:14.045-05:002012-04-30T11:10:14.045-05:00It was sold 11/5/04 for $1, then for $350,000 five months later according to the City property information site. In 1992 it was sold for $20,000, in 1997 it was sold for $1, then in 2002 it was sold for $1, then the 2004 transaction and the 2005 one. This sounds incredibly fishy to me.Robert Galbraithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12878275018416926144noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8584846.post-77035937999550028342012-04-30T11:03:23.565-05:002012-04-30T11:03:23.565-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Robert Galbraithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12878275018416926144noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8584846.post-10353666526628071632012-04-29T23:36:55.004-05:002012-04-29T23:36:55.004-05:00350k? Am I missing something here?Mike Raleighnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8584846.post-34501349489933624292012-04-29T19:03:34.913-05:002012-04-29T19:03:34.913-05:00Granted, $350K would otherwise get you a house in the elmwood village, but the reason to save it is that it is the last vestige of the urban density that this street once had.Betty Barcodehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14614223500937270009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8584846.post-59543410665391301842012-04-29T14:37:05.299-05:002012-04-29T14:37:05.299-05:00&quot;This is a building which must be saved.&quot; Why? Because it&#39;s an example of how to cut a brick building in half. Or is it the beautiful &quot;N&#39;Awlinz&quot; style balcony which overhangs the buildings front. Oh, I get it......must be the $350,000.00 price tag which the nincompoops at BURA paid for it.Bruce Beyernoreply@blogger.com