Photo of the Day: 107

Genesee Street and Rohr Street (google map).

The former Zoar Reformed Church, one the city's oldest wood-frame churches, was built (1906) when Genesee Street had few residents and a mostly rural character. 

Photos from this series are cross-posted on fixBuffalo's facebook page and archived here - Photo of the Day. 

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Photo of the Day: 106

Suffolk Street and Roosevelt Avenue (google map).



The city mowed this lawn because the owner didn't.

Photos from this series are cross-posted on fixBuffalo's facebook page and archived here - Photo of the Day. 

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Photo of the Day: 105

Kensington Avenue and Orleans Street (google map).



This is where the other half worships.

Photos from this series are cross-posted on fixBuffalo's facebook page and archived here - Photo of the Day. 

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Photo of the Day: 104

Kensington Avenue and Orleans Street (google map).



The near 20 year collapse of Kensingston Avenue's commercial activity between Bailey Avenue and the city line is almost complete.

Photos from this series are cross-posted on fixBuffalo's facebook page and archived here - Photo of the Day. 

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My weekly fix - week 4

Another dose of urbanity...

According to a front page Wall Street Journal article yesterday, Buffalo finally made it to the coveted list of tourist destinations that include Turkmenistan, Siberia and the capital of North Korea, Pyongyang. The article about a recent $300 ruin porn tour of the Queen City - Visitors to Buffalo, NY find beauty in decay spread like wildfire through local social-media outlets and was finally picked up by the Buffalo News, here, by lunch time. The comments on both articles are worth a few moments.

Speaking of Wall Street and blight, hedge fund operator Mark Spitznagel brought his goats to town (Detroit) recently to help residents maintain the city's urban prairie. The New York Times ran with the story, Fund Manager Sets Goats Grazing in Blighted Detroit. NPR followed up with our Nubian friends the other day with Goats in the City? Making a Case for Detroit's Munching Mowers. Genius.

LensCulture is one of my favorite photoblogs and a daily read. A recent post - Megacities: the future of our planet has some stunning photographs and text by Marcus Lyon. There are more people on the planet today living in cities than ever before and the migration to the city from rural hinterlands is apparently unstoppable. Marcus Lyon has visited the BRICs - Brazil, Russia, India and China and reveals what he sees.

The Burchfield Penny Art Center celebrated Bloomsday on Friday afternoon with Harvard University lecturer Kevin Birmingham, here. Birmingham's recently released book, The Most Dangerous Book: The Battle for James Joyce's Ulysses is a self described biography of the text. In addition, Buffalo State College's Laurence Shine coordinated a series of dramatic readings.

Finally, if you haven't seen Richard Linklater's Slacker (1991) it's available for free online, here. The film follows the lives of some twenty-somethings for one day in Austin, TX. Slacker is a classic from the 90's independent film movement. Add it to your list of films to see this summer.

Related:  Week #1, Week #2 & Week 3

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City of Buffalo: For Sale week #4

The City of Buffalo has owned this abandoned and vacant former movie theater since 1993. It's located at 1269 Genesee Street (google map) and is structurally sound and stable. The building is currently NOT listed for sale by the City of Buffalo Division of Real Estate.



This modest one story brick building was built as the Casino Theater in 1909. Theater and movie goers walked through the lobby on the right to an auditorium that seated 400+ patrons. There was a saloon on the left. The stage, projection booth and tin ceilings are still in place. Currently there are no plans for the building.

If you are interested in taking a closer look at 1269 Genesee Street please contact the City of Buffalo Division of Real Estate.

Related posts:

• City for sale: week 1, week 2 & week 3

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Photo of the Day: 103

Fillmore Avenue and Northampton Street (google map).



Sidewalk and street improvements are mostly complete on this stretch of Fillmore Avenue.

Photos from this series are cross-posted on fixBuffalo's facebook page and archived here - Photo of the Day. 

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Photo of the Day: 102

Genesee Street and Zenner Street (google map).



This is Genesee Street's new green space.

Photos from this series are cross-posted on fixBuffalo's facebook page and archived here - Photo of the Day. 

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Photo of the Day: 101

Kensington Avenue and Orleans Street (google map).



A former salon on Kensington Avenue is closed.

Photos from this series are cross-posted on fixBuffalo's facebook page and archived here - Photo of the Day. 

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Photo of the Day: 100

Fillmore Avenue and Glenny Drive (google map).



Demolition activity has stalled, again.

Photos from this series are cross-posted on fixBuffalo's facebook page and archived here - Photo of the Day. 

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Photo of the Day: 99

Kensington Avenue and Midvale Avenue (google map).



The collapse of Kensington Avenue's retail activity is almost complete.

Photos from this series are cross-posted on fixBuffalo's facebook page and archived here - Photo of the Day. 

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Photo of the Day: 98

Fillmore Avenue and Urban Street (google map).



This is where the other half worships.

Photos from this series are cross-posted on fixBuffalo's facebook page and archived here - Photo of the Day. 

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@CNU22 - pics

Last week I received a press pass and attended CNU22 and had access to all the sessions. I met some of the most sophisticated people who'd travelled globally to participate in a dialog about city life. The NextGen events that often ran in parallel to the main conference were free, open to the public and were wildly successful. The NextGen events bypassed the local CNU organizing committee and were included in the full conference schedule.

During the first day I regret not recording Urbanism 101, Andrés Duany's primer on New Urbanism's past, present and future. I was told by many that this was his best performance, ever. That dialog extended to McCarthey's over a few rounds at the end of the second day, here. The NextGen event sponsored by the Campaign for Greater Buffalo at Silo City that night was shared by 1000+ people.

Additional pics of various CNU22 and NextGen events are available here as a slide show via my photo site and they're ready for sharing and tagging on the fixBuffalo Facebook page, here.

Related post: Tour de Neglect: postscript

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Photo of the Day: 97

Jefferson Avenue and Davis Street (google map).



This house sold for $115k in 2001 and is currently assessed at $80,000.

Photos from this series are cross-posted on fixBuffalo's facebook page and archived here - Photo of the Day. 

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Photo of the Day: 96

Fillmore Avenue and Peckham Street (google map).



This image is the second of two photographs from my "Live on Fillmore" set that was included in a recent auction at Babeville to benefit Phil Durgan's children. Please contact me if you'd like to purchase this print. All proceeds go to the Phil Durgan Memorial Fund.

Photos from this series are cross-posted on fixBuffalo's facebook page and archived here - Photo of the Day. 

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