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Elements of Urbanism: Buffalo
« on: September 12, 2008, 05:00:00 AM »
Elements of Urbanism: Buffalo



A look at New York's second largest city and a statistical comparison with the NFL's second smallest market.

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Re: Elements of Urbanism: Buffalo
« Reply #1 on: September 12, 2008, 10:03:22 AM »
Lake, the text is cut off of the right side.


Great article though!

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Re: Elements of Urbanism: Buffalo
« Reply #2 on: September 12, 2008, 12:09:35 PM »
I was listening on AM 1010 sports radio the other day, and this lady who was a Bills fan called, and Rick Ballou said "You made the right move living here in beautiful Jacksonville instead of Buffalo"; She agreed. :)
Seriously, whaen I think of BUF, I think of the Niagra Falls, those famous wings, and die-hard sports fans; BUF is a place I'll like to check out, but never would live.

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Re: Elements of Urbanism: Buffalo
« Reply #3 on: September 12, 2008, 12:40:01 PM »
I was listening on AM 1010 sports radio the other day, and this lady who was a Bills fan called, and Rick Ballou said "You made the right move living here in beautiful Jacksonville instead of Buffalo"; She agreed. :)
Seriously, whaen I think of BUF, I think of the Niagra Falls, those famous wings, and die-hard sports fans; BUF is a place I'll like to check out, but never would live.
The falls are not really buffalo, everyone I've met from there absolutely loves it there, but for the most part like buffalo is like jax, the urban center is an old decaying urban wasteland and the 'burbs are where it's happening
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Re: Elements of Urbanism: Buffalo
« Reply #4 on: September 12, 2008, 01:08:39 PM »
Buffalo looks like a dump to me, i dont like north east decay

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Re: Elements of Urbanism: Buffalo
« Reply #5 on: September 12, 2008, 02:22:02 PM »
Buffalo, like the rest of Upstate New York, has serious economic problems that it has to overcome.  However, like all cities, there some decent areas that remain in the urban core.  Elmwood was quite impressive.  Hopefully, the can center their revitalization efforts around their strong points and build up from that.  Although our economy is in much better shape, we should do the same to restore energy to some of our burnt out core areas.
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Re: Elements of Urbanism: Buffalo
« Reply #6 on: September 12, 2008, 02:29:35 PM »
Great photos.  Thanks for posting them.  I havent been there since I was a kid.  Niagara Falls are not far from there so I think it is fair to say that is a part of Buffalo.  This water power is also the reason why the city initially prospered - cheap electrical generation in the early days of electricity.

BTW, this is a great shot and one of the best municipal buildings in America IMO:


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Re: Elements of Urbanism: Buffalo
« Reply #7 on: September 12, 2008, 02:30:00 PM »
That building makes me want a hot dog real bad.
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Re: Elements of Urbanism: Buffalo
« Reply #8 on: September 12, 2008, 02:31:51 PM »
That building makes me want a hot dog real bad.

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Re: Elements of Urbanism: Buffalo
« Reply #9 on: September 12, 2008, 02:45:44 PM »
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Re: Elements of Urbanism: Buffalo
« Reply #10 on: September 12, 2008, 02:51:02 PM »
I would kill for a courthouse that looked like that.  :D

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Re: Elements of Urbanism: Buffalo
« Reply #11 on: September 12, 2008, 03:24:33 PM »
^ Who would you kill?  ;)


I really love that building too.  You said its municipal, is it a courthouse?

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Re: Elements of Urbanism: Buffalo
« Reply #12 on: September 12, 2008, 04:06:10 PM »
It is the City Hall only, from what I can find on the net.  Here are some more photos of this great building:





















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Re: Elements of Urbanism: Buffalo
« Reply #13 on: September 12, 2008, 04:10:19 PM »
Its city hall.  Klutho proposed a similar structure for Jacksonville's city hall that was never built.  We posted the old rendering a long time ago, but I can't find it right now.  Whenever I come across it, I'll add it to this thread.
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Re: Elements of Urbanism: Buffalo
« Reply #14 on: September 12, 2008, 05:00:08 PM »
Here is a picture of it with some other Klutho proposals that never were adopted.  I know you had a better version of this though showing just the City Hall proposal: