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  1. mike on cvideo’s “New development planned” i think it is good. I actually don't care particularly either way but i don't find the new bulding horrible. On the gap/pottery barn front , it does not seem ideal fro elmwood but i also don't know that size restraints would prevent it, i …
  2. paul on cvideo’s “New development planned” Where did you go, don't you have anything else to say?
  3. jenks on cvideo’s “New Development part two” you miss the korner kafe?! I live half a block from there, and never went. Wasn't it there for what, like a month? Sure, I don't want everything overdone... but I don't see why we're crying about saving these "historic" shithole houses. I …
  4. jenks on cvideo’s “New development planned” I love this plan. The last time something was proposed for this corner, NIMBYism squashed it. So the crappy delapidated eyesore houses were "saved". I HOPE this project happens. And frankly, would love a gap AND a pottery barn right there.
  5. cvideo on cvideo’s “New Development part two” Thanks for the reply. You make a good point too, it really is the end of the Elmwood strip; and, to be sure, some neo-victorian nonsense shouldn't go there either. I guess I can't picture that corner looking good with something so massive …
  6. metalpeter on cvideo’s “New Development part two” You make a good point that it is possible that the Village won't look like a Village anymore. I think that it still will. A lot of people think of that corner as how people enter into the village and that why how a building looks is so imp…
  7. james on cvideo’s “New Development part two” I really like the Pano's sign too. The historic homes on elmwood are a dime a dozen in this town. They have already been chopped up into stores and apartments. The interior has salvageable elements possibly, the outside is generic. Histori…
  8. jbeatty on cvideo’s “New Development part two” Why is everyone so down on the new Pano's sign? I say great for them, its good to see a business that is doing well expand. Elmwood Ave is such and anomaly in Buffalo. There are so many neighborhoods in Buffalo that would never get the kin…
  9. carolinian on cvideo’s “New Development part two” While I'd like Elmwood to retain it's character, the older homes that comprise the majority of buffalo's housing stock not having adequate insulation in an era of every-increasing energy costs and increased attentiveness to "greeness" is p…
  10. janelle on cvideo’s “New Development part two” If you're really interested in how the area develops, you should probably join the Elmwood Village Association. They put together design standards for development in the area recently. Both my husband and I are members and my husband is on…
  11. metalpeter on cvideo’s “New development planned” First of all welcome to the site and I hope you enjoy it. Second thanks for posting this story, I meant to but forgot about it. Third I like how the building looks, That being said it is only a drawing and who knows how it will really look…
  12. drew on cvideo’s “New development planned” I like the change. I hope this happens. I also think the building is urban and works.
  13. janelle on cvideo’s “New development planned” I should also add that I'm ok with the corner as is currently. I really like the look of small businesses in old residential homes. So I would probably like to see it stay as is. But if it has to change, then I like the design proposed.
  14. janelle on cvideo’s “New development planned” I like the look too. It reminded of a section of retail buildings on UPenn's campus in Philadelphia. Personally, it doesn't strike me as suburban. I think that some buildings "seem" suburban because suburban communities try to put up build…
  15. jim on cvideo’s “New development planned” Also the zoning for maximum sizes of individual retail stores on Elmwood would prevent a large retailer like the Gap or Pottery Barn from locating there. That's why Rite-Aid is having lots of trouble trying to expand their Bryant/Elmwood l…
  16. jim on cvideo’s “New development planned” I like it, it looks very urban to me. Almost too big-city for Elmwood, even.
  17. james on cvideo’s “New development planned” What suburb has buildings like that? Note that it is mixed use, does not have a sprawling parking lot, and is built right up to the sidewalk.
  18. paul on cvideo’s “New development planned” http://www.buffalonews.com/cityregion/buffaloerie/story/580043.html
  19. paul on cvideo’s “New development planned” P.S. welcome to estrip.
  20. paul on cvideo’s “New development planned” Oh no the link looks like a 404. Did they remove the story? You can just save and upload the pic.

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  1. cvideo on cvideo’s “New Development part two” Thanks for the reply. You make a good point too, it really is the end of the Elmwood strip; and, to be sure, some neo-victorian nonsense shouldn't go there either. I guess I can't picture that corner looking good with something so massive …