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New development planned

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Hey all,
This troubled me quite a bit. I just happened across this posting from the Buffalo News about plans to develop the corner of Forest and Elmwood. The concept pictures look like a flying saucer vomiting a pile of bricks and glass. It's sort of like neo suburban stripmall architecture that populates the places that I finally escaped when I moved down here. I think the corner needs to be developed, I welcome that, but this seems like a bit much.



I especially worry about all of the retail space under this development. If the rent is high enough, we'll probably have a gap and a pottery barn there. Has anybody else heard about this?
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💬 13 comments

  1. paul ·

    Oh no the link looks like a 404. Did they remove the story? You can just save and upload the pic.

  2. paul ·

    P.S. welcome to estrip.

  3. paul ·

    :::link:::

  4. james ·

    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.

  5. jim ·

    I like it, it looks very urban to me. Almost too big-city for Elmwood, even.

  6. jim ·

    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 location.

  7. janelle ·

    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 buildings that seem reminescent of urban buildings to bring the urban to the suburban.

  8. janelle ·

    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.

  9. drew ·

    I like the change. I hope this happens. I also think the building is urban and works.

  10. metalpeter ·

    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. I like how it has that thing that looks like a light house on the top. Would it be cooler to dig up some kind of design that makes it look like an old building, yeah sure, but I think it would be tough to do. I don't think it looks to suburban but when I see a better picture maybe I will change my mind.

  11. jenks ·

    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.

  12. paul ·

    Where did you go, don't you have anything else to say?

  13. mike ·

    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 mean a gap isn't really larger than a rite aid or even larger than like spot is.

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