🏷️ buffalo

I took this pic of the waterfront near lasalle park from on top of city hall. I wonder what the part of town used to be where those apartments and the school ate located. Was lasalle park larger or were they houses that got knocked down?

At Tiffy I saw some charred reeds. I hope people are not trying to start fires there.



I swear I spend more time in former waste dumps and industrial sites than out in the country but its kind of cool to have so much outside stuff so close to the city. Its nice that they are really redoing the waterfront and even parts of the Buffalo River. Its the first time I can actually imagine it changing. There is so much space cleared and so many new parks.



We found lots of parts of the what I had been told was the old "New St Joseph's Cathedral" that was at Utica and Delaware

The only thing is I can't see how these parts match up with the pics, unless they are the internal pillars. I also heard these are the pillar parts that make up the pillar statue on North Campus.


Here is @terry being strongman in the lot where they store the ice boom in the summer.

We also headed over to woodlawn.


At the end of it all we got a car wash at the deltasonic.

It looks so grey. I am ready for the sun.

Everyone knows how much I hate advertising but this is really taking it over the top. I guess these people are prisoners for a reason but it seems like the beginning of something bad.

Starting next week, advertisements will begin to run at the Erie County Holding Center in Buffalo. Interspersed will be some "need-to-know" information, in case this is your first time in lock-up.

The screens will run relevant information, such as the rules and regulations of the holding centre, while also airing public-service announcements for “socially responsible issues and county services” such as addiction rehabilitation.

It will also air advertisements, most notably for defence attorneys and bail bondsmen. since the audience will likely be looking for some help in that field....

However, the ads will not be limited to just services targeted to those in jail, Diina said.

“Eventually, most of these people get out. So they do represent the future of the marketplace,” he said.

The crazy part is the payoff is so litte.

The advertising at Erie County Holding Center could bring in more than $10,000 a year. Half of the spots already have been sold.

I guess any profit made is good in Buffalo desperate financial situation but it seems like such an insignificant amount in the budget of Erie County. Like that could have saved that much not running generators 24/7 for like 5 months on my corner when they were doing road construction.

Coming in from Kenmore it looked like downtown might be the end of the world.

On our tour of the park we spent some time at the historical building playing on the building. @terry is great at scaling stuff. I am not so good, I think it is time to hit the gym again.

He lifted himself up the walking ramp across the thruway.

Everytime I visit this building I get freaked out imagining people being dragged inside against their will.

Totally unrelated I love oak trees. We have two baby ones out front but I would love to have a house with one like the one in these photos in the yard.

I bet it you can't actually still reserve seats for the '99 season.

Its going to look so good when its done and had regular corners. @matthew said the corners were rounded when main street was closed due to the dubway construction and Linwood became a major thoroughfare out if the city. I guess that is also why it is one way. I hope they switch that back too.

What was going on down there? All the streets in front of HSBC arena were blocked with bales of hay.