I opened my mail on Myspace and saw two messages from two girls. I read them and they both said that they went to elementary school with me. I mailed them back and turns out that I was best friends with both of them through most if not all of my elementary school days. I was quite impressed and shocked. They were apparently bored and were looking through names of people they went to school with and such and I popped up. I think its so cool!!!
Anyways, one had to mail the other to believe it :) So now I am glad to have met up with old friends and hope to hear from more.
Now for the hotel. We managed to delay any decision on the proposal for a maximum of thirty days. The Common Council is expected to meet on rezoning issues and allow the public to voice support or opposition in a public hearing this Tuesday at 2pm in City Hall 13th floor, Council Chambers. I will be there.
Here is my latest news article on the hotel:
Also, there is LITTLE time left to sign the online petition to stop the hotel here:
If you are against it, please sign it if you have not already. And spread the link :)
Jason
Well, it appears that Eva Hassett told you pretty much the same thing that Sam Savarino and Karl Frizlen, the project's architect, told the Buffalo News last week. Just in case anyone missed the print edition or the electronic edition article in the Buffalo News, I posted a copy of it in my journal last Friday 24 Feb 2006:
some excerpts from the article:
"The smaller hotel would be four stories, with 72 rooms and a traditional roof line that would be just one story taller than most of the neighboring structures.
Karl Frizlen, the project's architect, said the revised design will bring the total square footage of the building down from 45,000 square feet to just under 40,000 square feet.
"Just taking it down a floor will make it appear less massive, but it will still be a significant building, which fits with urban design principles for a major corner like Elmwood and Forest," Frizlen said.
The facade will remain a mix of brick, stone and glass, but the architect is reworking vertical and horizontal elements to mute its mass. "There are design elements we can tweak to make it seem less obtrusive while retaining the density we need for this mixed-use project," Frizlen said.
The building still will incorporate local retail on its first floor, in keeping with the existing mix of shops and restaurants along the Elmwood Strip."
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