Well it looks like we wone another delay. The hotel proposal has been sent to commitee to be "discussed further". No tabling, no date for the next meeting (common council meeting).
I want to organize a protest of those OPPOSED to the hotel. We will have signs and a bagel company will supply coffee and bagels if we do this. Anyone who is interested please send me a post it note with you e-mail address and I will send the information to you when we organize it.
Only three residents spoke that were for the hotel. At least 5, including myself were againsty it and spoke.
I will be writing my next article now, but it will take a bit.
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03/07/2006 16:32 #21939
Another delay...YeS WooHoo03/07/2006 09:23 #21938
New FacesWe are always hiring and firing people at work. Hell, a lot quit too. But I like it when a new face comes along. Especially when its someone you know and worked with before.
My friend jen, who i have not seen in a year, just got a jo at the resturant. We used to work together at City Grill, downtown. That resturant is part of a few chains. They used to own Ya-Ya's on Main Street, across from the old Marcella's, but it has since closed. I hear none of their places are doing all that great, and I am glad I got out of there before I was out of a job. BTW, I worked at Pano's for two years then quit to go to City Grill. I was there for a year exactly and went back to Pano's where I am at now.
I am glad to finally see someone I know, and like again. It's about time we got some reliable help :)
Jason
My friend jen, who i have not seen in a year, just got a jo at the resturant. We used to work together at City Grill, downtown. That resturant is part of a few chains. They used to own Ya-Ya's on Main Street, across from the old Marcella's, but it has since closed. I hear none of their places are doing all that great, and I am glad I got out of there before I was out of a job. BTW, I worked at Pano's for two years then quit to go to City Grill. I was there for a year exactly and went back to Pano's where I am at now.
I am glad to finally see someone I know, and like again. It's about time we got some reliable help :)
Jason
03/05/2006 21:10 #21937
Right(e:Dcoffee). Nice. Build the hotel on elmwood and north. If you think its gonig to be so great, tear down E,mwood and north. If you think its going to be so great, put it where your house is. Tear your house down and close the shops you use. Destroy yor neighborhood.
The redesign sucks. If I wanted toi see the old west, I would go to it. I sure as hell do not want to see it on my corner.
So lets reward all the slum lords in buffalo by allowing them to INTENTIONALLY neglect their properties and let them rot. If this were anywqhere else, Hans Mobius would be inb jail.
The redesign sucks. If I wanted toi see the old west, I would go to it. I sure as hell do not want to see it on my corner.
So lets reward all the slum lords in buffalo by allowing them to INTENTIONALLY neglect their properties and let them rot. If this were anywqhere else, Hans Mobius would be inb jail.
03/05/2006 14:12 #21936
Ok..."so no hotel"Well lets see. Maybe wthe city should o their job and put Hans Mobius in jail for the laws and codes he has been breaking for the past 20 years by again INTENTIONALLY neglecting his properties soi there would be no choice to tear them down. So we again, let him get away with this. Then we are rewarding him for what he did and encourages others to do the same.
The City needs to stand up and get these slum lords.
I am AGAINST Pano expanding hios resturant too. If he includes the Atwater House (all of it) then let him expand. I will also add I work for him. He is also my land lord and he is WELL AWARE of my stance being AGAINST his expansion and AGAINST the hotel. And he respects that. Just like he respects you ( (e:Uncutsaniflush) ) not eating there.
As I said, I do not care where in Buffalo you live, but this is more a community/nieghborhood issue than a city issue. As I said before, if you do not use the shops, never have, and you live in Williamsville, Amherst or Cheektowaga ETC., and you want this hotel, build it in your own city.
Good...then build it there.
Hello? Bass Pro? Last I heard the city wanted Bass Pro...and where are they? I am afraid Bass Pro is to blame on this one.
The City needs to stand up and get these slum lords.
I am AGAINST Pano expanding hios resturant too. If he includes the Atwater House (all of it) then let him expand. I will also add I work for him. He is also my land lord and he is WELL AWARE of my stance being AGAINST his expansion and AGAINST the hotel. And he respects that. Just like he respects you ( (e:Uncutsaniflush) ) not eating there.
As I said, I do not care where in Buffalo you live, but this is more a community/nieghborhood issue than a city issue. As I said before, if you do not use the shops, never have, and you live in Williamsville, Amherst or Cheektowaga ETC., and you want this hotel, build it in your own city.
I am a Kenmore resident, true dat. I think you could put the exact same building on Kenmore's Delaware strip and it would be no less successful than if it were on Elmwood. I think it would be excellent to have that building in my neighborhood. - (e:zobar)
Good...then build it there.
I think it would be a shame if the city reinforced its reputation as
hostile to new development and lost yet another opportunity at urban
renewal and tax income to the suburbs - but it would not be the first time,
and it will not be the last. If it were to come to that, I can only
hope they would consider building on Kenmore's Delaware strip rather than
nowhere at all. -(e:zobar)
Hello? Bass Pro? Last I heard the city wanted Bass Pro...and where are they? I am afraid Bass Pro is to blame on this one.
zobar - 03/05/06 16:12
> Hello? Bass Pro?
Now I am very confused. I was under the impression that the only thing Bass Pro did wrong was to rely on our government to actually do something [improve infrastructure, give them money - where they would get that I couldn't tell you]. All Savarino needs from the government is their stamp on the deed - no public funding, no wheeling and dealing, no nothing. Seems to me that's the only way you can ever get anything done around here anyway.
- Z
> Hello? Bass Pro?
Now I am very confused. I was under the impression that the only thing Bass Pro did wrong was to rely on our government to actually do something [improve infrastructure, give them money - where they would get that I couldn't tell you]. All Savarino needs from the government is their stamp on the deed - no public funding, no wheeling and dealing, no nothing. Seems to me that's the only way you can ever get anything done around here anyway.
- Z
mrdt - 03/05/06 15:52
tourism is one of the third larget businesses in north america. buffalo needs to start capitalizing on this. unfortunately, every time te city begins to change and grow like a healthy city (ie TO, NYC, Chicago) the residents always seem to be scared of it.
tourism is one of the third larget businesses in north america. buffalo needs to start capitalizing on this. unfortunately, every time te city begins to change and grow like a healthy city (ie TO, NYC, Chicago) the residents always seem to be scared of it.
metalpeter - 03/05/06 15:42
You bring up a good point. The city and state fuck things up enough with out all the citizens making it hard for businesses that they personaly don't think will fit in. Well that scares off other places. I admit paul does make a good point that soon the people who live near elmwood or on elmwood won't be able to afforid it. But I think you have let businesses come to Buffalo and elmwood who want to. There needs to be a mix. Mostly Local shops and some bigger shops with a name that draws people to the area. I could be wrong about this but I don't think most local places could stay open with only local money for the neighboorhood.
You bring up a good point. The city and state fuck things up enough with out all the citizens making it hard for businesses that they personaly don't think will fit in. Well that scares off other places. I admit paul does make a good point that soon the people who live near elmwood or on elmwood won't be able to afforid it. But I think you have let businesses come to Buffalo and elmwood who want to. There needs to be a mix. Mostly Local shops and some bigger shops with a name that draws people to the area. I could be wrong about this but I don't think most local places could stay open with only local money for the neighboorhood.
zobar - 03/05/06 15:14
I think it would be a shame if the city reinforced its reputation as hostile to new development and lost yet another opportunity at urban renewal and tax income to the suburbs - but it would not be the first time, and it will not be the last. If it were to come to that, I can only hope they would consider building on Kenmore's Delaware strip rather than nowhere at all.
- Z
I think it would be a shame if the city reinforced its reputation as hostile to new development and lost yet another opportunity at urban renewal and tax income to the suburbs - but it would not be the first time, and it will not be the last. If it were to come to that, I can only hope they would consider building on Kenmore's Delaware strip rather than nowhere at all.
- Z
03/05/2006 13:59 #21935
clarify you guysI may have come across the wrong way. "you Guys" was in reference to those that commented on my blog. Perhaps I was a little haresh but nonetheless, I should have made it clear to Who I was referring to.
Hans Mobius is a jerk and should be in jail, but what does that have to do with a successful commercial district increasing the vitality of its businesses by bringing in more density and more people?
Sure build it here in Allentown, good. But you need it more than we do, we already have the businesses we need to survive down here. Where's your grocery store, hair salon, diner, café, or place to get a coffeemaker or electric heater? Probably in the sprawl of north Elmwood and Kenmore Ave. where pedestrians are not welcome, or south toward Allentown and beyond walking distance.
And why screw Buff State and Albright Knox out of convenient access to a much needed hotel.
Sorry progress in Buffalo happens to be rubbing you the wrong way this time, but this hotel is a good thing. Don’t exaggerate your own preferences into dire neighborhood problems, or the end of life as we know it. Or at least save it for the downtown casino.
Serious questions that deserve answers:
How many times have Mobius's tenants complained to the appropriate City, State and Federal agencies?
What has the response of the City, State, and Federal governments been?
How many times have Mobius's tenants taken him to court?
What was the outcome of the Court cases?
Do you have any personal knowledge of any tenant, residential or business, calling or writing a complaint to the City Code Enforcement department?
What was the result of these calls?
Do you have any personal knowledge of anyone, you included, calling the media to bring attention to the terrible conditions experienced by the tenants of Mobius?
What was the result of these calls?
The recent hotel proposal would have been a wonderful opportunity to make the media aware of the horrible conditions in those houses.
Even if the local network affiliates and the Buffalo News and the Art Voice ignored the story, I would bet that the Beast would love to rake some muck and embarass the City of Buffalo.
For that matter, (e:dragonfire1024) you are a bright guy, you know how to use the internet.
Building Codes aren't all that complicated. And run-down buildings with problems are easy to document with photos. I'm certain that you, personally, could write a story on the horrible conditions while highlighting specific code violations in Mobius buildings and post it on the internet - on Wikinews, here, etc.
You could force the City to do something.
You have that power. You could get the City to condemn the buildings with your reporting skills if you are correct about all the code violations.
But then again, I suspect that his tenants don't complain because they know that the City might condemn the buildings if conditions are as bad as you claim.
I suspect that his tenants don't complain because they know their rents would go up if Mobius actually improved his properties.
What do you think would happen if Mobius was thrown in jail and his buildings condemned?
Would his properties be magically made better while he was in jail?
No one would be allowed to occupy the buildings until the code violations are cured.
So throwing him in jail for code violations might result in the very thing you say you want to avoid - all the residents and businesses are displaced.
On a related note: I've noticed that you have not answered my question about Rocco Termini whose proposal you support - Has Termini committed in writing to allowing current Mobius tenants to continue to rent from him at their current rents once he renovates the properties?
And another thing, wouldn't Mobius profit if Termini buys his properties?