During the fall fest, I noticed how many areas of Franklin between Allen and North were showing the cobblestones underneath. I wonder if we could uncover them ala Ardmore Place.

Traffic will slow, it's basically maintenance free, and way more permeable than straight up asphalt. Plus maybe it could make all those parking lots worth enough to build something there.
Of course, cobblestones are terrible for bikes so I think they could make some sort of bike lane with a different material. NYC does granite but I'd even be happy with a strip of asphalt that they left behind.

Just like Celia, he steps to the side for no one, while simultaneously taking measures.









Yesterday we went down to the Allentown fall fest. They had a petting zoo. The baby goat and alpacas were so cute. I thought it was going to be weird going to the childrens section but the animals more than made up for it.

I don't care about football but it looks like it might be good for something for once. The $1.4 billion Terry Pegula paid to buy the Bills is going to mostly split between Ralph Wilson's charity in Buffalo and Detroit - in comparison, the Oishi foundation is the biggest in Buffalo, and it's endowment is "only" $300 million.

On the other hand, should we feel weird about this? Terry Pegula's money all came from fracking in Pennsylvania which is fucking disgusting. He's choosing to spend it all in Buffalo, and now Ralph Wilson is indirectly spending a bunch more.

I can see it now - a "Burning Tap Water" ward at Children's, pro-fracking cancer research at Roswell. Replanting trees in Buffalo after they've been leveled in the Allegheny.

Pittsburgh and Cleveland had the Carnegies and Rockefellers, I guess we have the Pegulas and we'll all be dirty frackers.

Last night (e:terry) and I went on the Buffalo bike party. It was super cold but Henry brought hot cider.

We started off at Colonial Circle and went downtown to Lafayette Square. It looks way good since they stopped having the square there.

After that the ride picked up again and headed up to Resurgence. It really smelled like the Black Rock Canal was farting outside, but no one seemed to notice on the patio. The space itself was really cool though and the beer was good. $6.50 a pop though. The ride kept going to Rohall's but Lloyd's was calling us.






Excited Terry!

The old artvoice/photography/naked party building near Franklin and Allen is knocked down after being boarded up for so long. (e:terry) and I really want to go in and explore - there's a entrance into the basement where they already knocked down the front building.

Supposedly it's going to be redeveloped into a new mixed used building. If it's just a parking lot I'm gonna go fucking insane.