Please contact Sam Hoyt, Brian Higgins, and Jordan Levy to let them know if you believe that plans for pretend canals and a parking ramp (underground!) should be put on hold for at least 4 months while other, more natural plans are explored. Today's the day for the decision, so don't wait!
IMAGINING BUFFALO'S WATERFRONT: A Message from Mark Goldman. from nathan m peracciny on Vimeo.
Showing posts with label Waterfront. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Waterfront. Show all posts
Monday, November 15, 2010
Thursday, July 29, 2010
The Other BP
It seems to me that the main business of Bass Pro has evolved into marketing itself as a savior of sorts. It's selling a version of a dollar and a dream, except we're talking mega bucks into their pockets. Forget the fishing equipment, it's all about name and image. Substance? Maybe ten years ago.
Every few days in the newspaper we are treated to quotes stating that this project would revive Buffalo. A fishy smelling wad of money is being offered to the Common Council to overlook the Community Benefit Agreement that would guarantee a living wage be paid, among other things...this under the guise of helping to revive neighborhoods.
Steady jobs that pay a respectable wage are what will revive Buffalo, yet BP and the Harbor people somehow won't see the connection. Go figure. Then again, the bribe is a one shot wonder and probably can be written off somewhere.
In another article a planner mentioned a bigger need for a mass of people canalside via an office building and the rest, including businesses, will come. Then elsewhere in the same paper HSBC is clearing its corporate throat, making noises about needing another building...You know, maybe by the waterfront. Hello? Eh, they would probably want money thrown at them too.
Brian Higgins was right to tell Bass Pro to fish or cut bait, although I would just as soon let them swim away. The last few years they've more resembled the high-flying but ruinous to its surroundings Asian Carp rather than any food fish.
Every few days in the newspaper we are treated to quotes stating that this project would revive Buffalo. A fishy smelling wad of money is being offered to the Common Council to overlook the Community Benefit Agreement that would guarantee a living wage be paid, among other things...this under the guise of helping to revive neighborhoods.
Steady jobs that pay a respectable wage are what will revive Buffalo, yet BP and the Harbor people somehow won't see the connection. Go figure. Then again, the bribe is a one shot wonder and probably can be written off somewhere.
In another article a planner mentioned a bigger need for a mass of people canalside via an office building and the rest, including businesses, will come. Then elsewhere in the same paper HSBC is clearing its corporate throat, making noises about needing another building...You know, maybe by the waterfront. Hello? Eh, they would probably want money thrown at them too.
Brian Higgins was right to tell Bass Pro to fish or cut bait, although I would just as soon let them swim away. The last few years they've more resembled the high-flying but ruinous to its surroundings Asian Carp rather than any food fish.
Monday, July 26, 2010
Walking the Walks
Saturday I went on the 3rd Annual Photo Walk in the morning down by the Erie Basin Marina/Harbor and part of the Garden Walk in the West Village in the afternoon before I totally zoned out. While I haven't got the pictures uploaded on Picasa or Flickr yet I still need to come up with one photo to submit to the Photo Walk judges.
While I'm not kidding myself about winning because I don't use the enhancing programs well, I'd still like your opinions on which one to send in, counting from the top. At least I don't have to think of a cute title (I don't think so anyway)...
It was overcast most of the day, and we had to make do with the light as it was between 9 and noon. It was also my first time trying to use my Nikon DSLR for any length of time without really knowing how. In hindsight there are a few things I should have done differently, but it is what it is :)
While I'm not kidding myself about winning because I don't use the enhancing programs well, I'd still like your opinions on which one to send in, counting from the top. At least I don't have to think of a cute title (I don't think so anyway)...
It was overcast most of the day, and we had to make do with the light as it was between 9 and noon. It was also my first time trying to use my Nikon DSLR for any length of time without really knowing how. In hindsight there are a few things I should have done differently, but it is what it is :)
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