Portland Pearl and Buffalo Cobblestone

Hi Forumers-

Thought I'd share this site where the Pearl is being used as a model for a former industrial area of downtown Buffalo, NY. It has great bones, but is slowly allowing demolition of historical industrial buildings even as the area starts to catch the loft boom.

Here is the complex coming down in the name of 'progress':

http://www.buffalorising.com/city/ar...appointing.php

http://www.buffalorising.com/city/ar...ony_set_fo.php

Here is the Pearl slide show:

http://www.buffalorising.com/city/ar..._cobbles_1.php

Unfortunately a historic grain silo is being torn down for a casino complex. It has many of us howling in protest to deaf ears. Portland any many other cities have shown that development and preservation are not only compatible, but create a much more interesting neighborhood. Anyone wishing to share why this is a bad idea on the site, please feel free. Buffalonians need to start "getting it.">