The Buffalo Chronicle
Design
Architecture, historic preservation, urban design, infrastructure, planning, parks and public spaces.
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Sears-Paderewski Park is getting a $2.3 million rebuild. The public record is quieter on who will maintain it
A $2.3 million rebuild of a half-acre Broadway-Fillmore lot is under construction, with the money fully accounted for. The announcements say far less about who will maintain the playground and pavilion after…
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Metro Rail’s newest station is closed while Main Street’s final rebuild runs late
Metro Rail’s DL&W station is closed and trains are single-tracking through downtown while the city’s delayed Cars Sharing Main Street work catches up. A stalled Church Street station rebuild and a 2028…
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Buffalo asked in March to lead the Scajaquada makeover. The state’s timeline still puts it behind the 33
Mayor Sean Ryan asked in March for Buffalo to lead the next phase of the Scajaquada Expressway overhaul, with $56 million to fund it. A new coalition petition presses the state, whose…
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Developers are converting Main Street offices into apartments. The city-owned hostel building across from Shea’s is still empty
Private developers are betting millions on Theatre District office-to-apartment conversions, while the city-owned former hostel at 667 Main St. sits vacant after nearly $1.5 million in repairs and two rounds of proposals.…
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The Broadway Barns hosted Woodrow Wilson, Ella Fitzgerald and pro hockey. City Hall says it will probably come down
Buffalo says its crumbling 1884 drill hall at 201 Broadway will probably be demolished once the plows are out. No engineer’s report is public, and a 2023 landmark bid and a plan…
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Broadway Market’s $45 million makeover slips to 2027. Here’s what the design would change
A tax-credit delay has pushed the Broadway Market rebuild to spring 2027. The plans would restore its 1956 Art Moderne face, tear down the rear garage and cut planned parking from 135…
