July 22, 2019 News, Projects

“$52 Million Later, Darwin Martin Complex Restoration is Complete”

In March 1991, then-Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan showed up unannounced at the Darwin Martin House and grew upset at how it looked. He called the deteriorating estate — named a National Historic Landmark five years earlier — “a ruin and a disgrace.” It what turned out to be a turning point, Moynihan called on the..

June 13, 2019 News

“HHL Mural Speaks of the History of Buffalo, Its Buildings, and Its Architects”

HHL Architects have unveiled a new mural on the side of their building at 172 Allen Street. Business partner Matthew Meier, AIA, told me that the original pencil drawing was done by one of HHL’s longtime Associate Architects, Christopher Guerra in 1988. According to Meier, Guerra completed the sketch before coming on board with the HHL team 30 years..

May 18, 2019 News, Projects

“Designed or Inspired? Controversy Surrounds Posthumous Wright Projects in Buffalo”

Buffalo has a well-deserved reputation among Frank Lloyd Wright fans mainly on account of the Darwin Martin House and the Graycliff estate in Derby. Then there are the three structures built here in recent years based on drawings Wright left behind, many decades after his death. And soon there will be a fourth...

May 14, 2019 News, Projects

“Period Building for Packet Boat Project Approved for Canalside”

A wood-frame period building at Canalside, where a replica of a 19th century packet boat will be built, has received the green light. Work is expected to begin on the building later this month, with completion anticipated in July 2020. The Buffalo Maritime Center plans to lead a community effort to build the boat. “This..

May 13, 2019 People, Projects

“ECHDC Board Meets, Approves Construction Contract for Longshed”

The Erie Canal Harbor Development Corp. board of directors met Monday and authorized ECHDC to enter into a $5.53 million contract with Savarino Companies LLC for construction of the Longshed Building at Canalside. The approximately 4,400-square-foot wood-frame structure will reflect the Central Wharf site’s history by incorporating elements from the Joy and Webster Storehouse located..

May 13, 2019 News, Projects

“Longshed Building, Packet Boat Coming Afloat at Canalside”

After more than a decade of planning, the dream of the Buffalo Maritime Center and Erie Canal Harbor Development Corp. to create a Canalside attraction that pays direct homage to the city’s past will become a reality. The Erie Canal Harbor Development Corp. directors approved a series of measures that will see the construction of the 4,400-square-foot..

April 23, 2019 News, Projects

“New Canisius Athletic Facility to Debut at May College Meeting”

The quest for student physical fitness at Canisius College is moving from the busy Koessler Center to a campus building now with foosball, video games and bubble hockey. Students have long complained the facilities in the Koessler Center aren’t sufficient for both students and the college’s sports teams. The new facilities in Palisano Pavilion are..

April 8, 2019 News, Projects

“Kolkmeyer Plans Apartments, Hotel for Goodyear Mansion, Formerly Oracle Charter”

When developer Paul Kolkmeyer looks at the former Oracle Charter School in Buffalo, he sees a boutique hotel and apartments. Kolkmeyer, head of Priam Development, wants to convert the Goodyear House at 888 Delaware Ave. – home of the former high school – into a combination of hotel and apartments, with 29 guest rooms and..

April 5, 2019 News, Projects

“Boutique Hotel and Apartments Proposed for 888 Delaware”

A Delaware Avenue mansion has a hospitality and residential future. Priam Development is proposing a 29-room boutique hotel and 20 residential units for the Charles W. Goodyear House at 888 Delaware Avenue. The property was most recently used by Oracle Charter School. HHL Architects is working on plans for the conversion project The hotel rooms will be..

January 30, 2019 News, Projects

“Good Look: Nineteen North”

Nineteen North apartments in Allentown is open with a few finishing touches left to be completed on the building. It is one of a growing number of ground-up apartment projects being constructed outside of downtown. First Amherst Development is behind the four-level, 39 unit luxury apartment building one block west of Main Street. The building includes..