tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5926052286620522481.post905973882670645757..comments2023-11-06T05:41:18.292-05:00Comments on Lockport NY: The Plan?MJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08897623569897105078noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5926052286620522481.post-91848852648291591082010-10-08T15:13:03.430-04:002010-10-08T15:13:03.430-04:00You don't have to go to Detroit to see that. J...You don't have to go to Detroit to see that. Just spend 25 mins heading over to the east side of Buffalo and visit its urban prairies. It does not work.<br /><br />The more of the East side of Buffalo that is vacanted and demolished the more the problem moves outward and now its finally into Cheektowaga. You can even look here in Lockport. We demolished Market St in Lower town and the "problem" moved to Genessee. Demolish Genesee and people near it will move away faster leaving a void to be filled by the same "problem".<br /><br />And even worse it just replays the mistakes of the blanket urban renewal DT. All those old victorians next to DT are gold in the ground waiting to be mined. We just need a long term methodology to accomplish it. We need to make it a much easier decision for people to take the chance to invest in them. People are much more likely to invest where things are growing than where they are being demolished.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5926052286620522481.post-80937773150120678772010-10-08T14:55:06.983-04:002010-10-08T14:55:06.983-04:00I'd love to see us doing what Detroit did, whe...I'd love to see us doing what Detroit did, where they are razing entire neighborhoods, even starting urban farms on some of them! <br />Goodbye Genessee St!!!<br />Now that would be a good use of $9,000,000!<br />Funny thing is though, you could probably buy the whole street for less than a million!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com