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Contact your Council Member regarding TRICO’s Landmark Status!
Apr. 26 | Below is the contact information for every council member. We’ve received a template letter from the ‘Trico Citizens Coalition’ that can be used to notify the individuals below via mail, here is a word version and pdf version of that letter. Please...
RECAP: Local Landmark Meeting – Details, News & Thoughts…
Apr. 26 | Well, that was exciting! On Tuesday, over 50 concerned citizens, activists and organizations came together in the Buffalo City Hall common council chambers to discuss Trico’s future as a local landmark. It took two hours to get through the public...
Common Council to vote on LANDMARK Designation tomorrow! Last opportunity for public to speak!
Apr. 23 | The public will have one last opportunity to have their voices heard regarding the designation of the TRICO Plant as a local historic landmark. The designation is an agenda item at tomorrow’s Common Council Meeting taking place in the Council Chambers...
Flip – Flop: Buffalo News, BNMC & Trico
Apr. 4 | As the Trico story gains more media attention, the contributors and readers of this site welcome unbiased factual reporting of the event. The Buffalo News’ March 11, 2012 article, “Go Slow on Trico”, accurately encapsulated the community’s...
TABLED: Both TRICO agenda items are tabled until April 24th
Mar. 28 | Yesterday, the common council chose to table both TRICO agenda items until their next meeting on April 10th April 24th. The items tabled were the Preservation Board’s recommendation for local landmark designation and the resolution put together by...
Past Engineering Reports point to ‘demolition by neglect’ tactics by BNMC, but TRICO is still structurally strong
Mar. 26 | On Friday, Artvoice disclosed a series of engineering reports that were commissioned by the Buffalo Urban Development Corp.(BURC) to examine TRICO. Those reports provide an interesting narrative of how the national register-listed building was maintained...
New Page! Q & A with Matt Enstice!
Mar. 25 | Check out the new page – Q & A with Matt Enstice – for audio clips from Preservation Buffalo Niagara’s(PBN) recent educational public meeting. We are currently reviewing the audio from the question and answer session and will eventually...
Local Landmark Hearing Summary
Mar. 24 | In an unanimous vote Thursday, the Buffalo Preservation Board decided to present a proposal to the common council to make the Trico Building a local landmark. Several individuals, some representing local preservation groups and others as concerned citizens,...
Uncovering the Trico Plant’s Beauty – By Nicholas Miller
Mar. 21 | I find that many people have difficulty seeing past a given building’s current state of repair to imagine what it could be. Therefore, given the Trico Plant’s current condition, it is not hard to see why many find it easy to dismiss the building’s...
Trico Events for Thursday!
Mar. 21 | Thursday is important. We have two events happening in one day. Part One: Thursday, March 22nd there is a public hearing regarding the local landmark designation for TRICO in the Council Chambers @ City Hall at 6pm. Come and show your support for the...
“Preservationists have said, well, keep the building up, and perhaps there’s a way to do that” – U.S. Senator Charles Schumer
Mar. 14 | WBEN touched on the effort to save Trico this morning, which included a quote from U.S. Senator Charles Schumer. From the article, “When asked about the situation this week, U.S. Senator Charles Schumer thinks both sides can find a reasonable...
Tommunist Retort: Historic History of the Historic Trico Building
Mar. 13 | Boxy Lady... In keeping with the Tommunisms theme for 2012 of “All Potshots…No Solutions”, the Tommunist Retort podcast returns with a special guest recording by William Van Landingham (the First), the founder of “Keep Buffalo Lame”....
Campaign for Greater Buffalo – Public Hearing announced for March 27th
Mar. 13 | NEWS FLASH: Campaign for Greater Buffalo History, Architecture & Culture has announced a public meeting on how the Trico Plant can be saved. It is scheduled for Tuesday, March 27 from 6:00-7:30pm at the historic Promised Land Baptist church at Mulberry...
Local Landmark Public Hearing – March 22 @ 6pm at City Hall
Mar. 13 | The city Preservation Board has scheduled a public hearing on a proposal to make the Trico Plant a local historic landmark. The hearing will be held at 6 p.m. March 22 in Council Chambers at City Hall. Please come out and show your support for this important...
