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Written on Thursday, August 31st, 2006 at 7:40am by Mark | One Comment

Not all of Buffalo is "New Buffalo"

I’m pretty sure Marc from WNYmedia.net alluded to this earlier this week…the term “New Buffalo” is starting to get out of hand. With Downtown on the rise it’s easy to get really excited for the revival of our city but while all this goes on, the “other” side of Main Street has seen the continuous decline of the quality of life and spread out into neighborhoods that have never seen it before.
I’ll admit, I’ve turned my head to a lot of the crime this year, but with three murders since Friday in my University District that I’ve always defended as a good place to live. Now I don’t feel that anymore.
When you don’t feel safe in your own neighborhood anymore in the daytime-you know your city is NOT entering a “renaissance”.

One Comment

BuffaloRox says:

September 1, 2006 at 9:33 am

Don’t give up the faith. One small step back (albeit a violent one) in UH (or North Buffalo for that matter) hopefully won’t derail enthusiasm and attention on revitalization of the city. UB’s announcement to reallocate more of it’s policing to the South Campus is long overdue. Hopefully, Simpson will refocus efforts on the South Campus rather than the unfriendly abomination of the North Campus. Also, this is evidence that attention needs to be paid to revitalizing areas other areas of the city. Broadway-Fillmore Alive is doing so in that area. More attention needs to be given to the efforts made in Hamlin Park and along Jefferson Avenue. Seeds of progress take a long time to mature. Elmwood Ave took a long time to rebuild beyond seedy bars. Building the city’s tax base is paramount so that the pace of revitalization and services (such as youth activities and policing) can be increased. These murders are ugly reminders that the revitalization of certain areas of the city still has yet to spread to many other areas.