Wait, what city is this?

It’s not even like these plans are amazing its just that after all these years…something really good is going to happen on the waterfront. This “Canal Side” plan is just perfect.
1. Removal of an ugly office buildng
2. Removal of surface lots (thats multiple)
3. Mixed use buildings
4. Retail downtown
5. Most of it is ALREADY FINANCED !$!$!

I know a lot of the older Buffalonians can easily look at this and be like “Oh its just another waterfront plan. This is Buffalo, things don’t get done.”
But it’s different this time. The money is in place, the developer is in place, every aspect of this plan is thorough. In 2010 we should see a lot less surface lots by the HSBC Arena, a nice new metro station that replaces the current one by the Aud and the “Special Events” one as well, nice retail and residential options all around our historic Inner Harbor.
And the best part about this is that a lot of downtown is growing already…with or without this plan which means that all these pieces of the downtwon puzzle are going to come together to form a place where everyone will want to visit, work, live, hangout, whatever.

The momentum thats occuring is amazing. I know a lot of this Canal Side project is public money but unlike the outer harbor plan, this part of downtown is extremely accessible and already has some good things around it, meaning the private investment shouldn’t be to far behind.