coe place is adorable. the homes have so much potential.

I am a designer who recently passed through Coe Place and found it to have the potential of being quite charming, as I am sure it once was many years ago.

I am saddened by the blight of Buffalo, which seems to permeate the majority of the city. Admittedly, being the middle of winter doesnit exactly help the scenery either.

But, I digressOe

I am also a preservationist at heart and would love to be part of a group effort, grassroots movement, to resurrect this one block, extremely unique neighborhood but I am concerned as to the safety of living in this area.

I would think that this would make an ideal gated community, which may, on the surface sound terrible but it may draw to attention the need for people with the monetary funds to help save these late Victorian buildings from being further neglected. Every house on this block clearly needs some form of attention.

It is an interesting street. There are so many of them on the east side.

http://local.live.com/default.aspx?v=2&ss=coe%20place%20buffalo%20ny&cp=42.906846~-78.866259&style=o&lvl=2&scene=225386&sp=adr.Coe%20Pl%2c%20Buffalo%2c%20NY%2014209

There's the link to Windows live local. I love the bird's eye view shots. Its amazing how many houses are still on the street and just how tight they are in there. The parking lot behind the north side leaves something to be desired, but you have to start somewhere. The amount of "open canvas" on the east side always amazes me.

Zooming out, its appearent just how much the New Delta Sonic expansion leaves an open wound in the streetscape of Main St.. At least it is a living one and not an abandoned one. You'd think someone would be able to draw up a structure that could blend in and still house the functions of a gas station etc. I know I have sketched out a few, but an achitect I am not. Nor is a developer pry willing to pay any extra build costs.

Yes, Coe place is one piece

downgrading the Kensington to a Parkway between Jefferson and downtown is another

and extending Buffalos Light Rail to the Airport is another

and removing the toll boths on the I90 entering Buffalo is another

Nice piece. Readers should be aware that the Hamilton Ward House is currently threatened with demolition by its owner, Belmont Shelter Corp.

For more on this unfortunate situation follow the link to the Greater Buffalo Blog above the image of the house (above).

If you feel like contacting Belmont Shelter Corpt. they can be found at http://www.belmontshelter.org/contact.php. Please remember to be polite and concise if you choose to contact them.

For anyone interested...

19 Coe Place is listed as being owned by a Alberta Commarano and is assessed at $7000.00

Steel,

Awesome post.

Here's a link to Chris Hawley's groundbreaking work about the "Hamilton Ward House" aka 19 Coe Place.

http://tinyurl.com/93dbn

Let's remember that the current owner, Belmont Shelter will also be the property manager of the adjacent Artspace project. Here's the latest about Artspace:

http://tinyurl.com/c9jb8

I was pumping my gas across the street, spotted Coe, and decided to drive-by and see what the fuss was about. Here was my honest to goodness experiece: two cop cars were parked on the left hand side, officer on the sidewalk. other vehicles were parked and the right hand side and it appear people were in the process of moving. As i reached the end of the short block, a third cop car came whizzing by down Ellicott. As I made my way back to main street a two more police cars were at the intersection (presumably one of the was the vehicle which whizzed by), attending to a car crash (?) involving a vehicles which transports caskets. strange, huh? I hope that's not normal . . .