Congress for New Urbanism
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Members of the Congress for New Urbanism (CNU) are in town to discuss solutions regarding the city's lack of access to the waterfront. I was able to capture a podcast last evening when George Grassers' organization, Partnership for a Livable WNY, invited former Milwaukee Mayor John Norquist (CNU) and and CNU's Norm Marshall to speak about some of their preliminary findings. If you want a simple explanation... or how about a simple picture of what their vision is for Buffalo's waterfront, take a drive up to Toronto and see what has been accomplished there. At-grade boulevards replacing fast-moving freeways? It appears to be working in every other city that is going in a pro-urban-living direction.
Members of the Congress for New Urbanism will be speaking twice today. Once along the water and once at City Hall. It will be interesting to see if their message is heard. We will be covering those engagements as they occur. We will also be presenting schematics that the team has prepared that show what our Outer Harbor could look like if it were to include boulevards surrounded by commercial and residential buildings... and of course parks to allow waterfront access.
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The best thing hes said:
Buffalo does not need to serve as a speed through for people coming form another town to another place. Buffalo does not need to sacrifice its property so that people can quickly travel through the city. The city should build only that which increases its value.
This highway is of no benefit to the city its self. If that is the case how can you justify spending future money on its maintenance.
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chris69
I hope that higgins reads this:
Higgins you are becoming the enemy of Buffalo not its savior. Your stand on demolishing homes and businesses for the Peace Bridge Plaza and now your stand on the skyway and southtown connector are diametrically opposite to what the community and the citizens of Buffalo and WNY want.
how quickly you earned the respect ...and how quickly you are pissing it away!
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