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Originally Posted by homestar
A couple issues I have with this...
one is the elevated section of the canal. It seems odd, although it could be kinda neat too. But it essentially makes the canal un-navicable. It will be sectioned off by waterfalls. Will boats be able to come in farther via the prime slip? It's difficult to tell from the model.
The other issue is the designation they've already attached to one block as the "entertainment district". Since they've already said much of the development will come from market forces, how can they possibly predict how each block will evolve??
WCP - do you know what the next step is? What do they plan to accomplish in 2009? (besides environmental studies...)
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The boats depicted outside of BPro are paddleboats that would be rented, not coming from the Buffalo River (they're essentially creating a pond at BPro's front door on top of the museum). The ones shown near the Buffalo News- I assume that means the covered canal off the river will be navigable?
They've been pretty up front that this is a generic environmental review that will look at the big picture and not necessarily where each piece fits to allow flexibility in the master plan which will evolve over time. So a 'district' is the plan for now- what actually gets built is market-driven.
2009 is environmental review, some road work, aud demo, and the start of the Marine Drive parking ramp.
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