BUFFALO | New Tallest Building | 615 FT / 187 M | 40 FLOORS - Page 4

Halovet · #61 Posted **Oct 31, 2006, 1:04 AM**

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Originally Posted by STERNyc

Its a little more than 100 feet shorter. As it should be. Its sad that a city with only 50,000 people is benefitting from development on a massive scale while the second largest city in the state of New York has just about been forgotten. On a positive note, once the first large-scale development in many years and at a previously unseen scale was completed in White Plains (City Center) development skyrocketed with numerous amounts of skyscrapers planned and underconstruction, even Trump got in the act.

and it all probably started for White Plains and New Rochelle by young urban developers with vision much like Issa who wanted to brake out of the NYC confines. Just as Issa said in his press conference, he wondered what New York's 2nd city was like. Expect others to become curious and check out WNY as well in the near future. Hey, who says Hamburger wont pull Trump's coat tail himself. All it takes is some initiativeand a blank check book. From the sound of things, all the pieces are in place to see the office tower boom go state wide, and I think, that's exactly what's about to happen.

Halovet · #62 Posted **Oct 31, 2006, 1:20 AM**

anybody (besides me) think Palidino's been...like...real quite!

Sulley · #63 Posted **Oct 31, 2006, 5:40 AM**

Buffalo needs to get rid of those disco era street lights if we get this thing. They're so unfabulous!

neilioo · #64 Posted **Oct 31, 2006, 8:26 AM**

Great news for Buffalo, i feel this building would have a much better chance of getting built if they trimmed it down abit though, keep the same height but give it a smaller floor plate, it seems to bulky. Anyway, Buffalo deserves this. Good luck!

Halovet · #65 Posted **Oct 31, 2006, 8:38 AM**

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Originally Posted by Sulley

Buffalo needs to get rid of those disco era street lights if we get this thing. They're so unfabulous!

Buffalo was the first city with Street lights. Those lights hold heavy significance. Also, dont hate on the Disco Era. Those were great times.

Sulley · #66 Posted **Oct 31, 2006, 1:24 PM**

I think everyone in Buffalo would agree with that

canucklehead2 · #67 Posted **Oct 31, 2006, 3:52 PM**

I hate to ask again, but what happened with the Inner Harbour skyscraper and the developers being crooks? I totally missed all of that... ANyone have the rendering btw?

Downtown Bolivar · #68 Posted **Oct 31, 2006, 4:00 PM**

^^^All that information w/ renderings is available in the old Buffalo projects thread.

WHISTLERINMUSKOKA · #69 Posted **Oct 31, 2006, 5:08 PM**

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Originally Posted by STERNyc

It's kinda similar to the Penny Lane project in Calgary

You better hope not, that's some bad 1990 style hack architecture.

Halovet · #70 Posted **Oct 31, 2006, 8:23 PM**

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Originally Posted by canucklehead2

I hate to ask again, but what happened with the Inner Harbour skyscraper and the developers being crooks? I totally missed all of that... ANyone have the rendering btw?

Oh Alright Dammit! I hope you know you're probably Jinxing the new project.

The Rigas Family, Heads of Adelphia Corp and former NHL Buffalo Sabres owners drove The company, and The Sabres into Bankroptcy with shitty inside trader deals. They are all in Jail, and needless to say, the project went in the toilet also. Now if The Sabres start losing, Im coming for you.

Adelphia Tower

Statis: Never Built

architect: Hellmuth, Obata & Kassabaum

Facts: The Adelphia building was planned for the Webster Block across from the HSBC Arena at Washington and Scott streets.
The project size and scope was altered several times (40 floors, 38 floors, 22 floors, and finally 15 floors).

Sgt. Sabre · #71 Posted **Oct 31, 2006, 11:33 PM**

Sgt. Sabre · #72 Posted **Oct 31, 2006, 11:38 PM**

Disco sucks. I detest the BeeGees.

And the streetlights do need to go. But at least we've gotten rid of them on the Skyway, 33, and one side of the road on lower Elmwood/Terrace.

Halovet · #73 Posted **Nov 1, 2006, 8:34 AM**

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Originally Posted by Sgt. Sabre

Disco sucks. I detest the BeeGees.

And the streetlights do need to go. But at least we've gotten rid of them on the Skyway, 33, and one side of the road on lower Elmwood/Terrace.

Oh stop your dam whining. You probably arn't old enough to remember much anyway. As for the lights, if they have changed some of them, it only stands to reason they will continue that course of action at some point. Might be a good ideal to move any additional "Disco" discussion to the Discussion forum. Otherwise, drop it.

BANKofMANHATTAN · #74 Posted **Nov 1, 2006, 6:19 PM**

My original image with the tower facing the wrong way:

The same image given to Cannon Design, for re-tooling. The building was put in the right way, resized, and the background was taken out. However, the building's position is wrong, i believe - you wouldn't see the base of the tower from that far back on Niagara St. (& Maryland Ave.) - Also it is covering up buildings in the foreground on Niagara St. :

An aerial shot i used to show the vantage point and select buildings for placement purposes:

My re-rendered version with the building in a closer-to-correct view: