South Buffalo Blogger

To continue on the infrastructure frustration, in random order, Seneca Street from Southside Parkway to Mineral Springs:

By: CindyK.

Councilman Mickey Kearns attended a public meeting at the Cazenovia Library yesterday evening, among the list of topics, Kearns expressed his views on the City of Buffalo using some of their “rainy day fund” to build a new police station in South Buffalo.

Reminding citizens that the A-district is the largest in the City, he talked about police presence and the “different kind of crime” like the rash of graffiti.

With a police precinct on South Park and a fire station on Seneca & Southside, his idea is to switch the locations of the two stations, putting a new precinct back on Seneca and a firehouse on South Park.

“We were promised a fire station, and I know that’s coming. We’d like to have a police station too.” Kearns stated.

Councilman Kearns noted all of the other districts in the City have new(er) police stations except the A-district, and said there is no locker room for female officers at the station on South Park.

“I know it costs a lot of money, but we [the City of Buffalo] have a $40 million rainy day fund, we have $40 million sitting in the bank, we have a record surplus, we can afford it, we deserve it. We’re the highest taxpaying district in the city and we need a new police station and fire station. I think it’s a reasonable thing to ask for.”

Having met with the fire commissioner, Kearns stated his idea was very different.

“My idea was to flip them.” Kearns believes the City can build a new station in the same spot as the old precinct that was closed about 10 years ago, with zero acquisition costs. Saying the footprint would fit.

By that meaning, build a new precinct on Seneca and construct the new firehouse on South Park. Kearns feels his idea makes sense.

“It would a tough trade off” says John S. Klukowski Sr. Cazenovia Street Area Block Club President.

“The fire station is very centralized where it is right now, it’s at Seneca Street, close to Bailey, close to the 1-90, and it’s easy access to Abbott and South Park via Southside.” He noted.

“A police station on Seneca was always central to South Buffalo. When the precinct house was closed, it was the biggest down-turn for Seneca Street.” He added.

Having a police station back on Seneca would definitely turn the area back around, Klukowski stated.

By: Cindyk. They say a picture’s worth 1,000 words … how many ways can you reword “What a shame!”?

Close:

and closer:

Editted as per Chili Willie’s commenting….

These are a new batch of pictures taken from Cazenovia Street to Mineral Springs and back. Posted in random order.

The Grace Lutheran Church, 174 Cazenovia Street, will host a Chivetta’s Chicken Dinner on Saturday, May 31st.

The cost, pre-sale $6.50 ~ $7.00 at the door

proceeds to benefit kids going to camp.

For more information, contact the Grace Lutheran Church: (716)822-0553

By: Cindyk. The other day the green street light poles were (re)painted in black on Cazenovia Street in South Buffalo,

And then I was reminded of the same green street light poles on North Legion Drive that were (re)painted 2 years ago: (pic taken day of post)

I don’t know if the City of Buffalo realizes this….. but THE RUST ALWAYS SHOWS THROUGH THE BLACK PAINT!!!!

Updated post to add Cazenovia Street pictures from last year to go along with my comment left:

The fact that these street lights are the oldest in the city, there are only so many times they can make them look new again. They are all rusted to some extent, and they all need to be replaced, not just covered up.

The rust is chipped away, metal plates are welded on to cover the rust, and then they are painted with primer. Eventually (re)painted black to cover up the “quick fix” work, so that anyone would think they are new, when all they are are quick fixes…. in two years though, the street light poles on Cazenovia will then show the same condition as those on North Legion.

Peter J. Crotty Casino in Cazenovia Park: