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Random RantsAnnual 2012
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12/03/12WBFO Press Pass with Elizabeth Licata and "Game Changer" Dana Saylor-FurmanDana Saylor-Furman, one of twenty-four dynamic individuals featured in Buffalo Spree's Game Changers issue this month, joined Spree editor Elizabeth Licata and Mark Scott on WBFO to discuss the preservation of several important Buffalo buildings including Bethlehem Steel and the Trico plant. Saylor-Furman, who is active in Preservation Buffalo Niagara, coordinated the well-received City of Night event at Silo City earlier this year, and runs Old Time Roots, a historical research business that traces the history of prominent Buffalo properities. Listen to their conversation here. |
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11/14/12Help save the Bethlehem Steel Administration Bldg.Sign a petition to help save the Bethlehem Steel North Administration Building—and attend an event to learn more about its history. |
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09/24/12WBFO Press Pass with Elizabeth Licata: Preservation-Ready/Preservation Plus ConferenceElizabeth Licata sat down with Mark Scott of WBFO to discuss the preservation of a historic landmark at Main and Allen Streets. Click here for their discussion of the building at 918 and 920 Main Street, constructed in 1891 to house a company known as the Bosche Carriage Repository. At 23,000-square-feet, 918-920 has typical Romanesque features, icnluding rough stone finishes and round window arches of contrasting materials. Its neighboring building, 916, shown at top right and middle right, will be redeveloped in conjunction, the two structures forming one apartment complex. Photos by Joe Cascio. Licata also discusses the Preservation Plus conference happening this week; hosted by Preservation Buffalo Niagara, the conference will focus on the intersection of... |
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08/06/12Mondays with Schobie: A Macabre Modern Classic ReturnsDanny Boyle's debut is brought to Blu-ray by the Criterion Collection. |
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07/30/12WBFO Press Pass: with Elizabeth Licata Preservation Ready/ Shopping the Demo ListA residential demo has been temporarily halted—why and how that happened, as well as some other talk about demolition policy. |
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07/09/12Mondays with Schobie: A Century of SherlockTwo great actors, two brilliant Sherlocks. |
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06/11/12Mondays with Schobie: The Jesus and Mary Chain top the summer concert scheduleThe Brit legends lead my list of top ten summer concerts. |
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05/21/12Mondays with Schobie: The spirit of CannesCannes 2012 boasts the latest from Cronenberg, Haneke, and Bertolucci. |
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05/18/12Preservation-ready redux: A look at Bethlehem Steel's North OfficeIn September 2011 Buffalo Spree dedicated its monthly Preservation Ready column to the discussion of the old Lackawana Iron & Steel Company's North Office. Now that the former factory, known since 1899 as Bethlehem Steel, is in the news, we thought we would re-post the story. You can find it here, replete with detailed architectural images taken by talented photographer Joe Cascio. |
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04/30/12Mondays with Schobie: The uncompromising Steve McQueenThe U.K. artist-turned-filmmaker is two-for-two. Posted at 08:24 AM | Permalink | Comments: 8 |
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04/09/12Mondays with Schobie: Paul Weller's Sonik JourneyThe ex-Jam/Style Council singer returns with an ambitious new album. |
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03/19/12Calling all weather geeksRevel in the weirdness. |
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03/12/12Mondays with Schobie: Dangerous mindsRevisiting the latest from Cronenberg and Polanski. |
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03/06/12Trico's future looks bleakDemolition could start in April. |
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02/29/12The other shoe drops: WBFO + WNED = talk (mainly)It's basically one station now. |
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02/27/12Trico #1—the WBFO discussionThe Trico is Miss March in Spree's Preservation Ready series. A discussion of the building aired today on WBFO's Press Pass. |
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02/27/12Mondays with Schobie: Hockey's D-dayThe trade deadline, Tarkovsky, and Woody—together at last. |
02/20/12Mondays with Schobie: The Scandinavian star takes the StatesInterestingly, the man referred to as "the next big Swede" is not Swedish ... |
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02/06/12Strange days are hereWhen weather talk is not just polite chit-chat. |
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01/16/12Mondays With Schobie: Mumble materialA Sundance flick debuts on Vimeo. |
