Restore Our Community Coalition Launches
“I Remember” Campaign

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Restore Our Community Coalition Launches “I Remember” Campaign

December 6, 2014

Campaign asks residents and community to Remember the beauty of the Humboldt Parkway.

What:

Sunday, December 14, 2014 the Restore Our Community Coalition (ROCC) invites current and former residents of Humboldt Parkway neighborhoods to attend the “I Remember” Holiday

The decision to destroy one of America’s tree lined Olmsted parkways and replace it with an expressway was introduced over 60 years ago. This planning decision has resulted […]

Bringing Back an Olmsted Parkway

A recent interview conducted by Mike Puma was featured in the April 2015 edition of the Buffalo Spree Magazine.

Picture the Hamlin Park neighborhood in the winter of 1959. As a light snow falls, resident Donnee Hill steps out of his house, feeling the fresh snow crunch under his feet. The mighty elm trees overhead seem to go on forever and create a snow-covered canopy as far as he can see. As he takes a moment to gather himself, […]

Hamlin Park Looks to Re-Establish Humboldt Parkway

Reposted from the GoBike Buffalo website.

A City Divided Comes Together

Reposted from Buffalo Rising.

There is a renewed energy and spirit when it comes to reevaluating Buffalo’s high speed roadways that disconnect us as a city, and block us from accessing our waterfront. For some people, the battle to heal our city from the harms of urban renewal run deep. Deep scars that tore communities apart, and left trails of disinvestment and blight in their wake.

One organization in Buffalo set out some time ago to address the issues and convince The City to […]