Artspace II?

July 3rd, 2008 Central Terminal


Came across some interesting info at the end of this BfloNews article about the opening of the Erie Canal Harbor in reference to Hillary’s visit of her much-championed-for project…

After leaving the Erie Canal Harbor dedication, Clinton got her first look at Artspace Buffalo Lofts, a project she championed and secured critical funding for, since it opened a year ago at 1219 Main St.

Clinton noted the lofts have a waiting list of 424 and attracted artists from 20 states and Canada.

‘I believe if we could replicate this project . . we could have 20 projects like this, we could have hundreds more people moving to downtown Buffalo and being part of the renaissance that’s going on here,’ Clinton said.

As much as I’d love to see an Artspace XX I’m gonna settle for II. Certainly getting downtown going is a major focus but how about Central Terminal?

Residences in the tower and community spaces, art galleries, performance center taking up the remaining parcels of the terminal.

Artists are really the only people who would be willing to and be excited to take a chance on living in such a neighborhood. With their involvement we could see a more stabilized Broadway-Fillmore area.

An expensive project, but one of the few legitimate ideas to truly get the Terminal up and running as a 24/7/365 kind of place again.

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3 Responses to “Artspace II?”

  1. um Says:
    July 4th, 2008 at 10:13 am

    to be honest, buffalo has a long way to go before there is another artspace project here. i would say that first is to actually get a working arts commission and at the very least renting out the first floor of the current artspace.

  2. Mike Miller Says:
    July 7th, 2008 at 3:25 am

    Mark, we actively pursued ArtSpace 4 years ago, when the project was first announced. They wouldn’t even consider the idea. But, that was in the early days of reopening to the public. I wonder if our 5 year track record of arts events would change their minds?

    Mike Miller
    President
    CTRC

  3. sbrof Says:
    July 9th, 2008 at 7:16 am

    Could be a cool use for the baggage building, 424 on a waiting list is a pretty good chunk of people and life into anyplace that they land. Part of the tower, baggage… who knows I think it has a some merit and maybe after a little more work and publicity from the CT crew it could be an option.

    The load capabilities of our older buildings are real assets for artists and one of the reasons I think so many congregate here. The freedom, space and costs of quality space for artists is tough to come by.

    But there are a lot of places that Artspace II could go and add life. Larkin District, Downtown, More on Main.

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