wonderbread Posted February 11, 2009 Report Share Posted February 11, 2009 wow. That crane operator must be paid hourly. I have seen Pominville skate faster than that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledInIllinois Posted February 11, 2009 Report Share Posted February 11, 2009 wow. That crane operator must be paid hourly. I have seen Pominville skate faster than that. Everybody is a wise guy... Harder than it looks: slow v. safety... It is a fine line with regards to crane safety. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wonderbread Posted February 11, 2009 Report Share Posted February 11, 2009 Everybody is a wise guy... Harder than it looks: slow v. safety... It is a fine line with regards to crane safety. curmudgeon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledInIllinois Posted February 12, 2009 Report Share Posted February 12, 2009 curmudgeon That would be a "cranemudgen." :nana: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wonderbread Posted February 12, 2009 Report Share Posted February 12, 2009 That would be a "cranemudgen." :nana: :thumbsup: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffalOhio Posted February 13, 2009 Report Share Posted February 13, 2009 Found a webcam of the demolition. Now you can get a live update. Pretty cool technology. Sad to see the Aud go. What a great barn! I gotta get me some oranges! Aud Demo Webcam Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LabattBlue Posted February 13, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 13, 2009 Found a webcam of the demolition. Now you can get a live update. Pretty cool technology. Sad to see the Aud go. What a great barn! I gotta get me some oranges! Aud Demo Webcam Very cool. I just checked my yahoo email and found an email from the ECHDC announcing this webcam. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LabattBlue Posted February 21, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 21, 2009 A few more from early last week... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FogBat Posted February 22, 2009 Report Share Posted February 22, 2009 Except for the elevated highway going right by the Aud, I don't know why they don't try to implode the building. It would make it that much easier to get the job done and over with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darksabre Posted February 22, 2009 Report Share Posted February 22, 2009 Except for the elevated highway going right by the Aud, I don't know why they don't try to implode the building. It would make it that much easier to get the job done and over with. Because this is Buffalo and we like to drag things out as long as possible. I bet they get it half down and wind up stalling for a year renegotiating the demo contract. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deluca67 Posted February 22, 2009 Report Share Posted February 22, 2009 Except for the elevated highway going right by the Aud, I don't know why they don't try to implode the building. It would make it that much easier to get the job done and over with. They should blow up the Aud and the Skyway. They are both equally useless at this point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cdexchange Posted February 22, 2009 Report Share Posted February 22, 2009 They should blow up the Aud and the Skyway. They are both equally useless at this point. My wife takes the skyway downtown from Hamburg every day for work - it's quick and convenient. I don't know why everyone hates it so much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darksabre Posted February 22, 2009 Report Share Posted February 22, 2009 My wife takes the skyway downtown from Hamburg every day for work - it's quick and convenient. I don't know why everyone hates it so much. Because it's ugly as sin? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimiVbaby Posted February 23, 2009 Report Share Posted February 23, 2009 Because it's ugly as sin? And completely cuts off the waterfront? It needs to go ASAP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledInIllinois Posted February 23, 2009 Report Share Posted February 23, 2009 And completely cuts off the waterfront? It needs to go ASAP. That is the story of BFLO... The whole waterfront is cut off from the river to the lake.... What really needs to happen is the whole Niagara section of the Thruway needs to be moved east. That will never happen... But it has been proposed even when they were constructing that beast many years ago. So many mistakes planningwise, where do you begin? :wallbash: A little trivia: BFLO was the first city in the country to have ALL paved roads. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ROC Sabres Posted February 23, 2009 Report Share Posted February 23, 2009 That is the story of BFLO... The whole waterfront is cut off from the river to the lake.... What really needs to happen is the whole Niagara section of the Thruway needs to be moved east. That will never happen... But it has been proposed even when they were constructing that beast many years ago. So many mistakes planningwise, where do you begin? :wallbash: A little trivia: BFLO was the first city in the country to have ALL paved roads. Which happened in 1901. Which coincidentally was the last time Buffalo bother to pave the roads also. ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledInIllinois Posted February 23, 2009 Report Share Posted February 23, 2009 Which happened in 1901. Which coincidentally was the last time Buffalo bother to pave the roads also. ;) :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cdexchange Posted February 23, 2009 Report Share Posted February 23, 2009 Because it's ugly as sin? I know it seems to be the general concensus that everyone hates it, but I really don't mind it and I think it actually looks kinda cool. Plus, it's an awesome view of the lake and the naval park when you're up there driving (well, in the outbound lane anyway). I also don't understand why it's "in the way" of waterfront development...just build underneath and around it. In fact, I would think the fact that it's elevated to the degree that is would actually create more space to be developed. I'd rather see them take the hundreds of millions of dollars it would cost to tear it down and instead use that money to actually build something. We should build a new Peace Bridge before we even think about tearing down the skyway. Just my .02 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cdexchange Posted February 23, 2009 Report Share Posted February 23, 2009 A little trivia: BFLO was the first city in the country to have ALL paved roads. That's cool, I didn't know that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elcrusho Posted February 23, 2009 Report Share Posted February 23, 2009 Which happened in 1901. Which coincidentally was the last time Buffalo bother to pave the roads also. ;) Another one that doesn't live in Buffalo trashing the city.... :thumbdown: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FogBat Posted February 23, 2009 Report Share Posted February 23, 2009 Which happened in 1901. Which coincidentally was the last time Buffalo bother to pave the roads also. ;) Wasn't that right around the time of the Pan Am Exposition as well? Or did they get that done after that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FogBat Posted February 23, 2009 Report Share Posted February 23, 2009 I know it seems to be the general concensus that everyone hates it, but I really don't mind it and I think it actually looks kinda cool. Plus, it's an awesome view of the lake and the naval park when you're up there driving (well, in the outbound lane anyway). I also don't understand why it's "in the way" of waterfront development...just build underneath and around it. In fact, I would think the fact that it's elevated to the degree that is would actually create more space to be developed. I'd rather see them take the hundreds of millions of dollars it would cost to tear it down and instead use that money to actually build something. We should build a new Peace Bridge before we even think about tearing down the skyway. Just my .02 That has actually been discussed in recent months. I know I read about it in The Trucker a while back, but they don't have that article archived online. At the very least, the Peace Bridge does need a retrofit. Granted, I was on the Peace Bridge in my truck about two years ago, and it took a while to get through customs after picking up a load in the Falls. Having said that, the Peace Bridge is actually in much better shape than the Ambassador Bridge in Detroit/Windsor. The road surface on that bridge is just absolutely horrible! :thumbdown: EDIT: I stand corrected. Here's a quote from Michigan DOT spokesman Bill Schreck: "We have six lanes of traffic at Detroit/Windsor and two are tunnels which can't handle truck traffic," Shreck said. "We're competing with Buffalo and Niagara Falls which have 14 lanes, and they are talking about expanding." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rico7 Posted February 23, 2009 Report Share Posted February 23, 2009 I know it seems to be the general concensus that everyone hates it, but I really don't mind it and I think it actually looks kinda cool. Plus, it's an awesome view of the lake and the naval park when you're up there driving (well, in the outbound lane anyway). I also don't understand why it's "in the way" of waterfront development...just build underneath and around it. In fact, I would think the fact that it's elevated to the degree that is would actually create more space to be developed. I'd rather see them take the hundreds of millions of dollars it would cost to tear it down and instead use that money to actually build something. We should build a new Peace Bridge before we even think about tearing down the skyway. Just my .02 It would take millions to tear it down, but the problem is the cost of keeping it far outweighs the cost of tearing it down. They would save a lot more $ in the long run. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cdexchange Posted February 23, 2009 Report Share Posted February 23, 2009 It would take millions to tear it down, but the problem is the cost of keeping it far outweighs the cost of tearing it down. They would save a lot more $ in the long run. Really? Do you have any linkage to back that up? I don't really doubt you, but I'd be interested in reading more about that if it's indeed true. Don't forget, it's not just the cost of tearing it down...you'd have to also add the cost of replacing it, correct? It's hard to believe that all of that would be cheaper than maintaining an existing road. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bmwolf21 Posted February 23, 2009 Report Share Posted February 23, 2009 Another one that doesn't live in Buffalo trashing the city.... :thumbdown: Yet again a local gets his panties in a bunch because someone makes a joke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Archived
This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.