Has anyone seen Buffalo’s CURRENT CITY DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS? The Grand total is: $3,561,223,642

Here are just a few:

* The Church, 341 Delaware Avenue, conversion/renovation; office/performance C 9,000,000 $
* New Era Headquarters, 160 Delaware Ave. C 10,000,000 $
* Statler Building Renovation, 107 Delaware Ave.; mixed-use: hotel, office, housing UC 100,000,000 $
* Sycamore Village; 48 units, new housing construction UC 7,200,000 $
* Bass Pro Outdoor World Store at Canal Side PL 40,000,000 $ (PL: Planned; project announced and likely to move forward)
* Darwin Martin House and associated projects; renovation and new construction UC 35,000,000 $ (under construction)
* Frank Lloyd Wright Boat House UC 5,400,000 $ (under construction)
* Frank Lloyd Wright Gas Station & Pierce-Arrow Transportation Museum PR 10,000,000 $
* Seneca Buffalo Creek Casino and parking- est. PL 118,000,000 $ (planned)

I hope no one talks to me about Ani DiFranco being some starving artist, and independent recording lable coming “home” and giving back while accepting 9 million bucks this year! Righteous, huh? I’ll never make $9 million in my lifetime working for a living yet she gets it handed to her.

To give you a better perspective, it only totaled up to $75,000 for new sidewalks on Cazenovia Street. What a shame!

Don’t get me started on New Era!