The stories/links are listed in reverse-chronological order (newest at the top).

WEEKLY READER: week ending July 10, 2008
 

WEEKLY READER: week ending July 3, 2008
 
WGRZ-TV:  WHERE HAVE ALL THE DOLLARS GONE?
In the past decade tolls have doubled at the Peace Bridge, and out of that increase, they've only managed to reserve about $35-40 million; or 10% of the cost of a new bridge. 

Where did it go, and from where will the other 90% come?
 
http://www.wgrz.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=59093&catid=37

WEEKLY READER: week ending June 13, 2008

 ARTICLE
 Olmsted scholar decries bridge's desecration of historic park.
 (But, typically, the real story is: What Does Ron Rienas Think?)
 http://www.buffalonews.com/cityregion/buffaloerie/story/364640.html
 
ARTICLE
 Author of maligned bird study defends findings 
http://www.buffalonews.com/cityregion/niagaracounty/story/364682.html

WEEKLY READER: week ending June 4, 2008

EVERYBODY'S COLUMN: Barbara L. Battista
The misinformed and ill-reasoned letter published Sunday in the Buffalo News.
(Does she live at or just own one of the homes in this neighborhood?)

Hey Barb, guess what!?
The PBA owns that "eyesore, along with other empty houses on that block".  The one in this photo was General Porter's home. Who should "get real"? – we wonder.
http://www.buffalonews.com/opinion/everybodyscolumn/story/360100.html

EDITORIAL/ANOTHER VOICE: Bernadette Secco
 "Planners should revise project design or move it"
 (exposing the failings of both the PBA and bedfellow Buffalo News)
 http://www.buffalonews.com/opinion/anothervoice/story/362896.html
 
EVERYBODY'S COLUMN: Todd Mitchell
 "Raising neighborhood for plaza is a mistake"
 PBA must "rethink its plan" (presuming any thought went into it in the first place)
 http://www.buffalonews.com/opinion/everybodyscolumn/story/362903.html

WEEKLY READER: week ending May 27, 2008
 
(And bringing up the rear, the Buffalo News: "Don't worry, Ron, we've got your back.")
NEWS EDITORIAL
Losing historic neighborhood "inevitable."  Face it; new plaza an improvement.  C'mon, show some love to the PBA.  Plan not "perfect," but so what?
http://www.buffalonews.com/opinion/editorials/story/354114.html
 
 
ANOTHER (familiar)VOICE
In which regular Guest Editor Ron Rienas plagiarizes the above editorial, regurgitating his now fossilized talking points.  (Misinformation endlessly repeated remains misinformation)
http://www.buffalonews.com/opinion/anothervoice/story/356082.html

WEEKLY READER: week ending May 20, 2008

National Trust for Historic Preservation (NTHP) Press Conference Coverage
 
WIVB
National Trust for Historical Preservation's designation of Columbus Park-Prospect Hill neighborhood as one of 11 most endangered historical sites in the nation.
WIVB quotes non-resident absentee landlord Larry Ramunno as if he's the block spokesman.
http://www.wivb.com/Global/story.asp?s=8256493
 
WBFO
Hear Tania Werbizky, Regional Director for the Preservation League of New York spar toe-to-toe with the ubiquitous "Rapid" Ron Rienas (Ron, you're out of your weight class)
http://publicbroadcasting.net/wbfo/news.newsmain?action=article&ARTICLE_ID=1284140

WNED
http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/wned/news.newsmain?action=article&ARTICLE_ID=1283627

BUFFALO NEWS: REINAS REBUTS
Ron "No Alternative" Rienas claims:
"what we [the PBA] are doing" is "an improvement."  (It's also Alchemy): "We're...taking pavement and turning it into grass." 
"I don't see the National Trust putting up any dollars." 
"They're just a bunch of "obstructionist[s]."
Rep. Higgins agrees with Rienas (yawn) but, Rep. Slaughter is "very much concerned that what we are about to do...is a mistake."
http://www.buffalonews.com/cityregion/story/351725.html
 
EDITORIAL
PBA best at "burn[ing] through" cash, presenting a plan that "will continue to undermine."  Until they do better, "Buffalo will remain a doormat."--Bill Banas, NMG
http://www.buffalonews.com/opinion/anothervoice/story/353431.html

PROSPECT HILL-COLUMBUS PARK NEIGHBORHOOD: A SITE TO SAVE
(or, 7 come 11)
Already designated one of 7 historic sites in the state to save, now one of 11 in the nation.
"The history, buildings and parks are of national importance."
Neighborhood destruction will bring "shame on us."
http://www.buffalonews.com/home/story/350827.html
 
AP COVERAGE
"Preservation efforts have really moved beyond individual buildings to neighborhoods, communities, and context."
http://www.buffalonews.com/nationalworld/national/story/350765.html
 
LETTERS
We can have it all, but PBA "shameful[ly]...fighting...for mediocrity."
http://www.buffalonews.com/opinion/everybodyscolumn/story/349771.html
 
When Congress gets tough, the bridges get going:
http://www.buffalonews.com/opinion/everybodyscolumn/story/349764.html
 
 
RELATED NEWS
Some are born landmarks, some achieve landmark status and some have landmark status thrust upon them:
http://www.buffalonews.com/cityregion/buffaloerie/story/350367.html

FINALLY!!! Our Newspaper of Record Addresses the Big Picture!
"BRIDGE PLAN STAGGERING"
http://www.buffalonews.com/cityregion/story/346343.html

LETTERS
 
Two spires bad, three arches good!
http://www.buffalonews.com/opinion/everybodyscolumn/story/344149.html
 
No, three arches bad, two spires good!
(Warning: cliché alert)
"...get real and take the high road...into the 21st century."
http://www.buffalonews.com/opinion/everybodyscolumn/story/344151.html
 
"Go green" with a tunnel.  You dig?
http://www.buffalonews.com/opinion/everybodyscolumn/story/344584.html
 
 
NATURE WATCH
 
"Most graceful...elegant...threatened...tern" makes other birds look silly, but in the "controversy" surrounding them, both sides lack "data."
http://www.buffalonews.com/lifearts/lifestylenews/story/344163.html