An offensive welcome to South Buffalo

[Unregistered]

In my daily activities as I travel around South Buffalo, I see many posters of the Doors of Ireland. These posters depict various sizes, shapes and colors of doors in Irish homes, from the hovels of the lowest peasant to the entrance of the mansions of the rich. All have one message, and that is that you are welcome. Here in the City of Buffalo neighborhoods have similar signs, welcoming visitors as they drive into the city or various neighborhoods through out the city.
Unfortunately, South Buffalo's main entrance is off the Seneca Street exit of the Thruway, and residents and visitors are greeted with the ugliest sight imaginable: a junk yard, located at 654 Elks St. This junk yard has been at that location as long as I can remember. It is an environmental cesspool.

Buffalo has a lot of problems to be sure, but many of them can be remedied. Junk yards don't belong in the heart of the city. People will not buy property and move into this area as long as such yesores remain.

We work hard to maintain our properties and keep the values up, but when situations like what I have described are allowed to remain, our population will continue to move on to greener pastures.

I hope the Common Council and the mayor can do something to remedy this situation, and give South Buffalo a doorway that says "Welcome."

THOMAS F. HIGGINS
Buffalo

www.buffalo.com

[sbGUY27]

Have you seen the sorry welcome sign on potters by the new casinovia appts.

[Allyssa]

THOMAS F. HIGGINS, author of this article in the Buffalo News makes a good point of highlighting a landmark by saying; "This junk yard has been at that location as long as I can remember"

He can't just request that a junkyard be relocated, that's like the people on the East Side saying "the terminal is an eye-sore, let's move it downtown".

I don't think THOMAS F. HIGGINS realizes that this junkyard is (beleive it or not) a business too. If it were a landfill dumping ground that opened last week... then I see the need to complain.

And futher more, South Buffalo's main enterence is not the heart of the city.

[Unregistered]

OK get this. The city of Buffalo is on the asses of the owners of said junkyard. They failed to obtain a permit after passing inspection. They are implicated in a scam where they were towing
cars and extorting money from the owners.

I know this because I bought the house that their bank forclosed on. And I've had to call the city inspectors and various court clerks to notify them that they no longer live at this address.
They also left no forwarrding address.

It's funny that someone complained about that junkyard and the current owners may loose it soon, and I know this because I made out on their stupidity.