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    City Hall getting new look

    Buffalo City Hall is getting a much deserved facelift.

    Mayor Byron Brown said the first phase of a $3.9 million project to repair, rehabilitate and restore the exterior masonry at City Hall is underway.

    That's the good news.

    The bad news is the observation deck on the building's 28th floor will be closed until the first phase is completed sometime this fall. The deck is a popular spot with visitors as it offers a panoramic view of Lake Erie and the city. On clear days, Niagara Falls' mist is visible from the deck.

    The first phase will begin at the building's 15th floor and move upwards from there. The work includes repairs to the building's terra cotta and sandstone.

    http://www.bizjournals.com/buffalo/s...l?surround=lfn
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    It's a great start and a great thing to finally see repairs done to the great City Hall. Hopefully they will fix all of the illumination as well. I read somewhere that City Hall when first built had over 330 floodlights on the exterior. It'd be nice to see them light the building again to it's grandeur.
    As for the observation deck, even when City Hall is open and they say the deck is open, it's not. That hopefully will be resolved as well.

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    Note that Joseph Giambra told the News it won't look any different when finished, yet they headline it with "rejuvenated face" and BizFirst calls it a "new look". Don't they pay any attention to what they are writing? (answer: no they don't)

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    ^^ That's been annoying me too. The media is pushing something that ain't really happening. They're doing masonry work and repairs... and when they're done it won't look any different than it does now.

    The work is still very necessary.. but they need to cut out the "New Look" headlines.

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