Future of historic Cobblestone buildings at crossroads By Mark Sommer News Staff Reporter Aug 31, 2020 Aug 31, 2020 Updated Mar 13, 2026 0 1 of 2 A view of the boarded-up businesses along Illinois Street in the Cobblestone District on Thursday, July 30, 2020. Harry Scull Jr./Buffalo News Mike Smith rides his bike along South Park Avenue in the Cobblestone District on Thursday, July 30, 2020. Harry Scull Jr./Buffalo News Facebook Twitter Bluesky WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save By Mark Sommer News Staff Reporter  kAm%96 `hE9\46?EFCJ 3C:4< 3F:=5:?8D 2E E96 D@FE96C? 6?5 @7 E96 r@33=6DE@?6 s:DEC:4E 92G6 366? :? 52?86C @7 4@==2AD:?8 D:?46 E96:C @H?6C H2D 7:CDE 92F=65 :?E@ w@FD:?8 r@FCE >@C6 E92? `_ J62CD 28@] k^AmkAm}@H E96J 2C6 6>6C8:?8 2D 2 E6DE @7 r:EJ w2==VD 86E\E@F89 A@=:4J]k^AmkAm%96 r2?2=\6C2 DECF4EFC6D 2C6 56E6C:@C2E:?8 2D >:==:@?D 92G6 366? DA6?E ?62C3J E@ 6G@<6 E96 A2DE 2E r2?2=D:56]k^AmkAm|2J@C qJC@? qC@H? :? s646>36C G@H65 9:D 25>:?:DEC2E:@? 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The Editorial Board: Owner of Cobblestone District buildings can’t ignore city’s calls to keep up property The Cobblestone Historic Preservation District earned that designation for its importance as a small slice of the Buffalo waterfront’s mercant…
City, preservationists eye new approach to repair neglected properties Under their plan, buildings could be placed in a court-appointed receivership, with Preservation Buffalo Niagara in control.
Mayor promises a 'tough, tough plan' for going after neglectful building owners The mayor issued his warning while standing at 435 Ellicott St., where a Civil War-era building once stood. An emergency demolition was ordere…
Razing of Cobblestone building allowed But city appeals Housing Court ruling as calls arise to preserve structure A 19th century brick building in Buffalo’s Cobblestone District — considered by a Preservation Board member as perhaps the district’s most imp…
Court orders $13,500 in fines for owner of deteriorated Cobblestone building Owner vows to submit redevelopment
Housing Court could enact stiff penalty over two Cobblestone properties A judge Monday ordered the owner of two 19th-century brick buildings in the Cobblestone District to return to Housing Court on April 9 over th…
