By: Eileen Buckley BUFFALO, NY (WKBW) — One of Buffalo's most iconic structures is now the focus of a renewed redevelopment effort. Plans continue to revive the Richardson Olmsted Complex at Elmwood and Forest in Buffalo. As the Richardson Hotel…
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Cities ebb and flow, so the ‘best’ time to visit a particular one might require a time machine, or for the patient Architourist to wait. New York wasn’t great in the 1970s and 80s, but it’s amazing now, and would’ve…
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It’s come a long way, but the Richardson-Olmsted Campus still needs assistance to complete its master plan. If that help – which is to say, funding – arrives, it will unlock millions more in private development dollars. And 44 high-profile…
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The non-profit Richardson Center seeks $12 million in state money to seal the five most vulnerable vacant and dilapidated structures, and prevent further damage before they’re redeveloped. Most of the funds would be used be to affix new slate roofs…
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Jemal’s planned redevelopment of Richardson Olmsted Campus to include 250 apartments, reopened hotel
With a lease now signed with the non-profit Richardson Center Corporation, steward of the Richardson Olmsted Campus, Jemal plans to construct and open 250 apartments in early 2024, in the property's seven deteriorating brick buildings west of the iconic towers.…
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Douglas Development hopes to open a new hotel at the Richardson Olmsted Campus in June, and is in the final stages of signing an agreement to begin a phased development of the entire 13-building National Historic Landmark. Savarino Cos., which…
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Richardson Center Corporation Partnering with Savarino Companies for Rehabilitation of Two Historic Buildings for Live-Work Apartment Units Community Invited to Suggest Names for New Project, Provide Feedback on Pedestrian and Bicycle Accessibility BUFFALO, N.Y. – The Richardson Center Corporation (RCC), non-profit…
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Through horror movies and TV shows, we’re often conditioned to think of former psychiatric hospital facilities as places to fear. The fact that many of these locations now sit abandoned doesn’t help—nor do the stories of overcrowding that circulated before…
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