January 26th, 2009
Richardson Complex Update Update
Somebody just pointed me to a Buffalo News article about the Buffalo State Hospital Kirkbride which describes in more detail than usual the proposed plans for the building: Hotel and Park Proposed for Richardson Complex.
I really hope a hotel goes in. I’ll make a trip out to Buffalo at least once a year if I can spend a few days living in that Kirkbride. Maybe I’d even start a little annual convention for Kirkbride enthusiasts.
And remember, there’s going to be a public meeting on Tuesday, January 27 in Rockwell Hall, Buffalo State College about these plans (for the hotel not my imaginary convention:). So if you live in the area, check it out.
I just saw this in the news and came here to let you know about it, but you beat me to it! I plan on going to the meeting tomorrow and will report in on Wednesday with more updates.
I like the idea of a annual Kirkbride enthusiasts meeting in an actual Kirkbride!
the meeting last night was great! I have posted my thoughts on my site and please take a look at that here:
http://tinyurl.com/cjnxom
also, here is a .pdf of the material that was presented last night:
http://www.richardson-olmsted.com/documents/090123_Jan27publicmeeting-handout.pdf
this was all great news, and the future for the Richardson looks bright!
Thanks for the info! Sounds like it was a good meeting and that the people in charge really care about getting community input (which I kind of believed already, but it’s good that it’s confirmed by you).
The only thing about this that troubles me is in the PDF, it shows only certain sections of the building as being part of their plans, but never the whole. Did they get specific about what may or may not happen with those parts that weren’t shaded in? I know it may not be feasible to save the whole thing, but I’m always hoping they will.
It’s such a fantastic building. I think I said this on the forum already too, but just in case not: nice pictures!
thank you Ethan, I’m glad you enjoyed the pictures.
they did not point out plans for every single building, but they are planning on re-using all of them, so there isn’t a risk of losing any of the buildings…I just think they don’t have ideas on how to use them all quite yet.