Buffalo Bloviator

Mr. Bloviator, 

I thought your readers should see this story.

Regards,

Tom L. Freudenheim tom@freudenheim.com 

http://www.calendarlive.com/galleriesandmuseums/cl-ca-art14jan14,0,6254835.story?coll=cl-art   

The Buffalo Bloviator enjoyed the opportunity this weekend to “break ground” on our redevelopment project. First, I got all of the basic heat, water, and electrical systems up and running. Actually the house was working on me rather than the other way around. ”Big Blue” already knew how to do all of those things. So I guess you can say that the house got me up and running. The house also knew how to get me to run my rear end off. I haven’t worked this hard in years.

 

Buffalo Bloviator Publishing will be able to keep an eye on City Hall when this window is restored. Of course, eventually this view will be replaced with a new Federal Court House that will look like the giant container that the Statler came in. The charming brick building is the old Erlanger Theater.

Next, the house ordered me to get my Scout and run to Home Depot to lay in a basic inventory of lumber so that I could prepare for Tuesday’s insurance inspection. I have learned that there are different types of insurance carriers for different risk properties. My agent suggested starting with a less expensive, low risk carrier but he warned me that I may get dropped because of the major renovation issues. Hence the lumber. The people that sold me the property, Carl and Bill Paladino of Ellicott Development, had been using the building as a nightclub. When they removed their sound and lighting equipment mounting fixtures, there were dangerous holes left in the upstairs floors. There were also a couple of “windows” that required securing.

 

This is the same window after my handiwork. This gives new meaning to the term, “room and board”.