A glimpse of what the North Aud Block could look like

Canalside could get a lot busier, the ECHDC is narrowing down what the want to see at the North Aud Block.

NEW AT 11 -- AN OPENHOUSE OFFERED AFIRST LOOK AT THEFUTURE OFCANALSIDE.JEFF RUSACK TELLSUS WHAT COULD BE INSTORE FOR THENORTH AUD BLOCK.LOOKING FOR APICTURE PERFECTMOMENT?CANALSIDE ISN'T A BADPLACE TO START.THE AUD BLOCK..

ISALREADY PARTIALLYDEVELOPED, WITHEXPLORE AND MOREAND THE ICE RINK..BUT WHAT ABOUT THEOTHER HALF?WELL THE ERIE CANALHARBORDEVELOPMENTCORPORATION..WANTS TO KNOWWHAT PEOPLE THINKSHOULD GO HERE.AS LONG AS IT'S STILLCONTINUING WITH THETHEME, THAT'S GREAT.I WISH IT WAS BIGENOUGH TO PUT THEBUFFALO BILLSSTADIUM DOWN HERE IWISH THEY WOULD.THAT WON'T HAPPEN..BUT WEDNESDAYNIGHT THE ECHDCSHOWED OFFREDNERINGS OF WHATIT COULD LOOK LIKE.AND WELL..

THEREWAS SOME APPROVALFROM THE PEOPLE WESPOKE WITH ATCANALSIDE.OH THAT'S BEAUTIFUL.OH THAT'S REALLYNICE.I LOVE IT.

I LIKE IT ALOT.ANY PLANS WOULDINCLUDE OFFICESPACE, APARTMENTS,SHOPS,UNDERGROUNDPARKING AND PUBLICSPACE.NO BUILDINGS WOULDBE OVER 16 STORIES.AND THIS IS BY NOMEANS A FINALDESIGN.IT'S AN IDEA TO STARTTALKING ABOUT WHATCOULD BE THERE.SO WHEN ARE WEGOING TO KNOWWHAT'S ACTUALLYGOING TO HAPPENHERE AT THE NORTHAUD BLOCK, THIS BIGBLACK WHOLE NEXT TOCANALSIDE?

WELL THENEXT BIG TEST, COMESIN NOVEMBER.WE'RE GOING TO GOBACK AND REVIEW ALLTHE SEQRA ALL THEENVIRONMENTALANALYSIS, UPDATESOME OF OURPROJECT PLANS FORCANALSIDE AND WE'LLBRING IT TO THEBOARD IN NOVEMBEFOR ADOPTION.MEMBERS OF THEECHDC SAY THEY'RESTILL LOOKING FORPUBLIC OPINION ONTHE PROJECT.AS LONG AS THERE ISMORE ACTIVITIES FORUS..

THAT'S WHAT WENEED.THE TRANSFORMATIONDOWN HERE HAS BEENEPIC.

IT REALLY HASBEEN.PICTURE PERFECTMOMENTS...SOON ENOUGH..

IF ALLGOES TO PLAN... THEBACKDROPS OFTHESE CANALSIDEPICTURES WILL LOOKMUCH DIFFERENT.