Buffalo Grit

BuffaloSam · #1 Posted **Dec 20, 2006, 4:17 AM**

some photos from last spring

WZ1 · #2 Posted **Dec 20, 2006, 5:03 AM**

nice pics i also watch HO Oats come down.

Clevelumbus · #3 Posted **Dec 20, 2006, 5:16 AM**

Very cool, reminds me of Baltimore.

LMich · #4 Posted **Dec 20, 2006, 6:40 AM**

Good, now show me some residential grit.

JManc · #5 Posted **Dec 20, 2006, 7:26 AM**

buffalo has some good grits. is that your F350 dually? i like.

James Bond Agent 007 · #6 Posted **Dec 20, 2006, 7:28 AM**

Love those grain silos. Some awesome grit there!

olga · #7 Posted **Dec 20, 2006, 9:01 AM**

Cool!

Stephenapolis · #8 Posted **Dec 20, 2006, 2:39 PM**

Nice to see the General Mills Buffalo plant. I have never been to it yet, but have had heard the rumors on how old the plant is. It looks to be in pretty rough shape.
Too bad that so many of the grain elevators are inactive. Most should just be torn down. After they sit idle for so many years they become nearly worthless to any future user. For one the style of headhouse (the tallest part) is totally outdated. The bins would need a cleaning too. That alone is a tall order. There are companies that do it but it is very expenssive and dangerous. Most of these elevators would also only probably employ 20 to maybe 50 people max, if run 24/7. Better to tear them down rather than let them sit. They are dangerous to tresspassers, and are also and enviromental hazard the longer they sit. Any old grain left in the bins will collect moisture and mildew. That stuff is nasty I can personally assure you. Resirators are mandatory when dealing with that crap. The stink of it sticks to you for days too. No matter how much you bath and shower.
That is the end of my little infromative rant on this subject that I deal with almost daily.

HomeInMyShoes · #9 Posted **Dec 20, 2006, 2:56 PM**

Those are cool. As LMich said, show us some of the houses in the area.

Ex-Ithacan · #10 Posted **Dec 20, 2006, 4:29 PM**

So you're tellin' me there was big time industry in Buffalo's past? Who'd a thunk it. Gritalicious stuff BuffaloSam, and welcome to the forum.

dfane · #11 Posted **Dec 20, 2006, 7:48 PM**

kinda sad seeing Buffalo looking like this. All of that industry gone now. Hopefully it will rebuild and grow one day.

Downtown Bolivar · #12 Posted **Dec 20, 2006, 10:15 PM**

Our waterfront is wicked cool...and wicked useless...

Great pictures!

LMich · #13 Posted **Dec 20, 2006, 10:38 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ex-Ithacan

So you're tellin' me there was big time industry in Buffalo's past? Who'd a thunk it. Gritalicious stuff BuffaloSam, and welcome to the forum.

You didn't know Buffalo is a rustbelter? Just about every city on the Great Lakes system had their economy based on heavy manufacturing.

Ex-Ithacan · #14 Posted **Dec 20, 2006, 11:12 PM**

^ Just a touch of sarcasm L. I use to visit friends in Buffalo when there was still quite a bit of industry left. If I didn't joke, I might cry.

Stephenapolis · #15 Posted **Dec 21, 2006, 3:41 AM**

Buffalo took the title of "Flour Capital of the World" away fropm Minneapolis. I wonder if Buffalo has any actual flour mills left in its city limits. Minneapolis only has one that I am aware of.

passdoubt · #16 Posted **Dec 21, 2006, 5:59 AM**

Looks like the "urban prarie."

excel · #17 Posted **Dec 21, 2006, 6:16 AM**

Great grit pics.
Sabres all the way.
Thats if the canucks dont get going here sometime soon. which looks highly unlikely.

Black Box · #18 Posted **Dec 21, 2006, 6:23 AM**

I'm flashing back to the wintery scenes of Vincent and Christina walking the gritty streets of Buffalo.

Wheelingman04 · #19 Posted **Dec 21, 2006, 6:34 AM**

Grit in Buffalo. I have never heard of such a thing.

Border City Boy · #20 Posted **Dec 21, 2006, 2:59 PM**

Nice shots of the Aquarama:

She sat tied up in Windsor, Ontario for a long time. She was supposed to be converted to a floating casino when she was towed to Buffalo a decade ago...