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Subject: RE: (rshsdepot) News for former DL&W passenger terminal in Buffalo!
From: "Don Dorflinger" <donnielee46_@_hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 09 Sep 2005 01:52:32 +0000
In-Reply-To: <e3be9b0353f7.431f0b95_@_optonline.net>
The actual terminal building of the DL&W at Buffalo was demolished in 1979. What is still standing are the trainsheds, which were converted to the NFTA maintenance facility.






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Subject:  (rshsdepot) News for former DL&W passenger terminal in Buffalo!
Date:  Wed, 07 Sep 2005 15:47:33 -0400
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>Today's (9/7), Buffalo News has a story about the interest from Seneca
>Gaming Corp. into converting the former DL&W passenger terminal into a
>casino in downtown Buffalo.  Apparently it is on a short list of three sites
>under consideration in Buffalo.
>
>I've included the story and also the link to the Buffalo News site in case
>the story gets 'stripped' by the list server due to a photo being included
>with 
it.
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>Regards,
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>Chris Thurner
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>http://www.buffalonews.com/editorial/20050907/1069028.asp
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>DL&W is casino front-runner
>
>   _____
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>Old riverfront terminal reportedly tops Senecas' list of 3 downtown sites
>
>By SHARON LINSTEDT
>News Staff Reporter
>9/7/2005
>
>The former Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad terminal, on the
>waterfront behind HSBC Arena, has been mostly idle since the early 1960s.
>
>A downtown rail terminal and adjoining city-owned parking lot has emerged as
>the leading site for the Seneca Nation of Indians' Buffalo casino.
>
>Sources with knowledge of the Senecas' undisclosed "short list" of three
>potential city casino locations said Tuesday the former Delaware, Lackawanna
>and Western 
Railroad terminal, located at the foot of Main Street directly
>behind the HSBC Arena, is the leading candidate.
>
>Built in 1917 as part of the DL&W rail and ship terminal complex, the nearly
>block-long, two-story structure is currently owned by the Niagara Frontier
>Transportation Authority, which uses the ground floor to house and service
>its Metro Rail cars.
>
>Neither Seneca nor NFTA representatives would comment on the rumored casino
>site on Tuesday. However, a Seneca source confirmed a contingent from the
>nation, which included officials of Seneca Gaming Corp. and the nation's
>Economic Development Committee, were given an extensive tour of the building
>in late August.
>
>Seneca Nation President Barry Snyder Sr. said Sept. 1 he hopes to announce
>the Buffalo location by the end of 
the month. Snyder and Rajat Shah, a
>Seneca Gaming executive, confirmed the nation is focusing on three downtown
>sites for a 120,000-square-foot casino that would open by late 2007.
>
>The vacant upper floor of the rail building - an enclosed space that's
>approximately the size of a football field and overlooks the Buffalo River -
>has long been viewed as the perfect location for the right development
>project. While it has sat largely idle since the early 1960s, it has been
>proposed as the site for everything from a shopping mall to museum space to
>an office complex, but none of the ventures progressed beyond the design
>stage.
>
>The building's heavy-duty construction and open-floor plan are seen as
>making it well suited as a gaming venue. The sturdy construction, which
>includes foundation piers 
extending about 80 feet below the building, opens
>the door to adding several upper floors to the existing structure.
>
>Another plus is its location - right in the heart of the emerging Erie Canal
>Harbor Entertainment District. It would offer easy access to HSBC Arena, the
>planned Bass Pro Shops store in Memorial Auditorium and an adjacent Great
>Lakes-Erie Canal museum, as well as the downtown waterfront and Naval &
>Servicemen's Park, which are both undergoing an ambitious reconstruction.
>
>The Senecas also are said to be eyeing the so-called Cobblestone parking
>lot, situated less than 50 yards from the south end of the DL&W terminal,
>bounded by South Park Avenue and Perry, Mississippi and Columbia streets.
>The 900-vehicle lot would have enough space for large-scale parking decks
>that could be 
directly connected to the gaming hall.
>
>The city-owned surface parking lot, which is used for Buffalo Sabres games
>and other HSBC Arena events, has been discussed as a future development
>site. In the late 1990s, the city promoted the idea of locating a $25
>million amateur hockey complex on the site. At that time, planners already
>had envisioned construction of ramps to replace surface slots for rink and
>event parkers.
>
>The Cobblestone district and the adjoining "Ohio Basin" neighborhood also
>have the potential to provide sites for the Senecas or private developers to
>create nearby housing for casino workers.
>
>This is not the first Erie Canal Harbor/Cobblestone neighborhood site the
>Senecas have sized up. The nation is said to have made inquiries to HSBC
>Bank earlier this summer about 
its Atrium Building property on Washington
>Street.
>
>e-mail: slinstedt_@_buffnews.com
><http://www.buffalonews.com/email/email_form.asp?author_dept_id=240>
>
>
>Christopher Thurner
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