No Metal Panels on Gates Circle

The design should respect the established setbacks at Gates Circle and reflect the highest standards of design in Buffalo. Perfect scale, high quality materials, and refined design must be part of any new build at this important civic location.

This design does not fit as it stands with the general architecture of the neighborhood in this area and the Buffalo historical design of the parkway. A more appropriate design is needed.

Gates Circle had always been an historic circle in Buffalo with many dignified buildngs around it. To put a buildig with metal pnels on its' face is a disgrace and unacceptible.

Rethink the design please

New design please

Build something noteworthy yet fits with the history of the neighborhood. Are there no great architects in Buffalo? This design belongs in the burbs ( well actually not even there)!

Any and all buildings should reflect the age of the neighborhood. Keep all structures at 3 stories or less. Make the design fit the surrounding area. There are beautiful houses and buildings all around to draw from. For the sake of everyone, please incorporate lots and lots of green space. The new building on Elmwood is aweful. There is plenty of housing in the city. Everyone needs more green space. Green space benefits the environment and humans alike. Take a look around and how much over time has been removed from the city. Add it back.

Please let us know if we can be helpful. Your neighbors from Cleveland Avenue, Clare Poth and Tom Maynor

Might be worth taking another look at this. Great neighborhood!

Listen to the residents!

For residents on Linwood Ave, the value of the homes represent a lifetime investment, and Canterbury Woods use of metal panel facades will cause a reverse of recent property value increases that have been twenty years in the making.

Jeff Nixon is absolutely right! Listen to him!

My husband, Jeff Nixon said it best !!!

Rob Wallace, CEO of Episcopal Church Home & Affiliates, Canterbury Woods’ parent company, said “For our part, we believe bringing Canterbury Woods to Gates Circle addresses a need and is in keeping with the important residential history of this beautiful city neighborhood.” If that is a true statement, then why aren't they listening to the residents and preservationists that cherish the history of this beautiful city neighborhood? Brendan R. Mehaffy, who heads the city’s Office of Strategic Planning said “Kaleida went through a deliberate process to find a project that worked in the City of Buffalo. They weren’t just going to take the highest bidder. They wanted to know what they were going to do here, and see what was going to fit. Well, the people have spoken, and we don't think it fits. As the Jessie Fisher, Director of Preservation Buffalo Niagara said in her letter, "We must ensure that new buildings that seek to come into our historic landscapes and communities live up to our legacy of important buildings in Buffalo – creating the next generation of preservation-worthy structures. Until such time as the Developer is willing to come to the table with a site plan and building design as important as the location, this plan should be rejected."

The people of our neighborhood and local preservationists have spoken. We don't want subsidies (our tax dollars) being spent on a contemporary design that does not fit into the historic nature of the homes in our area. Me and my wife bought a home on Linwood Avenue (in the shadow of Millard Fillmore Hospital) because we loved the design of our home and all the other homes along this street. We have opened our home to thousands of people via the Linwood Tour of Homes on several occasions because we wanted people to see the beauty and rich history behind these homes on Linwood. Charles Day Swan - one of the most distinguished architects in the history of Buffalo designed our home. He died in 1914, but I wish he could speak to the City Planning Board and the developers this coming Monday. He would give them an earful!

Let us please continue the momentum in the community by moving forward in a classy manner.

This design does not reflect the historic and architectural prominence of the location of the building. Canterbury Woods doesn't care about the neighborhood, or preserving its character nor preserving the legacy of the Olmsted vision. This is how you come into a city and make enemies of neighbors and city government. Architecture and historic preservation is proving to be a key element in the rebirth of this city and Canterbury Woods picked the wrong site not to take that into account.

It would be a poor decision to disrespect the area residents who clearly are here for the long haul and have stated that they want a built environment that is in keeping with the original Olmsted vision and design. Here's your chance to shine, but not with inappropriate metal material.

Fully support any attempt for a redesign of the upper floors.

You say it so well! But you should give Brown and Poloncarz recognition for their own role in the Gates Circle mess. Whether arrogance or rejected citizen concerns, I don't know. But these two were the chief local officials on boards who, in the middle of controversy, handed over $3 million in taxpayer subsidy with no strings to make it all possible. Now their hands are in the air with "who us?" Chief elected officials indeed!