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Outbound parkway
ByDerekNorth Coast Online shares some hard data about post-Park East Milwaukee. Seems that John Norquist’s silver bullet project has done nothing to halt the declining population in Milwaukee. Craig postulates… So along with Pittsburgh, Cleveland and Baltimore as cities we might do well not to emulate, how about we add Milwaukee to the list? In…
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Zum Schiffchen
ByDerekIn case you’re just tuning in, I’m slowly processing and posting photos I took on my last trip to Europe, in the spring of 2010. We’re still in Dusseldorf, time for dinner. I’ve been to Germany twice and both trips required a stop here. I highly recommend the sausage platter (not a big stretch for…
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Been there, said that.
ByDerekIn today’s Business First: The University at Buffalo School of Management and M&T Bank are jointly promoting the program, which is a personal finance curriculum, that already is in use at a number of public and parochial schools in Erie and Niagara counties. … Mandell said nationwide surveys he began in 1997 to determine how…
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Think it can’t happen to your town?
ByDerekIt ain’t easy bein’ green, especially in Marburg, Germany where a new building ordinance now requires any homeowner that does roof or heating system repairs to install solar panels. From his deck, Mr. Schönherr can see the town’s famous hilltop Gothic castle as well as two of its three power-generating windmills. On his roof, a…
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The ultimate NIMBY effect: gas prices
ByDerekI was listening to Valero‘s second quarter conference call today, and while I’m sure that the prospect of another big oil company reporting all time record earnings will upset the likes of the Expose Exxon crowd, the downside of supply and demand is that darn supply-side sometimes can bite you in the ass when it…
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Terminal looking good!
ByDerekI was at the Terminal today so WNYmedia.net could record an interview with one of the Bring It Back To Life recording artists, Michael Bly. I was amazed at how dry the place is! Granted we haven’t had that much snow this winter to melt, but the concouse was bone dry! I checked some of…
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