As I walked out of HSBC Arena after the Sabres morning skate, I noticed that there is quite a bit of activity going on at the block just east of the arena.Note photo above… the old blacksmith building on Illinois Street is being gutted and is open to the elements. Have no idea what is planned for these buildings but I hope it is something cool.

And on Mississippi Street, the old Benlin Warehouse, to be reborn as Cobblestone Lofts Offices/Restaurant/Apartments/Mixed Use, was a beehive of activity today, with machines excavating outside and workers going in and out.

This is such an amazingly cool block of structures, in all likelihood the last intact block of buildings from the heyday of Buffalo’s Inner Harbor. Incredibly, the Sabres wanted to flatten this entire block for parking when the arena was going up. Thank goodness they didn’t get their way on this one.

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