Just like many parts of the Empire State are experencing what many feels is like a K-shaped economic recovery, Buffalo is also at a crossroads. Not just with the financial condition of its people and government, but with one building in particular that we the people just can’t decide what we should do with.
The former Matt Urban Hope Center and American Legion Adam Plewacki Post No. 799, located at 385 Paderewski Drive, has been getting a lot of attention over the last year or so.
When news broke that the Buffalo Police Department were looking to turn the former community center, which has served in this capacity for more than 70 years, into a police shooting range and training facility, people in the neighborhood were up in arms. What was once a place where people would be able to go for help and assistance was feared to become a cop city…