Greenfield Street Restaurant & Wendy Grossman

Recently, I came across a website about Wendy Grossman. She is a folksinger who used to play at the Greenfield Street Restaurant (Coffeehouse). Her website is: http://www.pelicancrossing.net. There is also information about her on wikipedia.

An excerpt from her website indicates that her first paid gig was at the Greenfield Street Restaurant.

"...the first paid gig I ever did was at the Eighth Step Coffeehouse in Albany, NY, but in fact perusal of the records shows that it was at Buffalo's Greenfield Street Restaurant, March 25, 1975."

If anyone knows the exact address of the original restaurant, please email me. I would like to get some more information about this.

Here is more information from Kathy Peterson - PCA Executive Director:

I believe the Greenfield Street restaurant was 25 Greenfield St. It is the building on your left as you head towards Main Street that is a brick building with the downstairs large windows covered with painted wood. I use to frequent the cafe and often feel that if was here today their business would be booming. It was really the first veggie restaurant. This was in the mid 70's when there was alot of people who wanted to change the world! We see this more now with the move for urban gardens and green building. This is also when the food coops became popular.

It would have been similar to the Moosewood Restaurant still operating in Ithaca New York.

Thank you Kathy!

List of fixed items on the street...

Here is a list of all the items that have either been replaced, fixed or new on Greenfield Street from September 2008 to now. A special thank you to all the residents, city officials and contractors who have helped with these issues.
1. New street signs at Amherst Street, Russell Avenue, and Main Street.
2. Pothole repair.
3. Replaced street light on pole.
4. Guide rail repair and graffiti clean up on Amherst Street bridge.

We want to setup a Spring Social/Meeting soon; time, date and location to be announced. Please keep checking the website or watch of a flyer at your home for details.

Picture of the new guide rail

Here is a picture of the the new guide rail on the Amherst St. bridge that was repaired on Monday, May 4. Great job. This is proof that calling the 311 Call and Resolution center and your council person works. Also, a special thank you to The Buffalo News "Fix It" writer and to our neighbors on Greenfield St.

Some good news, some bad.

For the good news...
The guide rail has finally been fixed today on the Amherst Street bridge. Before I went to work this morning the guide rail delivery came and was promptly installed. Great job!

Now for the bad news...
I also noticed new graffiti on the Amherst Street bridge. In fact, this tag has been showing up all over the city. I have a call into Mike LoCurto's office already and I will submit this issue to the Anti-Graffiti and Clean City Program. This is a picture of the tag. If you see this or any other tags, please report it immediately to your councilperson and to the:

Anti-Graffiti and Clean City Programs

Phone - (716) 851-4348
Address - 218 City Hall, Buffalo, New York 14202

School Board Elections are Tuesday...

Please remember to get out and vote for the Buffalo School Board on Tuesday, May 5. If you need to know more information about the people who are running for school board, please click on http://www.erieboe.com/content.aspx?id=35.

A list of the candidates from the website:

CANDIDATE	DATE FILED
Bryon McIntyre	04/09/2009
Rebekah A. Williams	04/07/2009
Patricia E. Devis	04/07/2009
Christopher L. Jacobs	04/07/2009
Florence D. Johnson	04/07/2009
Rosalind J. Hampton	04/07/2009
Catherine Collins	04/07/2009
John B. Licata	04/07/2009