Henry Baxter was away for Christmas, spending the holiday with his daughter Ellen and her family in Pennsylvania. Ellen and her husband, Robert Kavash, drove Baxter back to Buffalo on Monday, before they all grabbed a quick night's sleep and climbed into the car again, this time for a short ride to Ganson Street.
Henry Baxter, 98, who spent his lifetime working around and designing grain elevators, takes in the damaged Great Northern elevator on Ganson Street for the first time, Tuesday, Dec. 28, 2021. (Derek Gee / Buffalo News)
Developer Douglas Jemal has scaled back his holdings in Buffalo Niagara after growing frustrated while waiting for state and local governments to provide more financial assistance to help overcome higher borrowing expenses and rising costs.
"This hearing will be limited to the issue of how the city reached its decision and, specifically, whether the commissioner had a rational basis for issuing the order for the demolition," State Supreme Court Justice Emilio Colaiacovo said.
Henry Baxter, 98, shown with his daughter Ellen near the wind-damaged Great Northern grain elevator, still enjoys quiet visits to Buffalo's historic milling district.
To most of us, the grain elevators are a kind of industrial Stonehenge, haunting and mysterious forms from some distant past. Not to South Buffalo’s Wally
Henry Baxter, 98, who spent his lifetime working around and designing grain elevators, takes in the damaged Great Northern elevator on Ganson Street for the first time, Tuesday, Dec. 28, 2021. (Derek Gee / Buffalo News)
Henry Baxter, 98, shown with his daughter Ellen near the wind-damaged Great Northern grain elevator, still enjoys quiet visits to Buffalo's historic milling district.
Developer Douglas Jemal has scaled back his holdings in Buffalo Niagara after growing frustrated while waiting for state and local governments to provide more financial assistance to help overcome higher borrowing expenses and rising costs.
