OT: Explain Your Avatars

[SpeedyCerviche]

I love Samurai. I love pizza. I love cats. Sounds like something I would love!

But what about Saturday morning cartoons?

 

[Tachycineta]

I remember the Brian Campbell trade and the waterbug who was drafted at # 26, AHL ROTY and I've always liked the "little guys." Still remember MacKenzie discussing him and Kevin Devine announcing the pick.

Haven't updated my avatar since though he is retired.

 

[HOOats]

The H-O Oats ("Ho Oats" colloquially) grain silos and offices were demolished in 05-06 right before I joined HFB. They were the furthest elevators downtown, standing where the casino parking garage does today. As a city kid around the turn of the millennium, we grew up exploring Buffalo's urban decay just as some faint economic life started to flicker on. Whether via redevelopment or demolition, most of the buildings we broke into are no longer available. Ho Oats always held a special place in my friend group's heart.

I've always loved the area around the arena. The naval yard, the Marine Drive towers (where we underage pregamed in 2006 under an ancient stone gazebo), DL&W, the Cobblestone District, the areas under the highways and train tracks. I've been lucky enough to have a small hand in some of the development in the Canalside area. It boggles my mind that we haven't had a playoff game since all the amenities have been added down there.

The Aud was a mythic place for me, taking the train down for Sabres, Blizzard, and Bandits games as a very young kid (anyone remember the player piano with Mac 2 Nite at Main St. McDonald's?). We'd go on to gain access to the empty Aud in 2007, leaving a door open under the Skyway so we could come and go as we please. I still regret not taking a huge stash of seats to hand out to buddies as wedding gifts.

I have some funny pictures from these adventures that maybe I'll share some day. But as far as explanation for my avatar - just a rowdy architecture and history nerd, officer.

Abandoned Grain Elevator, Buffalo NY

H-O Oats Elevator in Buffalo New York was built in 1914. In 1983, CPC ended eighty-eight years of H-O oat production at the site, nearly sixty years under the same company. The H-O facility was sold to Gary Rammacher, whose forebears had been part of several prosperous waterfront elevator...

www.historic-structures.com

 

[oldgoalie]

The H-O Oats ("Ho Oats" colloquially) grain silos and offices were demolished in 05-06 right before I joined HFB. They were the furthest elevators downtown, standing where the casino parking garage does today. As a city kid around the turn of the millennium, we grew up exploring Buffalo's urban decay just as some faint economic life started to flicker on. Whether via redevelopment or demolition, most of the buildings we broke into are no longer available. Ho Oats always held a special place in my friend group's heart.

I've always loved the area around the arena. The naval yard, the Marine Drive towers (where we underage pregamed in 2006 under an ancient stone gazebo), DL&W, the Cobblestone District, the areas under the highways and train tracks. I've been lucky enough to have a small hand in some of the development in the Canalside area. It boggles my mind that we haven't had a playoff game since all the amenities have been added down there.

The Aud was a mythic place for me, taking the train down for Sabres, Blizzard, and Bandits games as a very young kid (anyone remember the player piano with Mac 2 Nite at Main St. McDonald's?). We'd go on to gain access to the empty Aud in 2007, leaving a door open under the Skyway so we could come and go as we please. I still regret not taking a huge stash of seats to hand out to buddies as wedding gifts.

I have some funny pictures from these adventures that maybe I'll share some day. But as far as explanation for my avatar - just a rowdy architecture and history nerd, officer.

Abandoned Grain Elevator, Buffalo NY

H-O Oats Elevator in Buffalo New York was built in 1914. In 1983, CPC ended eighty-eight years of H-O oat production at the site, nearly sixty years under the same company. The H-O facility was sold to Gary Rammacher, whose forebears had been part of several prosperous waterfront elevator...

www.historic-structures.com

Very cool history article. Thanks for sharing it.
I used to work at Marine Midland, and that whole area with the Aud, the Naval Park and the Marina were favorite walking spots. A late friend of mine and I froze our asses off watching them tow the Croaker into place at the Naval Park one cold and blustery October evening.