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Wildroot Manufacturing Plant

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1920s
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2013
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2015
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2016
Photo credit: Wildroot Buffalo, Mark Paradowski, Chrissy Lincoln, Buffalo Rising

Location

1490 Jefferson Avenue, Buffalo, NY 14208
SBL: 100.33-5-6
Masten Council District
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Across from: 1491 Jefferson Avenue

Owner

FOURTEEN NINETY ENTERPRISES INC per City of Buffalo Property Information
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Physical Description

Two and one story brick industrial complex of buildings with 66,000 sq.ft.

Current Condition

Facade had been negatively covered with the use of dryvit and glass block where brick and arched windows were once used.
In 2015 it underwent a renovation that improved the look, but not to the standards of the original building.

History

  • 1919-1946 - Wildroot occupied the complex
  • October 1971 - The 1490 Jefferson Community Service Center opened, providing a base of operations for Model Cities programs in the city Mike Puma
  • Once housed a bank branch, a 40-year-old community archive, and the local office of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.

Recent Events and Actions Taken

  • November 6, 2013 - Preservation Board receives application:
"DEMOLITION - of the one story metal pre-fabricated structure to the south and west of the main building ; rehabilitation of the remaining two story masonry structures."
  • November 14, 2013 - Preservation Board "Approves as presented"
  • November 30, 2013 - Story written about City approval being sought (by developer David Pawlik’s Creative Structures Services, Belmont Housing Resources, and Herbert J. Bellamy Jr) to redevelop 1490 Jefferson Ave. into Bellamy Commons, a mixture of 30 low-income apartments, an office for the NAACP and a new museum dedicated to African-American success stories. However, plans call for tearing down 70 percent of the two-story building.
  • April 2015 - The hideous dry-vit facade is being removed, exposing the original brick work hidden underneath.
  • December 2015 - The original brick work has been unfortunately re-covered.
  • April 2016 - 'Belmont Housing Resources of WNY (BHR) is close to completing a $7.5 million renovation/reconstruction. The project was in the hands of CSS Construction (General Contractor) and Silvestri Architects.' Buffalo Rising

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Added 2013-11-26 • Last changed 2017-12-07

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