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  • Future of The Old Pink, Brick Bar sites appear positive in Allentown neighborhood "Anyone who wants to invest in the City of Buffalo, we welcome them to the table to have a conversation to see what we can do to improve any neighborhood" - Mayor Chris Scanlon
    August 7, 2025
  • Festival season arrives in Western New York Visit Buffalo Niagara is hoping for more out-of-town visitors for festivals this year
    June 6, 2025
  • Arrest made in Allentown double homicide 34-year-old Bryan Monge Chiclana has been charged in the deaths of Mickey Harmon and Jordan Celotto
    March 7, 2025
  • Prominent Allentown artists, LGBTQ+ community members killed in Buffalo home A 35-year-old person of interest in the double homicide is under supervision at ECMC
    March 5, 2025
  • Most of demolition complete at Buffalo’s historic Mulligan’s Brick Bar Police have partially re-opened Allen Street
    January 9, 2025
  • Demolition efforts at Mulligan’s Brick Bar delayed due to equipment issues City leaders and preservationists had no luck convincing the owner to save the façade
    January 8, 2025
  • Mulligan's Brick Bar set for demolition on Wednesday "We cannot wait on a timeline to get this emergency stabilized without concrete plans"
    January 7, 2025
  • Clock ticking on saving facade of Mulligan's Brick Bar: 'There is precedent for this' &quot;This is a great opportunity for the city to look into creating, maybe with a state agency, some housing and<br />retail. The private market has not been able to do that&quot;
    January 7, 2025
  • What from Mulligan's Brick Bar should be saved? &quot;We've had some real losses in the last few years, especially, but it's also heartwarming to see so much effort going into preserving this façade&quot; - Gregory Delaney, Clinical Associate Professor at the University at Buffalo School of Architecture and Planning
    January 7, 2025
  • Mulligan's Brick Bar fire ruled accidental, likely result of electrical or mechanical issues A temporary pause on demolition for the structure is in place
    January 6, 2025
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