Block Club Magazine: House & Home Issue
Posted on Wednesday, February 17th, 2010
by block club
When brainstorming this year’s House and Home Issue, we continued the conversation that we started two years ago with our first home-themed issue. In that issue (which, you might remember, featured two illustrated birds on the cover in their comfortable nest), we talked with local homeowners and renters about what made their houses/apartments/dorm rooms/houses of worship feel like their own. It was less about the house and more about the home. Last year’s issue focused on some design trends in the local home-building industry. That issue was decidedly more about the structure and aesthetics of a house.
This year we wanted to dig deeper into the discussion that is being had around the area about the renovation, rehabilitation and restoration of our many historical and architecturally significant homes. We have amazing resources in Buffalo, organizations which help to restore historic properties and save them from demolition; non-profits which salvage renewable architectural elements and fixtures from abandoned houses so that they may live on in other houses; and preservation boards which work to educate and inform of the efforts of local historians, builders and lawmakers.
We are so excited to share with you just a few stories of homeowners who have worked endlessly and tirelessly on breathing new life into their properties. For some, it is primarily an investment of time and money; for others, it is that and the desire to converse with history, learn about the past, and breathe new life into our city’s rich history. This issue is a wonderful conversation between what makes a house and what constitutes a home.
Look for the third annual House and Home Issue this March and April free at over 550 locations in WNY and online at BlockClubOnline.com.
