Re June 26 article, “Officials seek nod for Erie, State Street plan”: Bravo to City Councilwoman Barbara Blanchard for providing some resistance to the plan to just let the Silver Diner continue to erode away to its death. The Silver Diner is a Schenectady landmark, which, in itself, should designate it worthy for federal or state brownfield monies. The city and Metroplex have, in the past, provided monetary relief by accessing brownfield monies to developers/ owners of projects with potential abatement of environmental hazards. Neither should the fate of the Silver Diner be tied to whether the Erie Boulevard renovation project moves forward. Let us not be forced to look back with regret, as we do when viewing the devastation surrounding the Ingersoll Home and State Street strip mall and wish for what should have been — the preservation of a landmark and its environment — instead of what we are left with: more asphalt.
if someone is so fuzzy wuzzy about the past.....then build a replica yourself......it's been done hundreds of times throughout the country and history....."Back to the Future" anyone????
...you are a product of your environment, your environment is a product of your priorities, your priorities are a product of you......
The replacement of morality and conscience with law produces a deadly paradox.
STOP BEING GOOD DEMOCRATS---STOP BEING GOOD REPUBLICANS--START BEING GOOD AMERICANS
I drove past the site on Sunday. The roof appears to be caving in.
Sell off any of the equipment/furnishings that have any value. Tear down the building. Recycle any materials that have value. There is nothing left worth saving.
I have to agree now to let the stupid thing go! It is just a little diner that today's generation knows absolutely nothing about! They could care less! The plex should have done something about it 10 years ago when there was something to save. Even a nitwit can see thatit's a disaster at best. Take it down and make it another stupid parking area. I mean how much land are we talking about here?
They are so worried about this diner that is an eye sore and barely standing, yet they didn't bat an eye when they mutilated the Ingersoll home. Shame
When the INSANE are running the ASYLUM In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule. -- Friedrich Nietzsche
“How fortunate for those in power that people never think.” Adolph Hitler
Schenectady’s past to have future in settlement Sunday, July 12, 2009 By Justin Mason (Contact) Gazette Reporter
SCHENECTADY — The Silver Diner may not be long for Erie Boulevard. Time has taken its toll on the structure’s integrity, leaving little hope that a developer will be able to salvage or move the converted Delaware & Hudson Pullman car. But what may become Schenectady’s loss could become Duanesburg’s gain if city officials finally decide to abandon the landmark eatery. Machinist Joe Merli has offered to salvage parts of the Silver Diner for a reproduction of the post-industrial Erie Boulevard he’s planning off Western Turnpike near the Princetown border. He’s already acquired four of the cast-iron street lamps that adorned the Schenectady gateway during the 1940s and has incorporated parts of the Wallace Armer Hardware Co. into a period general store he built next to his workshop. Merli would like to save some of the Silver Diner’s artifacts to incorporate into the former Silk City Diner he’s been restoring since the spring. And while he’s not certain what parts of the 73-year-old diner would fit into his structure, he’s convinced the sagging structure has plenty of artifacts he could incorporate into the historic-style settlement dubbed the Canal Street Station Village Museum. “Definitely, I’d be interested in the contents,” he said Thursday. “It’s a piece of Schenectady’s history.” Of course, if Merli had his druthers, the diner would be restored to its original grandeur, whether it was in Schenectady or at another site. He was disappointed to learn the city’s latest effort to salvage the structure had fallen through. Last month, Prize Construction’s Ed Zemeck declared he couldn’t restore the diner because the city wouldn’t allow him to expand it into an empty lot behind the building. He said the expansion would have been necessary to bring the structure up to modern code. City officials said they advertised the diner online on both eBay and Craigslist but haven’t had any takers. Now they’re weighing their dwindling options as the building continues to deteriorate. “If push comes to shove and they’re going to throw it in the dumpster, I’ll be the first one there,” Merli said. “But I’d like to see the diner preserved right where it is.” Schenectady Mayor Brian Stratton said the diner is in such poor condition that it’s basically living on borrowed time. He said the wood stud framing erected around the front of the diner is basically holding the structure up. “It’s really well beyond its use as a diner in the more traditional sense,” he said. “The time has come to move onto the next phase . . . and let it be moved or be disassembled.”...........>>>>...........>>>>.............http://www.dailygazette.com/news/2009/jul/12/0713_silver_diner/
Enough of this Silver Diner! The city and the plex failed miserably with this one. First they were gonna refurbish it. Then they were gonna knock it down.Then they were gonna sell it. Then they were gonna refurbish it. Then they were gonna knock it down.Then they did sell it, well almost! Now their gonna knock it down.
I want one of those jobs at the plex. Next to the weathermen, it's one of the few jobs where you can be wrong most of the time and still keep your job. Too funny!
When the INSANE are running the ASYLUM In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule. -- Friedrich Nietzsche
“How fortunate for those in power that people never think.” Adolph Hitler
Metrograft has been wrong 100% of the time. The Silver Diner is one chapter in one disgrace after another.
Many wanted to rehab this or move it while it was movable. Death Ray vetoed everyone. Now that it has collasped and in pieces he finally wants to sell it? Too late. Many other instances of his stupidity up and down lower State St and Erie Blvd. The Gazetto is hilarious in turning this into a positive story. Yet another Metrograft disaster.
they all seem to be flying by the seat of their pants. No vision and no direction. Just the good old boys club, stealing the taxpayer's money while laughing all the way to the bank.
They have yet to address the increase in crime, the gun shots, the robberies. They have yet to address the high taxes that have left this county the laughing stock. They have yet to address the increase in poverty. (Just look at the line at the dss building)
But ya know....the sheople have no one to blame but themselves. they voted in these clowns!
When the INSANE are running the ASYLUM In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule. -- Friedrich Nietzsche
“How fortunate for those in power that people never think.” Adolph Hitler
they all seem to be flying by the seat of their pants. No vision and no direction. Just the good old boys club, stealing the taxpayer's money while laughing all the way to the bank.
They have yet to address the increase in crime, the gun shots, the robberies. They have yet to address the high taxes that have left this county the laughing stock. They have yet to address the increase in poverty. (Just look at the line at the dss building)
But ya know....the sheople have no one to blame but themselves. they voted in these clowns!
Hush, willya? Then you can hear the sound of the carpet being lifted so they can brush stuff under it.
They are mad at the republicans so now they vote only democrat. When you have the choice of a, b and c, and you consistently refuse to look at b and c, only choosing a, what do you expect top happen! In other words, they drove Hannaford and Wegmans out and are compalining that the prices are too high at Price Chopper. How can we remedy that? LOL! This is what people want but they have the basic misunderstanding of economics when the vote. Monopoly does not usually yield the best value but the "people" have given monopoly the free ride in this town and also in the nation, based upon the view they took of the one man- BUSH!
"While Foreign Terrorists were plotting to murder and maim using homemade bombs in Boston, Democrap officials in Washington DC, Albany and here were busy watching ME and other law abiding American Citizens who are gun owners and taxpayers, in an effort to blame the nation's lack of security on US so that they could have a political scapegoat."
Folks just want other people(government) to make choices and make things happen for them.....they also want what other people have even though they didn't work for it......
...you are a product of your environment, your environment is a product of your priorities, your priorities are a product of you......
The replacement of morality and conscience with law produces a deadly paradox.
STOP BEING GOOD DEMOCRATS---STOP BEING GOOD REPUBLICANS--START BEING GOOD AMERICANS
SCHENECTADY Effort to rescue Silver Diner fails Structure razed after fears it could collapse BY MICHAEL LAMENDOLA Gazette Reporter
The city demolished the crumbling Ruby’s Silver Diner on Erie Boulevard Friday afternoon, fearing the long-vacant structure could collapse at anytime, a county official said. A two-person demolition crew from Ditonno & Sons started tearing down the 73-year-old converted Pullman rail car around 5 p.m. One worker used an excavator to demolish the diner while a second worker sprayed water on the debris to keep down asbestos and dust. The silver-skinned building was a pile of rubble about an hour later, and then parts of it were carted off to a landfill certified to hold asbestos waste while the metal parts were salvaged for scrap. Mayor Brian U. Stratton was not available for comment. Ray Gillen, chairman of the Metroplex Development Authority, said the city acted after an inspection determined the structure was unstable. “There was real concern it would not make it through the winter,” Gillen said. .....................>>>>..............................>>>>...........http://www.dailygazette.net/De.....1&Continuation=1
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It's too late-there is nothing left to save. 
