Life at the Top In a Buffed-Up City

摘要

It is just about the best time of year in Buffalo. Its notorious winter is still several weeks away, the beloved Bills' young season holds promise (especially after a startling last-second win Sept. 15) and the other local sports pastime, pro hockey, is primed to start too. And while rumors of Buffalo's economic resurgence have circulated for years, there is hard evidence that this time it's for real: There are high-rise cranes looming over downtown and new park space and hotels are springing up along the Lake Erie waterfront. "There's an energy that's not been here in the 10 years I've been in Buffalo," says Mike Nurse, president and general manager at Granite-owned WKBW.