Upcoming events

The Parkside Community Association has a couple of upcoming events.
>>First, on Saturday, November 28: 2nd Annual Parkside Holiday Art & Craft Sale. This will begin at 10am and run until 4PM at the Church of the Good Shepherd, 96 Jewett Parkway.

>>On Friday, December 4th at the Tri-Main Center Atrium on Main Street from 6-8 pm. Get your tickets to this glorious event. Tickets are $15 and can be purchased from any Board Member. If you want tickets, you can email this blog (TillinghastPlace@gmail.com).

Police enlist block club leaders in intensified push against crime : Buffalo/Erie County : The Buffalo News

Hello all,

Mike LoCurto's office reminded us that there will be a new way to contact Deputy Police Commissioner Daniel Derenda via email. The article in the Buffalo News is:

Police enlist block club leaders in intensified push against crime : Buffalo/Erie County : The Buffalo News

Lights (not) Out

We are officially fully lit...the street I mean, I mean the lights on the street are all lit. The missing lamp at #29 has been replaced and is operating, and the lamp at #131 has been replaced and is also operating. Thanks to the city/National Grid for fixing these.

For the record, we received the official "case closed" email on the #29 light on October 20 (request was submitted on Sept 22), but we noticed that the light was functioning a few days before this (around the 15th of October). The other light was reported on October 9, and was working again by last week (October 20).

On our strolls around town, we noticed at least one light out on Crescent (near Parkside, between Parkside and Colvin)...Any residents over there listening?

Lights: Round 2

As of October 9, still no action on the light at 29 Tillinghast. The request was submitted on Sept 22, so we'll see how long it will take...
There is a light out near the Parkside end of Tillinghast, Pole #131, and that has been reported as well.

Street Lights

As the days get shorter, it is important that all of our streetlights are working properly...especially with Trick or Treating just a few weeks away, and the start of the annual Tillinghast Place Christmas Caroling evenings just around the corner...













So, if there is a light out in front of you house, you can either email us at TillinghastPlace.gmail.com or just go to http://www.city-buffalo.com:8080/Ef3/General.jsp?form=SS_StreetLights&page=SS_Auth and fill out the form.

FYI, We have already reported the missing light in front of 29 Tillinghast Place, the response date is supposed to be Oct 6. We will update when we know more.

Tillinghast Place Garage 4 Sale?

Well, not a garage for sale, but rather a garage sale...

Is there any interest in participating in a garage sale for the whole street? Efrat Forgette is soliciting feedback on this. If you are interested in selling your stuff at such an event, please post a followup comment or email me at:TillinghastPlace@gmail.com

The possible dates would be Saturday June 6 or Saturday June 20.

C'mon, you must have an old pair of skis or an antique tiffany lamp you want to get rid of.

Home tour - Parkside

The Parkside tour of homes is scheduled for Sunday May 17, 2009.
Visit the PCA Website for more information.

57 Tillinghast Place for sale

It seems that 57 Tillinghast Place is on the market again, at least unofficially...For those of you who don't remember, this is the Davidson House, Tillinghast Place's own Frank Lloyd Wright-designed house. Also, for those memory-challenged types, the house was at the center of a swirl of controversy about a year ago (so long ago?!) regarding its use as a short-term rental - a B&B but no B(reakfast).

The house is currently owned by The Davidson House LLC.

No word yet on the asking price, but if anyone knows, please post a comment, or email.

Bulk Garbage Day

Now that it is (almost) Spring, thoughts turn to spring cleaning...and bulk trash.
The schedule for this year's spring bulk trash pick up in the city is as follows:

2009 Bulk Trash Schedule

Council District ........ Spring Collection Date

South.........................April 19th
Delaware........ April 26th
Lovejoy .....................May 3rd
North .....................May 10th
Niagara ................. May 17th
Ellicott .................. May 31st
Masten .................. June 7th
Fillmore ................. June 14th
University ................. June 21st

Next Tillinghast Place Women's Bookclub

The next bookclub meeting will be at Efrat Forgette's house (in the kitchen) at 7:30PM on Wednesday May 6, 2009

The book is: The sharper your knife, the less you cry : love, laughter, and tears in Paris at the world's most famous cooking school
by Kathleen Flinn

Next Woman's Book Club Information

The next Tillinghast Place book club meets at Joann Doerr's (#32) on March 4
The book is The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield.

Bulls Bowl

While not specifically Tillinghast Place related, I thought a couple of pictures from the International Bowl wouldn't hurt. I took these just before the game and then the Bull's first offensive possession. Unfortunately for UB, their offense was not, well, offensive. Or maybe it was. Anyway, UB lost its first ever Bowl game. But it was a fun experience just the same. And, we weren't the only Tillinghasters at the game...