460
Massachusetts Avenue
Buffalo NY 14202
PUSH (People United for
Sustainable Housing) - Official Web Site
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Built: |
C. 1890 |
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Owner: |
PUSH |
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Rehabilitated: |
2012 |
| 2012
architect: |
Eco_Logic Studio |
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2012 availability: |
5 one- or two-bedroom apartments for
rent Former store may be used as a community resource room |
| Features: | Excellent
insulation ... Energy Star-rated “cool” metal roof ... Cement
composite
siding ... Original interior pocket doors ... Reclaimed or
new
floors ... |
| PUSH Green Development Zone: | Founded 2008. 50 PUSH-owned properties in a 25 block radius centering on Massachusetts Avenue. About half of the properties are existing houses that are in need of rehabilitation; the other half are vacant lots. Building new housing is not part of the project. The main source of funding is a 2005 Green Development HUD grant. |
| PUSH Green Development Zone Award: | First place out of 11 finalists
from countries around the globe: 2011 Changemaker's
International
Sustainable Urban Housing Competition... Sponsored by U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), the U.S. Department of State and the American Planning Association... See Finalists and Buffalo Rising article |
Facade At left: Former Costello's Paint store (vacant when purchased by PUSH) ... Four apartments vacant for decades when purchased by PUSH)  2012 rehab features Energy Star-rated “cool” metal roof, with clear plastic snow guards ... Cement composite siding  Clear plastic snow guards  Former Costello's Paint store features original Eastlake style wood ornamentation highlighted with light paint color  Original Eastlake style wood ornamentation   Four apartments Massachusetts entrance with porch and handicap ramp  Note original door (next illustration below). When feasible, original wood throughout was preserved.  |
West elevation  460 Massachusetts parking and rain garden. Note informational sign if front of the fence (next illustration below)   Sunken rain garden. "A rain garden is a planted depression that allows rainwater runoff from impervious urban areas like roofs, driveways, walkways, parking lots, and compacted lawn areas the opportunity to be absorbed. This reduces rain runoff by allowing stormwater to soak into the ground (as opposed to flowing into storm drains and surface waters which causes erosion, water pollution, flooding, and diminished groundwater).The purpose of a rain garden is to improve water quality in nearby bodies of water." - Wikipedia (July 2012) |
East
elevation  Half cove(?) shingles  Original Eastlake style wood trim |
 Photo courtesy of Eco_Logic Studio |
