Article: The Buffalo News, N.Y., Fix It column: Addressing blight on Main Street.(Column)

Byline: Helen Jones

Oct. 1--Tattered flags. Graffiti. Neglected monuments. These were just a few of the problems on Main Street next to Ellicott Square that were brought to Fix It's attention by one concerned resident who travels downtown every day on his way to work. "A statue honoring Gen. Pulaski stands unlighted, one bulb broken and the other burned black, both eternally dark," Jim Fischer said in an e-mail to The Buffalo News. "Near the statue, a historic marker is sprayed with blue paint, the once-gold letters rendered illegible. "Northward across South Division Street, the Canadian flag is tattered and in no condition to be displayed; the City of ...

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