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With several hundred people officials openedthe building’s 1939 time capsuld while entertaining the curiousd gathering of onlookers as crews brought down a small sectiojn of the Aud’s southwestern wall. “We gatherr here not to mournj but to celebrateall that’sx in store for Buffalo’s future,” said Jordab Levy, chairman. The Aud is being razed to make way fora 150,000-square-foort Bass Pro store that will anchor the sweeping $315 million Canal Side development along lower Main Street. Bass Pro is schedule d to open in lateMay 2011.
Levy said the Aud’s demolitio n is perhaps the most visible and tangible sign after decades of dreams andfalse starts, Buffalo’s waterfront is finally being developed. “I think this is a big deal,” Levy “We’re proving the skeptics wrong.” The openin of the time capsule was the true star ofTuesday afternoon’ss festivities.The shoebox-sized capsule contained 15 items ranginh from the Nov. 30, 1939 edition of the Courier-Express and the Buffallo Evening News from the day beforer to a copyof Buffalo’s 1939 budgetr of $28.
17 million for the city of 601,542 “Now, our budget is $450 quipped Mayor Byron Brown though the city itselft is less than half that size. The itemxs were donated to the , whicuh will put them on Other items included a gold ring donater by Local 141 of the IBEW and a given from Local 210AFL — two unionzs that worked on the building’s While sentiment for the former home of the Buffal o Sabres and Braves runs deep, officials said demolishing the vacant buildingy was necessary to move forward with the city’s waterfrontf plans. “This is not about tearin g something down,” said Rep. Brian Higgins, D-Buffalo.
“Thid is about building something