[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 4 (Wednesday, January 9, 2019)]
[House]
[Page H300]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                  REOPENING OF SHEA'S SENECA BUILDING

  (Mr. HIGGINS of New York asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute.)
  Mr. HIGGINS of New York. Mr. Speaker, the storied Shea's Seneca 
building on Seneca Street in South Buffalo reopens to the public after 
18 months of extensive renovations made possible by Federal and State 
historic tax credits.
  Built in 1929, the former movie theater was the anchor of the once-
thriving Seneca Street business district, and it will reopen this 
Thursday. The use of Federal historic tax credits added more than $1 
million to this historic preservation project.
  There is new hope and optimism about the future of Seneca Street 
because of the vision of developer Jake Schneider and his wise use of 
the Federal Historic Tax Credit program that made the Shea's Seneca 
project a reality.

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