Ran Webber

Ran Webber, a Buffalo Artist and designer, moved to Buffalo in 1974 from Niagara falls, NY. In 1975 he opened/operated Gallery Wilde on Franklin Street. He became known for his large Super Graphic murals throughout Allentown. In 1976 he was hired  by the Allentown Association to write a guide book and history of the neighborhood called The Allentown Book, A Village Within a City. Webber also worked for the city as a "Artist in Residence' under a CETA grant. Since the 1970's Ran showed his paintings in many local, national and international exhibitions. Also, over the years he worked as a technical Illustrator, draftsman as well as an architectural and engineering designer. In recent years he has been responsible for proposing a Green Adaptive Reuse Project, called Skyway to the Future, which would re-engineer and develop the Buffalo Skyway by turning the structure into a multi-use building featuring residential, commercial, recreational, civic and hi-Tech uses such as a Great Lakes Aquarium and a gallery row. He stated that numerous Green and Environmental Technologies could be showcased and that the new building could serve well as a Great Lakes Environmental and Green Technology Center creating hundreds of service, maintenance, commercial as well a high paying technology and engineering jobs. Webber also saw a Green Roof Promenade featuring commercial vendors and a trans-Inner/Outer Harbor Tram System as an integral part of the new Signature Skyway Concept.