This report has been prepared by students (referred to as researchers) of the University at Buffalo, in the Environmental Design program at the School of Architecture and Planning. Throughout the Fall semester of 2017, researchers have been assigned to a design project along Fillmore Avenue of Buffalo’s Lower East Side. The project focuses on revitalizing the Fillmore Avenue Corridor through the redesign of physical elements along the street. Preliminary research and data collection was the first initiative conducted; in order to fully understand the history and current conditions of the community.