Pano Giorgiadis, owner of Pano's Restaurant and the Edward Atwater House next door, vehemently rejected an offer by The Campaign for Greater Buffalo to make free repairs on the house to forestall deterioration and bring it into compliance with the building code. Giorgiadis applied for a demolition permit in early September, in order to expand his restaurant operations. The repairs, consisting of replacing windows on the Elmwood (windward) side of the building that were neatly cleared of glass shortly after Giorgiadis evicted all tenants from the at the end of August, are necessary to protect the house from water damage.