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20201103. Buffalo’s brutalist City Court Building – appropriate on election night as the next U.S. president may be determined in the courts.
20170731. International Style Brutalism in Buffalo at One Seneca Place – 40 storeys of foreclosure, sale and redevelopment.
20150130. Downtown Buffalo’s mezmerizing International Style Edward A. Rath County Office Building.
20140520. Buffalo’s grand Standard Elevator (c.1928, Architect A.E. Baxter).
– Note the architectural details at the front of the elevator.
– The two large dark towers are moveable “marine legs” that take up grain from docked ships.
– Buffalo is/was considered the “elevator capital” of America.
20140516. Inside the remaining storage bins of the Electric Elevator – Buffalo’s first elevator powered by electricity (c.1897).
20140515. Storage bins are all that remain of the Electric Elevator – Buffalo’s first elevator powered by electricity (c.1897).
20140511. Buffalo’s City Court Building is the epitome of Brutalism (c.1974)
“The windowless walls which present an impentratable facade to Niagara Square, were designed to protect the courtrooms and judges’ chambers from outside distractions, as well as to accomodate sculpture and define space.” From “Buffalo Architecture: A Guide.”
20140509. Buffalo’s awesome Ohio Street Lift Bridge has two towers housing the cables and counter-weights that lift the bridge.
20140509. Buffalo’s awesome Ohio Street Lift Bridge has two towers housing the cables and counter-weights that lift the bridge.
20140507. On weekdays, this vast space under the I-190 at Main St in Buffalo is used as a parking lot.
In Toronto such spaces exist under the Gardiner Expressway west of Spadina Avenue. Some areas are used informally as parking lots while others sit vacant.
With new developments rising next to the Gardiner Expressway, many of these spaces could be reprogrammed whereas in Buffalo, with so much office space unused, new uses for these dead spaces are unlikely.
With the steel beams running into the distance, I find this space intriguing.
20140505. Under the I-190 in Buffalo – reminiscent of being under the Gardiner Expressway in Toronto.
This is the third image in a series looking under elevated expressways in Buffalo.
20140504. Looking southeast along the Buffalo Skyway in a city that has fully embraced its elevated expressways.
20140428. The glass-covered interior court of the Ellicott Square Building – “one of Buffalo’s most ornamental public spaces.”
I was excited to get inside here for a reason other than the grandeur of this place named after the founder of Buffalo. There was a Charlie the Butcher outlet serving Beef on Weck (to the right and mostly out of frame) which I was told was amazing. Sadly, I completely forgot about the sandwich after photographing the court.
20140425. The Buffalo Skyway off-ramp to I-190 reminds me of Toronto’s Gardiner Expressway off-ramp at Bay Street.
Toronto’s off-ramp (soon to be demolished) features a park in the middle whereas Buffalo’s off-ramp features a parking lot. Buffalo is reminiscent of a 1970s Toronto with the large number of parking lots downtown.
20140421. Trailers sit in the shade below the General Mills plant in Buffalo.
20140417. The stunning One M&T Plaza building in Buffalo (Architect Minoru Yamasaki, c.1966).
20140416. Gaining perspective under a covered walkway (along Buffalo’s Main St. LRT).
20140414. The brutalist Erie Basin Marina Observation Tower in Buffalo.
20140412. The long neglected Railway Express Building platforms at Buffalo Central Terminal.
20140411. A remarkably rusty shed. 500 Smith St, Buffalo. Minimal aesthetic #30.
20140410. The fantastic, abandoned Art Deco Buffalo Central Terminal railroad station (c.1929).
