New York Central Terminal - Table of Contents
EXTERIOR - Buffalo Central Terminal
Memorial and Paderewski Drives, Buffalo
NY
On this page, below: 2003 photos ..... 2007 photos ..... 2013 photos
Built: |
1929 |
Closed: |
1979 |
Architect: |
Fellheimer & Wagner |
Style: |
Art Deco |
Status: |
A City of Buffalo Local Landmark Listed on the State/National Registers of Historic Places |
2003 Photos 2003 photo ... 17 acre site, 2.5 miles east of downtown Buffalo. ... Art Deco style ... 17 story tower ... 4 story baggage building ... Not shown: 2 story mail building along Curtiss Street 2003 photo ... Tower: Clock 2003 photo ... Concourse 2003 photo ... Tower sheet metal spandrel panel ... Side, entrance canopy 2003 photo ... Tower sheet metal spandrel panel 2003 photo ... Tower terra cotta spandrel panel ... Window with terra cotta surround ... Sheet metal entrance canopy ... 4 details below: 2003 photo .... Tower ... #1 of four details: Terra cotta spandrel panel 2003 photo ... Tower ... #2 of four details: Front, entrance canopy and wrought iron support 2003 photo ... Tower ... #3 of four details: Wrought iron canopy support 2003 photo ... Tower ... #4 of four details: Sheet metal side, entrance canopy 2003 photo ... Tower ... Wrought iron canopy and support |
2007 Photos 2007 photo ... Neighborhood: Corpus Christi Church 2007 photo ... Neighborhood: "telescope houses" and Corpus Christi Church 2007 photo: Typical tour 2007 photo 2007 photo Tower ... Concourse (huge window) ... Baggage building 2007 photo ... Tower 2007 photo ... Tower clock 2007 photo ... One of several tower entrances 2007 photo ... Tower ... Another entrance ... See 2003 photos above 2007 photo ... Tower ... Fanciful brick bond 2007 photo ... Concourse 2007 photo ... Concourse detail |
2013 Photos 2013 photo ... Tower ... 2 details below: 2013 photo 2013 photo ... Original stuffed bison from the Science Museum ... Clock in concourse 2013 photo ... Tower ... Note car suspended beneath clock 2013 photo ... Tower ... Art Deco ... Top of tower ... 2 details below: 2013 photo ... Tower ... Sandstone Art Deco volutes ... Top of tower ... #1 of two details 2013 photo ... Tower ... #2 of two details: Fanciful brick bond 2013 photo ... Tower ... Suspended car beneath tower clock 2013 photo ... Tower ... Deteriorating entrance sheet metal canopy 2013 photo ... Tower ... Deteriorating entrance sheet metal canopy 2013 photo ... Tower ... Art Deco concourse detail 2013 photo ... Tower ... Entrance ... 2 details below: 2013 photo ... Tower ... Entrance ... #1 of two details: Serpentine stone with incised Art Deco Egyptian lotus plant 2013 photo ... Tower ... Entrance ... #2 of two details: Serpentine stone with incised Art Deco Egyptian lotus plant 2013 photo ... Concourse ... Art Deco concourse detail ... Voussoirs ... Chevron pattern 2013 photo ... View from parking area in front of the station looking down at baggage building 2013 photo ... Balustrade on the edge of the parking lot ... Note Art Deco reeded balusters 2013 photo ... Sandstone Art Deco reeded balusters on the edge of the parking lot ... Note multicolored granite 2013 photo ... Art Deco light standard (missing lights) 2013 photo ... Damaged balustrade reveals building materials 2013 photo ... Baggage building ... Note six colored stone spandrel panels between rows of windows (detail below:) 2013 photo ... Baggage building ... Serpentine stone used as spandrel panels 2013 photo ... Baggage building ... Fanciful bonding |