Exterior - Buffalo Industrial Bank / 17 Court Street Office Building
17 Court Street, Buffalo, NY

NW corner of Pearl and Court Court Street facade Court Street facade   ...   Details from the top down: Art Deco  bas-relief   ...   Stylized volute Bull   ...   Volutes   ...   Fluting on the columns which emphasize the design verticality of this Art Deco building Bas-relief frieze: "Gods of industry," contemporary images in background, with Egyptian(?) figures in forefront     ...   Similar  depictions on City Hall   ...  Seven details below:  Detail #1 - far left Detail #2 Detail #3   ...   Note chevrons, sun rays at far right Detail #4 - Isis(?) wearing crown with cobras ...   Bundled reeds depict the earliest columns; here at the side of a skyscraper which is the culmination of the evolution of the column   ...   Sunburst    ...   Paired eagles Detail #5 Detail #6 - Shield decorated with eagle Detail #7 - Far right   ...  Modern transportation and electricity   ...   Winged helmet recalls Hermes   ...   City Hall, completed in 1931, has similar imagery.  Art Deco reeded (vs. Classical fluted) engaged column   ...   Metal spandrel panels feature geometric, stylized Classical images Engaged column   ...   Reeded shaft (vs. Greek fluted column)   ...   Sunbursts   ...   Chevrons Metal spandrel panels (detail below:) Volutes   ...   Sunbursts   ...   Chevrons Welded closed bank deposit door   ...  Modified federal eagle Column shafts   ...   Ornamented mullion    ...   Spandrel panels