City Court Building - Table of Contents
2012 photos
Exterior - City Court Building
50 Delaware Avenue at Niagara
Square, Buffalo, NY
| Built: |
1971-1974 |
| Architect: |
Pfohl, Roberts and Biggie |
| Style: |
Brutalism |
| Status: |
Ellicott Historic District |
On this page, below:
East elevation (Delaware Avenue)
The windowless walls, which present an impenetrable facade to Niagara square, were designed to protect the courtrooms and judges' chambers from outside distraction, as well as to accommodate sculpture and define space.
Features thin vertical windows edging large concrete panels.
10 stories tall.
2012 photos View from Niagara Square  Left: BAC ... City Court ... Right: McKinley Monument  Left: McKinley Monument  City parking ramp at right   Note artificial cornices at top   Exterior building material: concrete  Coronation Day, by Kenneth Snelson  Coronation Day, by Kenneth Snelson   BAC at left   Note plaque (detailed below:)  Women's Union-Townsend Hall  Left: Delaware Avenue  Break in Court Building wall is the main entrance (See below) |
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2012 photos
East elevation (Delaware Avenue)  Eagle Street and Delaware Avenue ... BAC at right. Note artificial cornices at top.   Note artificial cornices at top  Reflection in window: BAC |
Photos and their arrangement © 2012 Chuck LaChiusa
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