One Seneca Tower - Table of Contents

Exterior -  Seneca One Tower
1 Seneca Drive, Buffalo NY

Formerly: Marine Midland Center, HSBC Center
1 HSBC Plaza, Buffalo NY

Douglas Development Seneca One

Built:
1969-1974 at a cost of $50m.
Architect:
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP
Also by SOM: Knox addition to the Albright Art Gallery
Style:
Brutalist
Names:
1972 -1999   Marine Midland Center. World headquarters
1999-2013    HSBC Bank Center USA (tenant). USA headquarters. Vacated the building in 2013.
2016 -           Seneca One Tower (temporarily One Seneca) after purchase by Douglas Development
Height:
40 stories.  Tallest privately owned office building outside of NYC in New York State. Tallest building in Buffalo and the tallest between Cleveland and Albany in 2015




2007 photo                 Note the HSBC logo at the top of the building and the Donovan Building at right (latter demolished except for steel frame)



2015 photo                    Parking garage (across Washington Street)             Ronald Bladen, Vroom, Shhh 1973 sculpture                    East wing and tower            Non-operable windows                Precast concrete manufactured in Toronto



2015 photo                     Plaza in front of the east wing



2015 photo                 
Photo Taken Through Tower Window                   Looking north at the Marine Trust Building  which was built in 1915


2015 photo             Behind the tower which is at the far  right                   At left is the pavilion connected to the west wing in the center of the photo



2015 photo             Looking north                  At left is the west wing



2015 photo             Looking northwest                   West wing plaza



2015 photo                    Left: Pearl Street Grill & Brewery                      Far right: Webb Building



2016 photo                    Looking south on Main Street                  Photo with text below:


2016 photo                 Name  later changed to Seneca One Tower



2016 photo              East Plaza               Photo taken from Bisons Stadium



2016 photo            Photo taken from Bisons Stadium                  Looking south west                East plaza                 Ronald Bladen, Vroomb-Shhh
30 foot tall, 1973 sculpture  is comprised of several painted steel plates welded together into simple geometric shapes and painted black.   See Seneca One



2019 photo



"Douglas Development Corporation is redeveloping this 38-story tower into a mixed-use project featuring over 200 residential apartments, retail on the plaza and office space in the tower.

The tower’s west annex wing will consist of 100 apartments, with a mixture of market-rate studio and one-bedroom rental units, as well as two-bedroom apartments.

The 3.5-acre concrete plaza area and east annex, will be redeveloped into a 75,000-square-foot, multi-level retail mall, with a variety of outdoor seating."

- Douglas Development Corporation website (online October 2020)






October 25, 2020 photo                      Looking south on Main Street at Seneca One, Buffalo's tallest building (40 stories)




October 25, 2020 photo                      Entering the east plaza from Washington Street                     Wall constructed by Douglas Development Corp.                   The $1.5 million exterior paint project  -  more than 15,000 gallons of Bejamin Moore  terra cotta and gun-metal gray, weather-protected epoxy-based paint - took place between June and  September in 2020. 



October 25, 2020 photo                      East plaza bordering Washington Street                 Bisons Stadium in background



October 25, 2020 photo                      East plaza                   Adjoining parking ramp in background



October 25, 2020 photo                      East plaza                   Marine Midland Bank/The Marin in background



October 25, 2020 photo                      East plaza               Addition by Douglas Development Corp.






October 25, 2020 photo                      West plaza  and tower


October 25, 2020 photo                      West plaza  and tower                    Note Vroomb-Shh towards left


October 25, 2020 photo                      West plaza                          Lighted area is where jazz groups play during the summer



October 25, 2020 photo                      West plaza



October 25, 2020 photo                      West plaza



October 25, 2020 photo                      West plaza                    Note gray Club House at left  and Ashley Kay mural in the tower tunnel



October 25, 2020 photo                      West plaza                     Ashley Kay mural in the tower tunnel



October 25, 2020 photo                      West plaza                    Railroadd tracks on Main Street separate the two plazas



October 25, 2020 photo               View northeast                  Marine Midland Bank/The Marin in center                    Seneca One's Club House at right



October 25, 2020 photo               View south


October 25, 2020 photo               The Club House interior






October 14, 2021 photo           Looking north from Canalside  toward Downtown Buffalo and the rear of Seneca One
Far right building: Phillips Lytle LLP/Courtyard Marriott Hotel




October 14, 2021 photo - Looking north from Canalside   toward Downtown Buffalo  
Far left, gray building: Main Place Tower and Mall                           Right: Marine Midland Bank/HSBC/The Marin








Courtesy of Explore Buffalo in 2021










Photos and their arrangement © 2016  Chuck LaChiusa
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