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Maps - Silo City
Childs Street in the First Ward in Buffalo, NY

Silo City is a collection of three grain elevators on Childs Street owned by Rick Smith of Rigidized Metals Corp.  who dubbed the site "Silo City." Lake and Rail Elevator, originally part of Silo City, was sold to a Minnesota hedge fund in 2008 (online April 2013) and is now (2013) in use.  The Silo City elevators:

• American / Russell-Miller / Peavey Elevator
• Perot Elevator / American Malting Elevator / Genesee Brewing Elevator
• Marine "A" Elevator 
  

Original photo (without text) from Google Earth.

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Special thanks to Silo City owner Rick Smith for his cooperation, and to Silo City steward "Swannie Jim" Watkins for his assistance.

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Photos and their arrangement © 2013 Chuck LaChiusa
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