One
Seneca
Tower - Table of Contents
Exterior
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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)
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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 October 14,
2021 photo -
Looking north from Canalside
toward Downtown Buffalo |
Courtesy of Explore Buffalo in 2021 |