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 |