Bradley Castiglia, Remembering the Work of Architect Max Abramovitz
Exterior - Main Place Tower and Mall
AKA One Empire Tower
350 Main Street at Church Street, Buffalo, NY
Built: |
1965-1969 |
Tower architect: |
Max Abramovitz, Harrison & Abramovitz See also: Bradley Castiglia, Remembering the Work of Architect Max Abramovitz |
Tower and Mall style: |
International |
Tower site history: |
First Presbyterian Church (moved) Erie County Savings Bank Building (demolished) |
Tower previous names: |
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Tower height: |
26 stories - Fourth tallest building in the city |
"Old First" Presbyterian Church Photo source: "The Picture Book of Earlier Buffalo," Frank H. Severance, ed. Buffalo Historical Society Publications, Vol. 16, 1912. "The congregation dedicated the new, $17,500 building on the [NW] corner of Main and Church Streets on 28 March, 1827. They sold their original building to the Methodists who moved it to a site on Niagara near Eagle." Foreground: Shelton Square ... Left: St. Paul's Episcopal Cathedral ... Center: Guaranty Building in front of the Telephone Co. ... Right: Erie Savings Bank |
2015 photos Platform and tower International skyscraper style ... Left: Rath Building ... Right: Liberty Building ... The tower is connected to the Main Street Mall Left: Rath Building |
2016 photos Far left: Brisbane Building ... One Seneca Tower towards left ... Far right: Liberty Building Curtain wall Right: Liberty Building Church Street Metro Rail Station Church Street Metro Rail Station Right: Liberty Building Reflection: M&T Bank across the street |