Buffalo Savings / M&T - Table of Contents ....................... Fountain Plaza - Table of Contents
1983 Addition - Buffalo Savings Bank / Goldome / M&T Center
545 Main Street, Buffalo, NY
Address renamed 1 Fountain Plaza, Buffalo, NY
Constructed: |
1981-1983 |
Architecture firm: |
Kohn Pederson Fox Associates PC Also designed the Robert H. Jackson United States Courthouse, completed in 2011 |
Style: |
Postmodern |
Addition: |
1981-1982; opened 1983 1983 - The 1967 building was demolished and the plaza finished in 1984. |
![]() East side of Main before construction of the 1983 addition ... Source: City of Buffalo Office of Strategic Planning: |
![]() 2012 Photo ... Addition style: Postmodern .... 1901 building style: Beaux Arts ![]() 2016 photo ... Addition style: Postmodern ... Note arches that mimic the 1901 Beaux Arts arches ![]() 1983 addition ... Curtain wall reflects surrounding buildings ... 8-story tower with reflective glass ... 2012 Photo ![]() Annex cornerstone ... 2012 Photo ![]() ![]() 1984 Plaza ... 2012 Photo ![]() 2016 Photo ... Electric Tower in background ... Plaza ... 4-story connector between the 1901 and 1983 buildings ![]() "The north wall of the original building, removed during an earlier expansion but now exposed, has received granite sheathing (and fiber glass pilaster capitals) evoking details found elsewhere on the building." - Hilary Sternberg & R. Steven Janke, "Buffalo Savings Bank," pub. by The Preservation Coalition of Erie County, in 1992 ... Plaza ![]() 2012 Photo ... Connector detail between the 1901 and 1983 buildings ... Photo below shows interior of the connector: ![]() 2016 Photo ... Connector between the 1901 and 1983 buildings ![]() 1984 Plaza ... Note arcade along Main Street (detailed below:) ... 2012 Photo ![]() Postmodern style feature: Arcade ![]() 2016 photo ![]() 2012 Photo ![]() 2012 Photo 2002 Photo ![]() 2016 Photo ... Fountain Plaza Metro station |
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() 2016 Photo ... East and north elevations ![]() |