Courier Express /
Diocese Center - Table of Contents
INTERIOR -
Courier Express Building / Diocese of Buffalo Catholic
Center
785-795 Main
Street, Buffalo, NY
One of the most important Art Deco style interiors in the city ![]() Main Street entrance ![]() Looking up in the middle of the lobby: Art Deco chandelier, ceiling surround, balcony balustrade ... Three details below: ![]() Detail #1 - Art Deco chandelier, ceiling surround ![]() Detail #2 - Second floor balcony balustrade ![]() Detail #3 - Second floor balcony balustrade detail ![]() Molding ![]() Details below: ![]() Art Deco chandelier ![]() ![]() ![]() Center: bead-and-reel, detailed in photo below: ![]() Bead-and-reel ![]() Incised elevator panels depict historic printers' marks ![]() ![]() Left panel: Aldus Pius Manutius (1449 – February 6, 1515) was an Italian humanist who became a printer and publisher when he founded the Aldine Press at Venice. The fish is a dolphin. SOURCE: Wikiwordbook (online October 2016) ![]() ![]() Left panel: Nicolini from Sabbio, Giovanni Antonio & Nicolini from Sabbio, Peter (1523 - 1546). Original printers of Sabbio Chiese near Brescia active in Venice. They printed texts in Greek. Printer's mark: Cabbage with a snake coiled at the stem. On the sides are the names: Io. Anto et brothers. SOURCE: CERL Thesaurus (online October 2016) Right panel: Aldus Pius Manutius. Same as above. ![]() ![]() ![]() Printers' marks ... Terrazzo floor ![]() Printer's mark ... Terrazzo floor ![]() ![]() Printer's mark ![]() ![]() ![]() |
![]() 1989 mural by Rev. Thomas Ribits ... Four details below: ![]() Upper left background: St. Louis Church, Guaranty Building, City Hall, Old County Hall. Middle buildings: Courier Express Building, Concrete and wooden grain elevators, Our Lady of Victory Basilica. Bottom left foreground: St. Joseph's Cathedral. ![]() Fr. Nelson Baker, Bishop John Timon, Saint John Neumann ![]() Niagara River and Niagara Falls ... Modern building: Wintergarden ![]() Packet boat in Lockport's locks ... Saxaphonist: Grover Washington, Jr. |