New York Central Terminal - Table of Contents
EXTERIOR - Buffalo Central Terminal
Memorial and Paderewski Drives, Buffalo
NY
On this page, below: 2003 photos ..... 2007 photos ..... 2013 photos
Built: |
1929 |
Closed: |
1979 |
Architect: |
Fellheimer & Wagner |
Style: |
Art Deco |
Status: |
A City of Buffalo Local Landmark Listed on the State/National Registers of Historic Places |
2003 Photos![]() 2003 photo ... 17 acre site, 2.5 miles east of downtown Buffalo. ... Art Deco style ... 17 story tower ... 4 story baggage building ... Not shown: 2 story mail building along Curtiss Street ![]() 2003 photo ... Tower: Clock ![]() 2003 photo ... Concourse ![]() 2003 photo ... Tower sheet metal spandrel panel ... Side, entrance canopy ![]() 2003 photo ... Tower sheet metal spandrel panel ![]() 2003 photo ... Tower terra cotta spandrel panel ... Window with terra cotta surround ... Sheet metal entrance canopy ... 4 details below: ![]() 2003 photo .... Tower ... #1 of four details: Terra cotta spandrel panel ![]() 2003 photo ... Tower ... #2 of four details: Front, entrance canopy and wrought iron support ![]() 2003 photo ... Tower ... #3 of four details: Wrought iron canopy support ![]() 2003 photo ... Tower ... #4 of four details: Sheet metal side, entrance canopy ![]() 2003 photo ... Tower ... Wrought iron canopy and support |
2007 Photos![]() 2007 photo ... Neighborhood: Corpus Christi Church ![]() 2007 photo ... Neighborhood: "telescope houses" and Corpus Christi Church ![]() 2007 photo: Typical tour ![]() 2007 photo ![]() 2007 photo ![]() Tower ... Concourse (huge window) ... Baggage building ![]() 2007 photo ... Tower ![]() 2007 photo ... Tower clock ![]() 2007 photo ... One of several tower entrances ![]() 2007 photo ... Tower ... Another entrance ... See 2003 photos above ![]() 2007 photo ... Tower ... Fanciful brick bond ![]() 2007 photo ... Concourse ![]() 2007 photo ... Concourse detail |
2013 Photos![]() 2013 photo ... Tower ... 2 details below: ![]() 2013 photo ![]() 2013 photo ... Original stuffed bison from the Science Museum ... Clock in concourse ![]() 2013 photo ... Tower ... Note car suspended beneath clock ![]() 2013 photo ... Tower ... Art Deco ... Top of tower ... 2 details below: ![]() 2013 photo ... Tower ... Sandstone Art Deco volutes ... Top of tower ... #1 of two details ![]() 2013 photo ... Tower ... #2 of two details: Fanciful brick bond ![]() 2013 photo ... Tower ... Suspended car beneath tower clock ![]() 2013 photo ... Tower ... Deteriorating entrance sheet metal canopy ![]() 2013 photo ... Tower ... Deteriorating entrance sheet metal canopy ![]() 2013 photo ... Tower ... Art Deco concourse detail ![]() 2013 photo ... Tower ... Entrance ... 2 details below: ![]() 2013 photo ... Tower ... Entrance ... #1 of two details: Serpentine stone with incised Art Deco Egyptian lotus plant ![]() 2013 photo ... Tower ... Entrance ... #2 of two details: Serpentine stone with incised Art Deco Egyptian lotus plant ![]() 2013 photo ... Concourse ... Art Deco concourse detail ... Voussoirs ... Chevron pattern ![]() 2013 photo ... View from parking area in front of the station looking down at baggage building ![]() 2013 photo ... Balustrade on the edge of the parking lot ... Note Art Deco reeded balusters ![]() 2013 photo ... Sandstone Art Deco reeded balusters on the edge of the parking lot ... Note multicolored granite ![]() 2013 photo ... Art Deco light standard (missing lights) ![]() 2013 photo ... Damaged balustrade reveals building materials ![]() 2013 photo ... Baggage building ... Note six colored stone spandrel panels between rows of windows (detail below:) ![]() 2013 photo ... Baggage building ... Serpentine stone used as spandrel panels ![]() 2013 photo ... Baggage building ... Fanciful bonding |