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Amherst Street Station
2646 Main Street at Amherst Street, Buffalo NY
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Stations: Allen-Medical Campus ..... Summer-Best ..... Utica ..... Delavan-Canisius College ..... Humboldt-Hospital ..... Amherst Street ..... LaSalle ..... University |
Art captions taken from the "Buffalo Art in Transit" brochure published by NFTA in 1979![]() ![]() ![]() Hammered and aluminum sculpture by Robert Lobe (New York City). Down within the Niagara gorge, Robert Lobe discovered a tree grown around a large rock which he used to mold an aluminum skin for a sculptural form, and made a true concrete replica. By severing the sculpture in half, he displaces solid and hollow forms inside (see below) and outside the station, as shown here. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Main Street entrance ![]() Brick relief design by Aleksandra Kasuba (New York City). Exterior brick against the station's facade. Lines undulate in wave patterns recreating monolithic pyramid effects. ![]() ![]() ![]() Rear entrance (Amherst Street at left) |
![]() Hammered and aluminum sculpture by Robert Lobe (New York City). Down within the Niagara gorge, Robert Lobe discovered a tree grown around a large rock which he used to mold an aluminum skin for a sculptural form, and made a true concrete replica. By severing the sculpture in half, he displaces solid and hollow forms inside, as shown here, and outside the station (see above). ![]() Hammered and aluminum sculpture by Robert Lobe (New York City). Note other half of the sculpture outside through the window. ![]() Hammered and aluminum sculpture by Robert Lobe (New York City). ![]() Mural by Ray Hassard (Buffalo). Catalyzed epoxy paint on aluminum panels. Composite streetscapes of Buffalo's turn of the (20th) century architecture are drawn from nearby examples in surrounding neighborhoods. ![]() Mural by Ray Hassard (Buffalo). ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |