Metro Rail
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Metro Rail Stations: Light Rail Rapid Transit System
University Station
(Originally named South Campus Station
until 2003)
3383
Main Street near Niagara Falls Blvd.,
Buffalo NY
University at Buffalo -
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NFTA-Metro - Official Website
......... University at Buffalo -
Official Website
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![]() ![]() Main Street loop (bent and blue fescue grass) in front of combination bus (lower level) and train (upper right, glass) station, view east. Beverly Pepper's Cor Ten steel totem drill sculpture entitled Vertical Presence-Grass Dunes spirals upward. A 150' tall vertical presence is spatially balanced against the University setting. Beverly Pepper in Buffalo: "Walk Through" ..... "Zig Zag" ![]() ![]() Main Street loop, view west ... Vertical Presence-Grass Dunes ![]() Detail - Vertical Presence-Grass Dunes ![]() Detail - Beverly Pepper's Vertical Presence-Grass Dunes ![]() Combination upper right, glass train station and lower level bus station, view east. ![]() Train station, view west, towards Main Street and University loop ... Reinforced concrete and glass ![]() Train station, view north. Rear elevation at left facing Main Street and University loop (entrance opposite rear) |
Interior Art![]() Sheet aluminum and formica mural by Harvey Braverman, Buffalo. Professor Braverman presents primary subjects of university life as prominent themes shaped together with the format context of a triptych. ![]() Detail - Sheet aluminum and formica mural by Harvey Braverman, Buffalo. ![]() Concourse ceiling: Neon tubes on painted raceways sculpture by Stephen Antanokos, New York City. Floating neon tubes illuminate the station with colors of red and blue. Simple geometric lines describe the flow of trains and travelers throughout the station. ![]() ![]() Concourse ceiling: Neon tubes on painted raceways sculpture by Stephen Antanokos, New York City. ![]() Concourse ceiling: Neon tubes on painted raceways sculpture by Stephen Antanokos, New York City. |