Nomination, National Register of Historic Places
149 Swan St. - Sibley & Holmwood Candy Company
145 Swan St. - Witkop & Holmes Grocery Store
Buffalo, NY
Nomination, National Register of
Historic Places
149 Swan St. - Sibley & Holmwood Candy Company
145 Swan St. - Witkop & Holmes
Grocery Store
Buffalo, NY
Schneider Design Architects PC - Official Website
| 2014 name: |
Apartments at the Hub |
| Developer: |
Jake Schneider and his team
at Schneider Design |
| Interior: |
50 new apartments and first floor
retail connected literally or
thematically to bicycles |
| Status: |
National
Register of Historic Places ... Nomination by Preservation Studios |
| 149
Swan Street, sold by Synthetic Textiles Inc., was designed by Lansing &
Beirel, Architects and constructed in 1896 for Sibley
& Holmwood Candy Company, a local confectioner that later
partnered
with several other businesses nationwide to form the National Candy
Company. 145 Swan Street was built in 1908 for Witkop & Holmes, a grocery business that commissioned the 30,000 sq.ft. brick and frame structure. Architects: Bethune, Bethune & Fuchs |
Exterior 149 Swan St. ... 2012 photo ... Designed by Lansing & Beirel in 1896 for Sibley & Holmwood Candy Company  145 Swan St. built in in 1908 for Witkop & Holmes Grocery Store, designed by Bethune, Bethune & Fuchs ... 2012 photo  August 2014 photo  August 2014 photo  Cast iron pilaster 149 Swan St. ... 2012 photo  August 2014 photo  149 Swan St. ... 2012 photo ... Capital image: anthemion  149 Swan St. ... 2012 photo  149 Swan St. ... 2012 photo  149 Swan St. ... 2012 photo ... Top: Corbel table with pointed arches (detail in photo below) ... Pointed arched windows with voussoirs  149 Swan St. ... 2012 photo ...Corbel table with pointed arches ... Voussoirs |
| Handlebar at the Hub restaurant This restaurant/cafe is part of the $13 million renovation project of 145/149 Swan Street and will be run by Evan Thompson and by Sarah Schneider, the owner of Merge (online August 2014). Interior features are bicycle-themed. Photos taken in August 2014    Bicycle chains  Bicycle gears  Game top. Booth table top with bicycle gear maze game using magnets  Art top. Booth table top has bicycle chains that can be repositioned with magnets  Note different configuration from the photo above  Outdoor patio |
Outdoor
Public Art - Table of Contents "The work is designed to signify
the importance of a bicycle as transportation, and its relationship
with the planet as an environmentally friendly agent. The image of the
bicycle can be seen morphing into a tree. Fonzi’s metal shop is
currently based out of The Foundry on the city’s East Side, along with
a host of other artists and artisans." - "The
Buffalo Renaissance Foundation to Unveil Second Public Work of Art,"
in Buffalo Rising, August 17,
2014
 Sarah Fonzi with her sculpture at The Foundry ... Photo reprinted with permission from Buffalo Rising  August 2014 photo ... Looking north. 16-foot-tall, 8-foot-wide stainless steel structure ... Made with about 1000 lbs of stainless steel, cut and welded together celebrating the future of transportation in Buffalo  August 2014 photo ... Looking south ... HandleBars outdoor patio at far right ...  August 2014 photo ... Looking south  August 2014 photo ... Looking southwest at 145 Swan |
| Outdoor
Public Art - Table of Contents See also: The second Buffalo Renaissance Foundation sponsored sculpture, by Valeria Cray Dihaan, "Spirit of Life Tree"  |
