Ben and I spent a little time yesterday atop City Hall in downtown Buffalo, and I shot these pictures with my 300mm zoom looking out over the skyline of the city. The first one above features the Liberty Bank building (with the matching statues on either tower) with the library and Lafayette Square down below and to the left.
The old New York Central train terminal sits at the top of this shot, about a mile or so up Broadway from City Hall. It still looks rather majestic from this distance, though close-up it's become pretty rundown. Ben belongs to a group that is trying to organize and finance a restoration.
The white Electric Tower at Genesee and Washington is one of the signature architectural gems of the city. It has recently been restored and serves as something of a model for other projects around the city. At one time (maybe still the case) Buffalo was the only city that could count buildings by all the great nineteenth century American architects (H.H. Richardson, Louis Sullivan, Frank Lloyd Wright, Stanford White, etc.) among its cultural treasures. It's one of the reasons why I enjoy walking or biking around the city: to check out all the cool buildings.
Ben and I spent a little time yesterday atop City Hall in downtown Buffalo, and I shot these pictures with my 300mm zoom looking out over the skyline of the city. The first one above features the Liberty Bank building (with the matching statues on either tower) with the library and Lafayette Square down below and to the left.
The old New York Central train terminal sits at the top of this shot, about a mile or so up Broadway from City Hall. It still looks rather majestic from this distance, though close-up it's become pretty rundown. Ben belongs to a group that is trying to organize and finance a restoration. 
The white Electric Tower at Genesee and Washington is one of the signature architectural gems of the city. It has recently been restored and serves as something of a model for other projects around the city. At one time (maybe still the case) Buffalo was the only city that could count buildings by all the great nineteenth century American architects (H.H. Richardson, Louis Sullivan, Frank Lloyd Wright, Stanford White, etc.) among its cultural treasures. It's one of the reasons why I enjoy walking or biking around the city: to check out all the cool buildings.
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