I have never been to the Central Terminal, but could only imaging how nice it was back in the day. The place is huge and an architechural gem in Buffalo. Too bad it was neglescted in the past and the current neighborhood isn’t that great.
Check it out if you get the chance to.
Pics (unedited) from my shoot today are at:
http://picasaweb.google.com/rodandpiston/BuffaloCentralTerminalCarShow#
Some samples:
Detroit has one as well that is supposed to be knocked down soon
They tried to talk people to putting a casino or something else but it is too costly.
I want to get a picture by it but not the best part of town.
Nice pictures, we have driven down/around that place a few times during the winter, they have a members/supporters club where they give tours of the entire building once or twice a year, I would love to check out the upstairs!
There’s a group or something like that trying to restore the Central Terminal and the area around it.
Knowing how much it costs today to even have stone work a quarter as good as those buildings kinda turns my stomach knowing they were forgotten about. Parts of the Central Terminal were sold and auctioned off and are all over the world now. Buffalo was kinda a big deal or something back in the day.
Heck when they were tearing the AUD down, from the outside, it looked like they were taking down the wrong Arena. HSBC’s aluminum or what ever exterior looks like garbage, all mismatched colors and such. It was a good comparison driving on the skyway past them both.
Per the website:
Buffalo Tours 2009 Terminal tours – All tours start at 11 am and are approximately 2 to 2 1/2 hours in length. Tours are run through Buffalo Tours. Please contact Buffalo Tours (716-852-3300) with any questions.
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