Just another building in Buffalo

[steel]

I thought that this building was so good I should post it all by its self!

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[Luca]

Nice building. What's with the lighting? Is it 'photoshopped'/filtered?

Those welll-built 2-6 story buildings that appear in no architectural treatise and of which there are thousands in every downtown in the world are the real, vernacular wealth we must preserve, and usually don't.

I think vernacualr American 'business district' architecture from 1890s to 1930s is way underrated.

I'm taking a collection of pictures here in the City I'm self-titling "there are a thousand buildings..." meaning that there are hundreds (maybe thousanbds) of really architecturally poutstanding buildings (often quite alrge) in the City of London that get no recognition or respect but are much more authentic, solid and admirable that (Lord) Norman 'wobbly-bridge' Foster's latest glass-canopied banality.

[steel]

Originally posted by Luca

Nice building. What's with the lighting? Is it 'photoshopped'/filtered?

Those welll-built 2-6 story buildings that appear in no architectural treatise and of which there are thousands in every downtown in the world are the real, vernacular wealth we must preserve, and usually don't.

I think vernacualr American 'business district' architecture from 1890s to 1930s is way underrated.

I'm taking a collection of pictures here in the City I'm self-titling "there are a thousand buildings..." meaning that there are hundreds (maybe thousanbds) of really architecturally poutstanding buildings (often quite alrge) in the City of London that get no recognition or respect but are much more authentic, solid and admirable that (Lord) Norman 'wobbly-bridge' Foster's latest glass-canopied banality.

I hear you. I am actually working on a book myself based on the architecture of this city, Buffalo New York. This industrial city has hit some recent hard times but it is packed with great buildings that no one knows anything about because it is not one of the glamour cities. Look on the book shelves and you see the same buildings in the same cities over and over again. We do not need any more books that show the Chrysler Building or the Victorian houses of San Francisco.

[Miles Ignatius]

I, too have always thought Buffalo was underepresented when the topic of great buildings come up. On my last visit, I spent quite a bit of time in and around Louis Sullivan's Guaranty Building - what a splendid structure!

Make sure to post when your book is out - I think it's long overdue - the only other one I know of is Reyner Benham's which is good read but it would be great to have new work with pictures like this one!

[Rumpy Tunanator]

I think this is the same building I took a picture of either last winter, or the one before.


Great building, just like so many others. Glad your doing a book on the architecture of Buffalo. I always thought about doing one on the Grain Elevators.

[ikeaboi]

Excellent news to hear you're going to get a couple more of these buildings documented before they're leveled for 'tax purposes'.

I don't think anyone's going to be knocking down the Market Arcade anytime soon, but so many beautiful buildings in Buffalo have gone the way of the wrecking ball that it's very discouraging. Keep up the good work.

[RandomPlanner...]

Originally posted by steel

I am actually working on a book myself based on the architecture of this city, Buffalo New York. This industrial city has hit some recent hard times but it is packed with great buildings that no one knows anything about because it is not one of the glamour cities. Look on the book shelves and you see the same buildings in the same cities over and over again. We do not need any more books that show the Chrysler Building or the Victorian houses of San Francisco.

I'll be glad to see the results of your book on the architecture of Buffalo. I have one that I used as a guidebook through college, but there aren't a ton of photos, so you really had to go out and find the buildings yourself. For me, that worked perfectly so I could learn my way around the City as well, but for non-Buffalonians, a book with more photos would be great.

[Dan]

Since the post is just a building by itself, I moved it to the Cities and Places subforum.