photos of Downtown Buffalo, NY

[Wigs]

All photos taken by me... and yes i know I'm horrible at taking pictures. and my camera sucks too.


Conversion projects
Webb Lofts
http://img518.imageshack.us/img518/395/webblofts92pearlstmediuri1.jpg

Sidway Apartments/Lofts
http://img182.imageshack.us/img182/3159/sidwaybuilding775mainstut0.jpg

Pierce Building Lofts (each unit >2,000sq ft)
http://img514.imageshack.us/img514/5377/piercebuilding653mainstxv1.jpg

Elisinghorst Building Lofts
building circa 1852 (original hardwood floors in these lofts!)
http://img512.imageshack.us/img512/9113/elsinghorstbuilding1341ad2.jpg

Ellicott Lofts (23 Bi-Level units)
http://img512.imageshack.us/img512/6369/ellicottlofts489ellicotka0.jpg

IS Lofts (former flower warehouse)
http://img514.imageshack.us/img514/5937/isloftspic2mediumbn4.jpg

Oak School Lofts - 32inch plasma in each unit
http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/8505/oakschoollofts266oakstmjc0.jpg

Ansonia Center - 58 apartments (from studios - 2 bedroom townhouses)
http://img170.imageshack.us/img170/7756/ansoniacenter712mainmedkb4.jpg

The Belesario lofts on Main St(former L.L. Berger department store)
http://img170.imageshack.us/img170/7288/belesario520mainstmediudl4.jpg

Buehl Block building
http://img170.imageshack.us/img170/1465/beuhlblock36broadwayavewz6.jpg

Buehl Block lofts (expensive)
http://img259.imageshack.us/img259/1005/beuhlblockbuilding36brosa7.jpg

Holling Place Lofts (82 income-restricted units)
http://img514.imageshack.us/img514/9215/hollingplace501washingtwy6.jpg

Warehouse Lofts (parking on ground floor)
http://img514.imageshack.us/img514/25/historicwarehouselofts2wx1.jpg

M&T bank Gold dome branch (yes that's 24 karat gold leaf on the dome, cost ~$1 Million)
http://img181.imageshack.us/img181/144/mtgolddomemediumgy6.jpg

Tishman building (1959) on left, Rand Building (1929) on Right @ Lafayette Square (free concerts held here on Thursdays in the summer)
http://img182.imageshack.us/img182/3451/tishmanbuildingrand10lack8.jpg

Rand building from side
http://img514.imageshack.us/img514/6905/libertyleftrandbuildinghr6.jpg

Main Place Tower (at the base is a pathetic mall that the owner is letting rot/ slowly converting into office space)
http://img181.imageshack.us/img181/8397/mainplacetowersw0.jpg

looking north on Ellicott St
http://img514.imageshack.us/img514/6308/lookingnorthonellicottsxv7.jpg

Tim Hortons at base of Liberty Building. opened April 17th
http://img182.imageshack.us/img182/8883/timhortonslibertybuildidr2.jpg

Ellicott Commons - new mixed-use buildings made to fit in with 19th century structures
http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/3107/newconstructiononrightehp7.jpg

Ellicott Commons shopping alley. kinda neat
http://img512.imageshack.us/img512/1760/ellicottcommonsshoppingcr7.jpg

Washington Market -downtown grocery
http://img182.imageshack.us/img182/6864/thewashingtonmarket461ehq4.jpg



Texas Red Hots - Buffalo style Charbroiled hot dogs
http://img182.imageshack.us/img182/8015/texasredhots5geneseesttwd3.jpg


Theater District on Main St.

Alleyway Theatre - former Greyhound bus terminal (i think)
http://img170.imageshack.us/img170/8894/alleywaytheatre672mainsad7.jpg

Market Arcade Cinemas
http://img182.imageshack.us/img182/2210/marketarcadefilmandartskd6.jpg

Irish Classical Theatre Co. (10 lofts on upper floors)
http://img181.imageshack.us/img181/4152/irishclassicaltheatrecoyc0.jpg

Shea's Buffalo Theatre
http://img212.imageshack.us/img212/7798/sheasbuffalo646mainstmerh0.jpg

across from Shea's
http://img259.imageshack.us/img259/5492/bijourestaurant643mainsai5.jpg

http://img182.imageshack.us/img182/1783/sheassmiththeatre660maivq8.jpg

http://img182.imageshack.us/img182/8505/studioarena710mainstmedli2.jpg

http://img182.imageshack.us/img182/5236/melaniessweets622mainstmc4.jpg

http://img259.imageshack.us/img259/1691/buffalopolicestationmaiwi0.jpg

Fountain Plaza @ Key Center on Main St
http://img512.imageshack.us/img512/1065/fountainplazakeycentermkh1.jpg

Rotary rink @ Key Center
http://img212.imageshack.us/img212/2038/rotaryrinkatkeycentermali3.jpg

newer building on Main St
http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/3596/newofficebuilding665mailb4.jpg

Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus 8,000 ppl employed here. 500+MD's, 200+PhD's, 750,000 annual patient visits.
http://img212.imageshack.us/img212/8400/roswellparkmedicalcampuce9.jpg

Roswell Park Cancer Institute (first hospital in U.S. dedicated to cancer)
http://img212.imageshack.us/img212/73/roswellparkcancerinstitde5.jpg

New York State Center for Excellence in Bioinformatics....can't remember the rest.lol
http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/6643/newyorkstatecenterofexcxe0.jpg

Hauptman Woodward Medical Research Institute - the geriatric Howard Hauptman is Buffalo's only Nobel laureate. in his 80's and still goes to work in the lab every day!
http://img514.imageshack.us/img514/5351/hauptmanwoodwardmedicaluy7.jpg

Buffalo General Hospital
http://img259.imageshack.us/img259/4273/buffalogeneralhospitaloq1.jpg

http://img182.imageshack.us/img182/4810/medicalcampusyt3.jpg

http://img182.imageshack.us/img182/4803/medicalcampusbuildingkt1.jpg

Medical campus bridge
http://img182.imageshack.us/img182/5061/medicalcampusbridgezf4.jpg

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Granite Works - 5 building mixed-use loft complex 1 block from Medical Campus
http://img170.imageshack.us/img170/2039/graniteworks846mainstmezz3.jpg

Niagara Center - 290,000sq. ft -few years old
http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/6466/niagaracenterelmwoodavemr6.jpg

New Era Cap Co. HQ's on Delaware (former Federal Reserve building)
http://img182.imageshack.us/img182/6550/newerahqformerfedreservbp4.jpg

complete gutting of 15-story former Dulski Federal building -400,000 sq. ft
will be Mixed-use (high end condos, Class 'A' office space and contain an Embassy Suites hotel)
http://img170.imageshack.us/img170/9056/200delaware21th5.jpg

from the front
http://img170.imageshack.us/img170/4668/200delaware2io6.jpg

285 Delaware - new 5 story building - retail space on ground floor
http://img170.imageshack.us/img170/5967/285delawarehx4.jpg



Chippewa St.
http://img212.imageshack.us/img212/2015/salsaritaspapayaonchippoe1.jpg

http://img514.imageshack.us/img514/5347/primapizzapastaonchippegk2.jpg

http://img514.imageshack.us/img514/9129/quotechippewaij9.jpg

http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/6176/papayaonchippewafc1.jpg

http://img259.imageshack.us/img259/917/chocolatebaronchippewawy8.jpg

http://img259.imageshack.us/img259/7964/chippewadealwareux1.jpg

looking east down Chippewa
http://img514.imageshack.us/img514/9538/lookingeastdownchippewapl8.jpg

Chippewa/Main St - new Dunkin' Donuts on ground floor
http://img182.imageshack.us/img182/5955/newbuilding598mainstdunrx0.jpg


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Electric Tower - built 1912
http://img514.imageshack.us/img514/7595/picture042mediumlk4.jpg

get rare books here!
http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/2902/oldeditionsbookshop74eans9.jpg

vacant former AM&A's Department store complex- was purchased and supposed to be converted to a mixed-use structure but plans have stalled.
http://img170.imageshack.us/img170/3946/amas377mainstmediummv9.jpg

Main St. pedestrian mall looking North on Main (pic taken after 7pm that's why it's completely dead)
http://img182.imageshack.us/img182/3977/metroraillookingnorthonmw2.jpg

Main St. pedestrian mall looking south towards HSBC Tower
http://img181.imageshack.us/img181/5844/mainstmetroraillookingsdu7.jpg

tried to get it up close but just missed the Metro Rail. damn old digi cam!
http://img182.imageshack.us/img182/7759/metroraildowntownmainstay6.jpg

a nightclub called the "Ice Palace" used to be in the Century Grill building. it was pretty interesting even if the interior was tacky as hell.
http://img259.imageshack.us/img259/226/centurygrillonpearlstfoto8.jpg

Seneca/Main St.
http://img212.imageshack.us/img212/2451/senecamainstlt6.jpg

Court/Pearl St
http://img84.imageshack.us/my.php?image=courtstpearlstjy2.jpg

Chop Chop!
http://img84.imageshack.us/img84/236/chopchoprestaurant302makq3.jpg

Chow Chocolat Patisserie
http://img84.imageshack.us/img84/5968/chowchocolat731mainstmemb5.jpg

begging for Loft conversion!
http://img514.imageshack.us/img514/5195/picture057mediumjs1.jpg

rehab in progress
http://img514.imageshack.us/img514/7712/rehabprojectinprocesspokf2.jpg

Genesee block - construction to rehabilitate should start soon!
http://img170.imageshack.us/img170/8560/geneseegatewaypic3mediuvq6.jpg

Erie County Public Safety campus (ballistic labs, forensic labs, 911 response center, etc)
post 9/11 gov't architecture at its finest (/sarcasm)
http://img512.imageshack.us/img512/9915/eriecountypublicsafetyclr5.jpg

All the great jazz/blues musicians have played here
http://img84.imageshack.us/img84/7228/coloredmusiciansclub145qr4.jpg

Choco Logo - near Colored Musicians club
http://img84.imageshack.us/img84/6840/chocologo141broadwaymedyr7.jpg

fin

[Top Of The Park]

I love that "Electric Tower"

[quakebaker]

Nice picture's here, for some reason they leave me feeling half depressed though... oh well, Ive never been to Buffalo and I must say it doesn't look like exactly a "happening" place... at least not downtown.

[jodelli]

Texas Red Hots - Buffalo style Charbroiled hot dogs
http://img182.imageshack.us/img182/8015/texasredhots5geneseesttwd3.jpg


What's on a Buffalo Dog?
I mean a Coney is a Coney, a slaw dog is from the south, a Chicago Dog has a garden piled on top of it.

I wish I'd taken pictures of different Dog places like the Varsity and Weiner's Circle.


Electric Tower - built 1912
http://img514.imageshack.us/img514/7595/picture042mediumlk4.jpg

Yeah, wow!

Nice pics.
jodelli

[Evergrey]

yay buffalo!

[flar]

Great set! I've been meaning to visit Buffalo for a while now.

[JackStraw]

I love seeing all those conversion projects. Soon people will be back living in downtown Buffalo to make it that happening place.

Also, you don't suck at taking pictures.

[BUFFALOVE!!]

Nice picture's here, for some reason they leave me feeling half depressed though... oh well, Ive never been to Buffalo and I must say it doesn't look like exactly a "happening" place... at least not downtown.

verdad... downtown is not the prettiest or most vibrant part of buffalo but it is making a HUGE comeback. you should have seen it just 10 years ago. i dont think any of those lofts existed. I think/ hope in ten years more its going to be poppin.

p.s. to the author thank you for not making another generic central terminal/bethlehem steel thread. it was good to see all those new lofts in one thread. but you missed my favorite building... the liberty :)

[xzmattzx]

Nice pictures. Downtown and the Theater District are two areas that I have not had time to really explore. With all of the time that I spend in Buffalo, you would think that I would've walked around the central area a lot more.

Any plans to share these on SSC as well?

[TinChelseaNYC]

Those are really nice pictures. It gives me hope that Buffalo might experience some sort of comeback. The potential is certainly there. Thanks!

[dawickham]

Thanks for the tour and the information with the photos. You did great! How far away is Buffalo from Niagra Falls?
DW

[MJW]

Thanks for the tour and the information with the photos. You did great! How far away is Buffalo from Niagra Falls?
DW


20 miles.

Great pics, one of which is my building(Sidway). Nice work!

[Evergrey]

p.s. to the author thank you for not making another generic central terminal/bethlehem steel thread.

agreed


there seem to be a lot of upscale chocolate businesses in Downtown Buffalo

[MJW]

agreed


there seem to be a lot of upscale chocolate businesses in Downtown Buffalo

I read somewhere that we have the most locally owned chocolate companies than any other place in the country. If you haven't had Fowlers, Watson's, Parkside, Niagara or Choco Logo...you have to try! :D

[Austinlee]

Great tour wigs! You showed me more of the diversity of Buffalo architecture than any other Buffalo thread I can remember.

I really like the Sidway building. It is quite beautiful.
Also, on the other hand I really like all the modern medical and office buildings. Some pretty nice ones in there.

[37TimPPG]

You took some very nice pictures. I don't think you're camera sucked. Buffalo seems to be a nice city - too bad people always refer to it as a "rust belt" city!

[matt602]

Awesome. I really want to get back to downtown Buffalo during a nice summer day to do photos.

[boden]

Hey WIGS these were great....some stuff we don't see much here on the forum. I find Buffalo a fascinating place.:tup:

[Jibba]

Nice to see more of downtown Buffalo. Looks like it has the makings of being quite a nice place.

[Complex01]

Looks fine to me. Thanxs...

:cool:

[denveraztec]

Great stock of old buildings!

[BuffaloSam]

Very nice!

[Wigs]

thanks everyone for the kind words. I've been following Buffalo's development since 2002 before I moved here to go to school. I must say, knowing Buffalo's history, more construction/development has happened in the past 6 years than the previous 30!

oh and how could i forget the Guaranty Building (cousin of the Wainwright in St. Louis by Louis Sullivan). located down the street from Webb Lofts:

http://img158.imageshack.us/img158/9000/guarantybuildingjz2.jpg

jodelli, a "Buffalo dog" or "Texas hot" is a charbroiled (usually local Sahlen's brand) hot dog slathered with a hot chili like ground beef sauce with mustard and onions preferably accompanied by onion rings and a Loganberry drink.

my fav. is Ted's: http://www.tedsonline.com/

[stormkingfan]

Found a rend. of the "new" Dulski Fed. Bldg. on buffalorising and I shuttered. Although the old facade fit in with the typical plain Jane federal looks, I would have left it. I looked at the gutted 10th floor where I swore into the Navy back in '83. It's gonna be too frigging weird when it's completed.

[Kingofthehill]

the varied selection of old buildings is just amazing, I for one hope they are all rehabbed/converted into lofts.

I want to see more!

[Evergrey]

I love the Prima Pizza building

[holladay]

Seeing the activity in Buffalo makes me think that America is finally starting to enter a new era of re-urbanization that has lasting power. Everyobdy thank their respective gods.

[OhioGuy]

For some reason I missed this thead when it was posted a couple days ago, but I'm glad I found it. We haven't had a good Buffalo thread on this forum in a long time. Nice to see downtown. It does look as though it's starting to make somewhat of a comeback. I hope it continues! (and yay for Tim Hortons appearing!!!) :D

[Canasian]

Cool man! Nice shot Wigs. I love western NY. I spent seven years in NY State. Always liked Buffalo and Rochester. I love Albany and Troy, too.

[Austinlee]

Seeing the activity in Buffalo makes me think that America is finally starting to enter a new era of re-urbanization that has lasting power. Everyobdy thank their respective gods.

Amen. And praise be to Zues.

[kwoldtimer]

For some reason I missed this thead when it was posted a couple days ago, but I'm glad I found it. We haven't had a good Buffalo thread on this forum in a long time. Nice to see downtown. It does look as though it's starting to make somewhat of a comeback. I hope it continues! (and yay for Tim Hortons appearing!!!) :D

I second the yay for Timmie's! Make mine a double double! Those further south have no idea what they are missing:worship:

[boden]

I second the yay for Timmie's! Make mine a double double! Those further south have no idea what they are missing:worship:

Mostly a lot of sodium.:P

Although I do drink their coffee. Do they lace it with something?:D

[Zblackerby]

Great pics, I too love the Electric Tower!

[mexibone]

nice pics!