I crossed the Rainbow Bridge and drove on the I-190 to Downtown Buffalo. All shops were closed at the exception of a few restaurants. Empty town. Perfect day to take pictures. A few hours later, I took the Peace Bridge and QEW back to Niagara Falls in Canada.
Theatre District
Fountain Plaza
- Rotary Rink
The only outdoor free to public skating rink located in downtown Buffalo.
Buffalo Savings Bank
545 Main St / 1 Fountain Plaza
Architects: Green & Wicks
Style: Beaux-Arts Classical
Completion: 1901
Feature: With a dimension of 23 ft tall & 56 ft in diameter, the Dome was last restored in 1998 requiring 140,000 paper-thin sheets of 23.75 carat gold leaf, at a cost of $500,000.
535 Washington St.
Style: Beaux-Arts Neoclassical
Completion: 1912
11 E. Mohawk
Lafayette Square
415 Main St
A nameless stone lady, "emblematic of Buffalo" is on the top of the 85-foot column. The eight-foot statues represent members of the infantry, cavalry, artillery, and navy surround the shaft, which itself is decorated with bronze symbols of the nation and state, the seal of Buffalo and a "drum" showing over thirty figures.
Buffalo City Hall
65 Niagara Square
Architects: George J. Dietel and John J. Wade
Style: Art Deco
Completion: 1931
- McKinley Monument:
Located in the center of Niagara Square, the 96 feet tall monument is made of Vermont marble. Completed in 1907, this memorial is dedicated to President William McKinley who was mortally shot at the Temple of Music on September 6, 1901.
Old County Hall
92 Franklin Street
Architect: Andrew J. Warner
Style: High Victorian Romanesque / Norman Romanesque
Completion: 1876
Liberty Building
424 Main St
Architect: Alfred Bossom
Style: Beaux-Arts / Second Renaissance Revival
Completion: 1925
Feature: There are 2 reduced in-scale replicas of Bartholdi's Statue of Liberty on the top of the building: one facing east and another west.
First Unitarian Church / Title Guarantee Building
a.k.a. Austin Building / Ticor Building
110 Franklin Street
Builder: Benjamin Rathbun
Style: Greek Revival (original 1830)
Completion: 1830
Conversion: 1880 by architect Franklin Wellington Caulkins
Sources: Visit Buffalo Niagara, Buffalo Architecture and History, Buffalo Place
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