I thought one of our forumers took a great albeit hazy shot of
Buffalo from the 15th floor of Buffalo General, looking south towards the CBD and Lake Erie.
To the left the wind turbines (Steel Winds) on the former gargantuan Bethlehem Steel property. To the right the massive Statler building, former grand hotel undergoing extensive redevelopment by DC-based developer Douglas Jemal.
Hazy Monday Skyline by
bpawlik, on Flickr
Statler Hotel c.1923, 19 storeys/265ft tall, 850,000 sq ft (2min video from last year). It will bring at least a few hundred apartments to downtown Buffalo in addition to hotel space and parking for hundreds of vehicles.
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This one is looking towards Buffalo's East side with the former Central Terminal visible in addition to many church steeples (the former Polonia - highest concentration of Poles/Polish Americans outside Chicago at one time)
In the middle the 3-4 storey concrete looking structure is "the Art-Deco style PS No. 37 Futures Academy, an elementary school constructed in 1934"
East Side View by
bpawlik, on Flickr