If you’re visiting us today after the airing of last night’s episode of Ghost Hunters featuring the Buffalo Central Terminal, welcome! The Terminal was designed by architects Alfred T. Fellheimer & Steward Wagner, built by the New York Central Railroad, and opened to the public in 1929. The station was in use for 50 years until it’s closing to rail traffic in 1979. After several private owners and a period of abandonment, the Central Terminal Restoration Corporation was formed in 1997 and took ownership of the building, with the goal of restoring it and reopening it to the public.
Today, the main concourse of the Terminal is used for a variety of public and private events, and we hope to offer the opportunity for additional ghost hunting events in the future.
To help us keep the building open to the public, you can send a tax-deductable donation via PayPal:
or by mail to:
Central Terminal Restoration Corporation
PO Box 468
Buffalo, NY 14212
In case anybody missed it in the Ghost Hunters blog, the firm once known as Fellheimer & Wagner is still in business, known today as WASA/ Studio A.
Their website is:
http://www.studioa-wasa.com
As mentioned in their blip on my previous post, they have a preservation department now, which may offer an opportunity for the CTRC to reconnect the terminal with its roots. It’s worth checking into.
The Ghost Hunters program about the Central Termal was outstanding. As a former Buffaloian. It was enjoyable to see the “inners” of the Building and hear some of its history. The only shameful part was that the building was allowed to deteriate to its present condition. I can still remember the thrill of entering this station as a child and adult. The sad part was that I took my last in and out of a Buffalo train in 1977 .This also was my last sieght of the Buffalo watching over the concourse. Keep up the good work. It will take time and mostly money but someday hopefully we will mave a magnificant reminder of our past.
you should do as other areas have done with known paranormal hot spots.. Charge a certain fee and do ghost hunts. As they do in rollin hills in bethany ny. they do open to public ghost hunts and also private ghost unts. I know i did a ghost hunt at rollin hills it was about 1000 bucks for a group of 10 people to do a private investigation. This is good easy revenue seeing preety much no electric is needed and also will probably stop some of the problem if people breaking in to do host hunts,. I know id would love to do a investigation there
I still like the idea of setting up surveillance cameras, some with IR sensitive capability, even though currently cost prohibitive now, and coming up with a web link to view live streaming video of the “hot spots” on the web with (paid or ad sponsered?) user membership viewing accounts, login names and passwords. That could be a 24/7 viewing site. Any activites observed, viewed online, could be reported. Date, time, which camera, etc., with unedited capture clips.
As expected we’ve had alot of interest for “ghost tours” or “hunts” or whatever you’d like to call it. The main problem with letting people in at night for tours of this sort is that the areas Ghost Hunters went into and found “evidence” are not safe areas. As could be seen in the show, the areas are full of debris. They had insurance to cover themselves and us at the building, insurance that is going to be very expensive if we have to pay for that ourselves. The other problem is finding volunteers to run the tours. Personally, I work nights so I would be unable to be there in the middle of the night with the “hunters”. Others currently volunteering for the CTRC are unwilling to be there at the necessary times.
There are alot of issues to overcome to begin something like this, but we realize this could potentially be a big money maker, so we are discussing possibilities for 2009.
I worked for Tom Telesco in 1988 and I have to say there is alot of ghost activity up in the building. The ghost really want you to know they are there!!! I worked for him for 6 months and during that time I would go in early in the morning and while I fixed the coffee in what was once Tony Fidele’s apartment I would hear doors slaming and when I would check to see if anyone came in there was no one and the doors there are steel doors and they would slam just like someone came in. Since I haven’t been there since 1988 I would love to go on a ghost hunt there.
I was thrilled to watch the episode of Ghost Hunters when they investigated the Central Terminal.I never knew or heard of the place being haunted but after watching GH I can say it definitely is.The TAPS crew has also investigated 2 other places in the area,the Iron Island Museum and the winery at Marjim Manor.They found all 3 places to have activity!As a fan of the paranormal and now a member of Buffalo Paranormal Society I would love to do an investigation of the Central Terminal,I guess Tony Fodele never left,so to speak.There are many more places in the area I would like to see TAPS or our group investigate as well,like the S.S. The Sullivans,the H.H. Richardson complex,or perhaps Old Fort Niagara.I’ve been to the Terminal myself as a kid,I took a train from there in 1975 to visit my brother in N.Y.C.Looking forward to investigating the Terminal,I’ll say hi to Tony.(lol)