Buffalo Central Terminal

I just found this recent aerial shot on Flickr, by M.J. Worthington:

Here, you get a good idea of the progress of the project: clean grounds, repaired roofs, dome end caps, sealed windows, paved lot and approach.

It also gives you a good idea of what preservation efforts need to be done: brick repointing, sealing broken windows in the baggage building, repair its roof.

To see a larger version of this image, visit:

http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=1928196602&context=set-72157603037150106&size=o

This month marks the 5th anniversary of the beginning of the sealing of the Central Terminal. This Windows Live Local aerial shot is from that time frame.

Now:

There is always talk about what happened to the buffalo at Central Terminal. As many know, the very first buffalo was a stuffed buffalo owned by the Buffalo Science Museum and used as an advertisement.

When they took it back, it was replaced with a plaster buffalo painted to look bronze - and this is the one most people remember. During the 90s it was knocked over by a pick up truck and shattered.

Years later the University at Buffalo was looking for a buffalo to have on campus and tracked down the original molds which were used in the creation of the plaster Central Terminal buffalo. They recast him in bronze and he now sits in front of the Arts building on the North Campus.

Now we need your help. Someone attended Doors Open Niagara in October and said that UB has the molds, that he walks by them ever day. We are looking for more details on the molds, so if you are anyone you know works at UB and knows who to talk to about looking at the molds please contact us at webmaster@buffalocentralterminal.org

The CTRC doesn’t break for the cold of winter! The Building Committee has been diligently spending Saturdays cleaning out the former restaurant area in preparation to use the space again this year. In the process, some of our volunteers discovered original gilded scrollwork under a layer of paint and plaster dust.

What once looked like this….

… started to look like this…

… and now looks like this…

We’re in the process of getting some experts to consult on the best way to proceed. Keep an eye out here for more updates!