rob on the job
April 25th, 2006, 9:00:48 AM
If you like Art Deco architecture, you're probably familiar with Buffalo City Hall -- one of the best examples of that architectural style that you will find on the continent.
City Hall now is getting a facelift, one it apparently needed quite badly.
EXCERPT:
One of the region's most acclaimed architectural icons is getting a face-lift.
Crews have started work on an $8 million, three-year exterior renovation of Buffalo's City Hall.
The elements have taken their toll on the sandstone skin and terra cotta ornamental tiles of a structure that is considered among the nation's finest Art Deco public buildings.
Towering nearly 400 feet from the street to the tip of its tower, City Hall, which was completed in 1931, is exposed to Lake Erie's fierce winds. Portions of the stone exterior have cracked, and pieces of sandstone have fallen off in recent years.
"This building really takes a beating," said Paul J. Gareis, the city's principal engineer. "All things considered, it's in pretty good shape. But we need to reset stones and do some other work to make sure we can get another 75 years out of the building."
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link: http://www.buffalonews.com/editorial/20060425/1048977.asp
City Hall now is getting a facelift, one it apparently needed quite badly.
EXCERPT:
One of the region's most acclaimed architectural icons is getting a face-lift.
Crews have started work on an $8 million, three-year exterior renovation of Buffalo's City Hall.
The elements have taken their toll on the sandstone skin and terra cotta ornamental tiles of a structure that is considered among the nation's finest Art Deco public buildings.
Towering nearly 400 feet from the street to the tip of its tower, City Hall, which was completed in 1931, is exposed to Lake Erie's fierce winds. Portions of the stone exterior have cracked, and pieces of sandstone have fallen off in recent years.
"This building really takes a beating," said Paul J. Gareis, the city's principal engineer. "All things considered, it's in pretty good shape. But we need to reset stones and do some other work to make sure we can get another 75 years out of the building."
MORE
link: http://www.buffalonews.com/editorial/20060425/1048977.asp