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Originally Posted by Bronxwood
^^Really amazing transformation for Shanghai! Not so much for Minneapolis, those older buildings were too charming. At least there's potential for great infill.
The domed building in the center is the Bank of Buffalo, built in 1895. The taller building surrounding it is the Chamber of Commerce building.
Buffalo 1980's. Corner of Main st & Seneca St.
dia_0059 by Senor Roboto, on Flickr
Main St. & Seneca today.
The Bank of buffalo was demolished in 1989 sometime after the Chamber of Commerce building. Today the site is an empty lot. |
Okay,now that's just freaking retarded. A grand old building reduced to a blooding lot? I swear, if urban renewal was done another way, the U.S. would have a lot more cities with a cosmopolitan feel now.