Generations of Buffalonians have walked to deposit or withdraw the materialįruit of their lives, will be darkened, its Moorish mellowness deserted, its That golden opulence of the bank proper, into which three Staircase, with its bronze balustrade featuring the fleur-de-lis of royalty. The last retreating footsteps will have echoed down her nine-story marble Travertine stone, Mexican mahogany-wainscoted halls, leaving her hollow. Side by side on separate triangles, which are unique characteristics of downtown Buffalo, they have stood.īy May 1, the 15 remaining tenants of a one timeĦ0 in the building will have vacated her spacious, towered offices and Arched of brow (windows), ornamental of coiffure (turrets), and buxom of figure (granite walled), the old Erie County Savings Bank Building will bow to progress.įor 74 years, this temporal grande dame, whose style of architecture is Romanesque Revival, has shared winds on her roof, snows in her eyes, and pigeons on her balustrades with her spiritual neighbor, St. A Buffalo duchess will soon return to the dust.

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