I agonized over this far too long…but I was forced to make a decision because my Groupon was about to expire. The top photo of Buffalo Central Terminal is now a 16”x24” metal print and will complement the lower photo that I purchased months ago.
A tribute to Buffalo Central Terminal, very nicely done.
It’s a bit long—an eight minute video—but I enjoyed watching the construction and usage during its heyday, transitioning to decline and disrepair to Simon and Garfunkel’s ”The Sounds of Silence”.
Big Red! A little platinum reminder of my newly adopted child.
While making arrangements to pay for and pick up the light from Navarro Gallery in Toronto, Roberto Navarro dropped a nice Christmas surprise on me. He is going to donate the fixture back to the Central Terminal under the condition that we give the $3000 raised to the Central Terminal Restoration Corporation’s (CTRC) Adopt a Tile campaign. As you can imagine, my heart dropped and I can’t even describe how I felt when I heard…simply incredible news for this effort and for the Central Terminal.
Chris Byrd, Broadway Fillmore Alive
Coming HOME: Special Announcement about the Return of Central Terminal Light Fixture
So, I’ve given twice to the Buffalo Central Terminal Adopt-a-Tile campaign! Happy Holidays BCT and CTRC!
Art: Terminal
A time lapse film by Phil Cavuoto made with over 4,000 photographs of Buffalo’s own Central Terminal.
Two more from Buffalo Central Terminal.
A photo celebration of my newly adopted Buffalo Central Terminal roof tile. Visit the Central Terminal Restoration Corporation website and become a member.
Buffalo Central Terminal: Adopt a Tile
After visiting on Tuesday, I’m actually considering giving up $150 of my hard-earned cash to help this effort. And this is before I’ve purchased any angel gifts or donated to the food bank for my year-end holiday giving. Wow, so much for priorities.
This, for a roof replacement.
In a city 90 miles away.
In a hapless eastside neighborhood, for a huge money-sucking project that may never evolve…
But for a gloriously beautiful art deco, reclaimed but still somewhat abandoned building, that in just one short year has provided me a handful of rookie-urbexer memories. Like the lucky quarter I found on the day that not 1, but 2 cops on the premises ignored my presence. Or the time I climbed outside the rotting train concourse and viewed the entire complex—and actually captured the scene as I experienced it. Or the feeling of joy I felt after having recovered over 100 photos I had inexplicably deleted.
I think I’ll view this as a down payment for future memories.
Art made in places owned by others is a complex matter – on one hand illegal and on the other, sometimes heralded.
The late artists Keith Haring and Jean-Michel Basquiat, were both reviled and applauded - threatened and rewarded - for their graffiti made in the streets of New York. These are images that were created today, made in Buffalo by anonymous artists together with the anonymous notes which accompanied them. The Burchfield Penney encourages the expression of ideas about this work.
Please email burchfld@buffalostate.edu.
Anthony Bannon
Executive Director
Burchfield Penney Art Center
Read this story for some context on this photo series.
Central Terminal, trackside.
I’m so in awe of this place…and I’m now a Friend of the Terminal.
