The Buffalo Planning Board will be reviewing plans to construct 48 apartments in eight new buildings next week. The complex at 270 Niagara Street sits in the shadow of City Hall. It currently contains 472 units on 9.5 acres and was completed in 1972. — Buffalo Rising
On Nov 6, 2013 in Buffalo the City Planning Board will meet to review plans submitted by Norstar Development that will demolish five buildings of the Paul Rudolph-designed Shoreline Apartments to make room for eight new residential buildings. The is being described as "Phase 1," and the details of the later phases have not yet been made public.
The Shoreline Apartments project was designed by Paul Rudolph and completed in 1974. It was featured in the September 1972 edition of Architectural Record.
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"Demo alert: construction fence went up yesterday for the first phase of demo work at Rudolph's Shoreline apartments. We haven't given up yet. We've asked for some urgent assistance from several national and international organizations." - Mid Century Modern Buffalo
pretend I'm not a huge fan of Rudolph's (better) works, and explain why these merit salvation, or even just saving.
Buffalo doesn't have a good history of holding onto to its architectural treasures. But these don't seem to show anything of what differentiates Rudoplh from any ordinary architect of his time.
"But these don't seem to show anything of what differentiates Rudoplh from any ordinary architect of his time."
Who knows? Do architecture historians even know that these building exist in Buffalo? We don't have any serious analysis to base any judgment on. They're being demolished without much consideration.
"Buffalo doesn't have a good history of holding onto to its architectural treasures."
I agree. They also don't have a good history of creating new architectural treasures.
https://www.change.org/p/mid-century-modern-buffalo-preserve-paul-rudolph-s-shoreline-apartments-in-buffalo-ny
Demolition video: https://youtu.be/PZHGXgrahxk
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