New York Approves Renewal Project in Buffalo
A 2007 completition date has been set.
Staff -- Interior Design, 1/24/2006
Buffalo, New York is to receive a $100 million facelift, courtesy of Governor George Pataki and the state assembly. The city will use the funds for cultural and architectural renewal projects.
The landmark Henry Hobson Richardson building will receive $76 million for a major restoration plan leading to the complex’s ultimate reuse. Funds ($16 million) will also go towards the Burchfield-Penney Art Center’s new home on the Richardson campus and International architect Toshiko Mori’s Visitors’ Center at the Frank Lloyd Wright-designed Darwin D. Martin House ($7 million). Mori’s design was the winning entry in an international competition.
Through a separate pool, the State Assembly has also committed $1 million each towards the new Frank Lloyd Wright Rowing Boathouse, and Frank Lloyd Wright Filling Station at the Buffalo Transportation/Pierce-Arrow Museum, both previously unbuilt Wright designs. The boathouse will provide a home for the West Side Rowing Club, the nation’s largest rowing club. Wright’s design for the boathouse was originally included in his Wasmuth Portfolio series of distinctive Prairie Style lithograph designs. The winged Tydol Filling Station will be constructed on the campus of the Buffalo Transportation/Pierce-Arrow Museum. Wright's Graycliff house (1926-27), on the shores of Lake Erie, is also on the renovation list. The summer home for the Darwin D. Martin family from 1928 to the mid-1940's, the house was the last built commission in the Buffalo area for Wright.Additional funds will redevelop the original 1825 Erie Canal Terminus and Waterway, reconstructing and restoring the historic and cultural features including a transit plaza, a waterfront esplanade, maritime facilities, access infrastructure, and a new Naval and Serviceman’s Park.
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