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Buffalo, NY Blue Cross-Blue Shield

Facadism - and nothing more.

 

The facade is the only remnant of the old Buffalo Gas Light Company which was designed by John Selkirk in 1859 to provide coal gas for streetlights and homes. The building was demolished in 2000 except for the front facade. The Blue Cross-Blue Shield Building was constructed in 2007. The Gas Works was on the National Register #76001215. I don't know if it was removed.

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Uploaded on November 8, 2011
Taken on October 21, 2011