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Monica Roland's avatar

It's truly an ugly building, but the views! Worth the trip! Thank you, Mary.

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Mary Kunz Goldman's avatar

I've seen uglier LOL.. It's funny how much brutalism is on the waterfront! The Shoreline Apartments, the Marine Drive Apartments, the Buffalo News building, etc.. You know what, I think I will write a whole separate post. Thank you for the inspiration, Monica!!

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Monica Roland's avatar

Come see Lockport's City Hall. It's so ugly that it inspires zero civic pride.

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kittynana's avatar

Next up: The St. Augustine lighthouse!!!

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Mary Kunz Goldman's avatar

That would be amazing! It would be a thrill to do a lighthouse, though I would likely have to find one around here. Have you climbed the St. Augustine lighthouse, Amy?

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kittynana's avatar

Sure did!!!!!!!

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Mary Kunz Goldman's avatar

What was it like? Why do you recommend it? It looks beautiful online!

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kittynana's avatar

I recommend the challenge! The stairs are awesome, the view is lovely, and St. Augustine itself is cool.

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Jim Nolan's avatar

Beautiful Buffalo views.

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Mary Kunz Goldman's avatar

They are SO beautiful! Now I want to go back on a rainy day, to get different vistas! My brother George was just saying that because you can go up in the tower in the rain, it's a great place to take your kids when they're little.

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Marty Quebral's avatar

Ironic, I guess, that one of the great features of the view from the top is that the brutalist tower itself is not in it!

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Mary Kunz Goldman's avatar

Marty, LOL, I actually took a picture from the top of the brutalist tower that shows the bottom of the tower. I'll have to post that picture!

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Jerome P. Puma's avatar

It can be argued that the Larkin Administration Building of 1906 was Buffalo's first Brutalist structure. Russell Sturgis called it "a monster of awkwardness".

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Mary Kunz Goldman's avatar

Frank Lloyd Wright, guilty of brutalism! We should put together a list of brutalist buildings. Many are visible from the Observation Tower! The Shoreline Apartments, the Marine Drive Apartments... Thank you, Jerry, for the inspiration!

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Janice Schlau's avatar

If only those unwieldy walls could talk! (The Buffalo News Building)

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