Steel, I can't thank you enough for this excellent article, resulting in so much great information and commentary. I have often gone out of my way to walk past these buildings - slowly so as to take in the top-notch architecture - and often wondered about their story. For both of these buildings, the architecture is neither flamboyant nor over-the-top yet conveys a super high quality, as you suggest. And for two buildings that contrast in so many ways, together they present such a pleasing whole. The brick building, like the Webb Building you mention, is an outstanding example of the use of arcading - an important stage in the evolution of commercial architecture. These buildings illustrate clearly the quality and value of Buffalo's historic architecture - if well done, a knockout redevelopment opportunity.

It was very common in the mid-to-late 19th century to "hang" floors-- both in residential and commercial structures. Even ordinary farmhouses adopted the same principles, absent the trusses necessary forthe spans of business buildings.

This building is particularly eloquent streetscape, regardless of its structural system.

A little bit of history on this building- it does not appear on the 1872 Buffalo City Atlas, the first one to list buildings and property owners, but it does appear on the 1894 Buffalo City Atlas as "Miller's Livery Stable" . With that info I Googled and found the NY State Office of Parks, Recreation, and Historic Preservation recently recommended it be included on the State  & National Register of Historic Places. The C.W. Miller Livery Stable built 1892-94 attracted national attention for its construction and storage capabilities.

It's a great bldg and so is the white one next door (terra cotta covered?). Hope the owner does something soon with both of them.

Would be nice to see this building and the one next to it cleaned up. They look a mess right now.

Isnt Huron closed to traffic because of the convention center.....these buildings wouldnt be in the condition they are in if traffic were reopened

one more reason the convention center MUST GO!

I smell an Historic Tax Credit project...Buffalo's only parking garage designed for horses and carriages and no I'm not joking!

Bini, any word on Croce moving on these projects, I'd love to be able to actually do work at home.

That building has micro brew written all over it. Well not literally written all over it.

There should be a law passed in this city to prevent owners from allowing their properties to rot. These bligthed properties further humiliate Buffalo as the second poorest city in the country to Detroit.

RESTORE THE RADIAL STREET PLAN!!!!!!!

how long has the current owner sat on these buildings?

i think thats the building with the huge-ass sailboat sitting inside by the window. quite the random sight.

- And this indeed is another architectural gem in Buffalo!

steel your correct in that this building needs redevelopment...andneeds to be added to buildings like the graystone and the other brick structure adjacent to the redjacket that need to be saved and urgently redeveloped.

but steel this building certainly needs the attention of Buffalonians and developers but so does that long neglected white terra cotta building adjacent to it.

Brimming with potential and the white next door neighbor too

As a former livery, the building might be eligible for the New York State Barn Tax Credit. Residential conversions do not qualify.

I was told by the owner that the building was orginally designed to park horses rather than cars. The ramp incline angles are not suitable for parking cars so it is not currently being used for cars (or horses).

With the proximity to ISSAS bct site.. I'd assume the value of this property has tripled ( input by Bini would be appreciated)..

Seems like quite the project for Croce.. hasn't that boutique hotel, mixed use project been in the works for a while... and does croce have any other developments under his belt that don't relate to restaurants and fine dining?? Am I the only one who wonders if he could handle a project of this size.. let alone 2?

Mrodgers.. espns zone would be cool.. that seems like the perfect location too!!

as i heard on the news that an old livery had collapsed i believe on jersey st and it was one of the last three in the city.i was wondering is one of the three one that is located at 728 west ave on the west side.i really dont know if people are aware of this building.i was born there in 1946 and lived there most of my younger life in an apartment that was known as murphy garage above the garage. i still remember the big wooden elevator in the center of the garage which i was told was used to store the slighes