The Buehl Block
While walking past the Buehl Building yesterday I noticed that a new awning and glass facade had been added to the former Stanford Building facade at 285 Ellicott. As a matter of fact, the awning mimicked the shape of the original awning (top photo) that has been there years earlier. Since developer Roger Trettel acquired the building, there have been many improvements made to both the interior and the exterior. Most recently he outfitted the front with thermo-paned glass (see below). "The windows were in bad shape," Roger told me. It was time to replace them for insulating purposes."
It's quite a difference when you look at these before and after photos... where the awning once read, "Stanford Building", it now reads, "Buehl Block". And of course the building that is situated next to 285 Ellicott is the Buehl Building that is featured in the famous Charles Burchfield painting, "Rainy Night". It is interesting to note that the 285 Ellicott building can be seen painted to the left of the corner Buehl Building.
When I view this painting it makes me cringe to see the buildings that we lost to the right of the Buehl. Thanks to Roger and other people involved with preservation in Buffalo we still have a couple of the buildings left to appreciate today.
Tomorrow I'll post a neat 'before and after' images of the Buehl Building.
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Texpat10
Nice re-do. Every little bit helps.
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RonR
The very sad state of "Rainy Night" is that it is owned by the San Diego Museum of Art but is not on display. How the hell did it get out there and why the hell is it not back in Buffalo? I think there might be some space at a new museum opening up. I forgot the name....can someone tell me what it is???
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Tesla
Word up Ron.
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ChocolateShake
What ever happend to the coffee shop/art gallery that was supposed to open up in the Beuhl building?
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sayvanderlay
He certainly had vision in taking on this project. I hope he can finally land a good tenat for the retail space - it's been a few years, hasn't it?
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Texpat10
Ron, it is Burchfield Penney.
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BuffaloSoldier
Great job Roger Trettel! He his quickly joining an elite group of downtown developers who are leading by example by tackling tough projects that are ultimately reshaping the image of downtown - one-by-one - for the better.
What exactly is the Stanford Building used for? Clearly nothing appears on the bottom floor. However, I can't seem to see anything on the top floor either. Does Mr. Trettel have any plans for this building? Good luck to him if he does.
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RonR
Thanks tex... Sarcasm is hard on blogs and message boards....
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