bbb Posted August 9, 2018 Posted August 9, 2018 I remember it being how I learned the word impaled. Quote
Fadingpain Posted August 9, 2018 Author Posted August 9, 2018 1 hour ago, ExiledInIllinois said: Is BFLo City Hall the tallest east of the MS or is that not true? Some of those windows have AC units. LoL... What a dump. Buffalo City Hall is one of the finest examples of art deco architecture you will find in the world. Architectural students study it from all over. 2 Quote
ExiledInIllinois Posted August 9, 2018 Posted August 9, 2018 2 minutes ago, Fadingpain said: Buffalo City Hall is one of the finest examples of art deco architecture you will find in the world. Architectural students study it from all over. Just wish they could 86 the window units... Who needs AC in BFLo anyway? Right on The Lake.. Quote
row_33 Posted August 9, 2018 Posted August 9, 2018 20 minutes ago, Fadingpain said: Buffalo City Hall is one of the finest examples of art deco architecture you will find in the world. Architectural students study it from all over. tons of great work in the city, i enjoyed it with hours to kill for road trips Quote
bbb Posted August 9, 2018 Posted August 9, 2018 The Times of London this weekend did a glowing article on Buffalo, including "the phallic, art-deco City Hall." Quote
Fadingpain Posted August 9, 2018 Author Posted August 9, 2018 They don't build 'em like this anymore! 1 Quote
DC Tom Posted August 10, 2018 Posted August 10, 2018 Nice that he lowered the flag to half-staff for himself, I guess... 1 Quote
Cripple Creek Posted August 10, 2018 Posted August 10, 2018 10 hours ago, DC Tom said: Nice that he lowered the flag to half-staff for himself, I guess... too soon... 1 Quote
Gugny Posted August 10, 2018 Posted August 10, 2018 Man, could I go for some kabobs on the grill tonight. Quote
row_33 Posted August 10, 2018 Posted August 10, 2018 i thought it was a caller to Coach Chuck Dickerson who told Coach he couldn't take the Bills meekly losing any more and was going to jump off the Peace Bridge Coach talked him out of it, saying that the players didn't care so why should he, but the caller chose this option instead. Quote
wnysteel Posted August 10, 2018 Posted August 10, 2018 100% true, and it was 1976 (not 1977) https://books.google.com/books?id=7UIDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA8&lpg=PA8&dq=buffalo+city+hall+suicide&source=bl&ots=NLi71VlLBu&sig=9BfOPRHuob_o8MNkF7dfBUGuo34&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiL64nu4uLcAhVlS98KHd3tAEkQ6AEwF3oECAgQAQ#v=onepage&q=buffalo city hall suicide&f=false https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/buffalo-city-hall Quote
Guffalo Posted August 10, 2018 Posted August 10, 2018 5 hours ago, Cripple Creek said: too soon... It was 42 years ago.....when will that one be appropriate? Quote
boyst Posted August 10, 2018 Posted August 10, 2018 20 hours ago, ExiledInIllinois said: Just wish they could 86 the window units... Who needs AC in BFLo anyway? Right on The Lake.. Umm,brahh, this is an office building generating a lot of heat and very little to no ventilation. It's a giant hot box. Quote
ExiledInIllinois Posted August 10, 2018 Posted August 10, 2018 1 minute ago, Boyst62 said: Umm,brahh, this is an office building generating a lot of heat and very little to no ventilation. It's a giant hot box. Yeah... But being an Architectural marvel of the Art Deco era... You'd think there would be a way to figure out central air. It's City Hall... They waste a ton of money and go Spartan on this? It's like strapping a Thule rack to a Ferrari. Just saying. It wrecks it for me. The mechanical inside must be a mess to be hanging 40+ pound units 20 stories up. Tacky, IMO. Quote
Lurker Posted August 10, 2018 Posted August 10, 2018 2 minutes ago, ExiledInIllinois said: The mechanical inside must be a mess to be hanging 40+ pound units 20 stories up. Tacky, IMO. They still have the mechanicals for loading ice blocks in through openings in the ground floor walls to provide "air conditioning" for the building It's wild to think of that being high tech back in the day... 1 Quote
Fadingpain Posted August 10, 2018 Author Posted August 10, 2018 4 minutes ago, ExiledInIllinois said: Yeah... But being an Architectural marvel of the Art Deco era... You'd think there would be a way to figure out central air. It's City Hall... They waste a ton of money and go Spartan on this? It's like strapping a Thule rack to a Ferrari. Just saying. It wrecks it for me. The mechanical inside must be a mess to be hanging 40+ pound units 20 stories up. Tacky, IMO. The building is reminiscent, in some respects, of stuff made in ancient Rome. Their office buildings didn't have air conditioning either. People survived. Not like A/C is needed in Buffalo, anyway, for more than about 3 weeks a year. Actually you raise an interesting point. The building was finished in 1931. I wonder how many similar buildings had A/C built into them at that time. I'm not sure how prevalent that was. The problem is that if a building is not built with A/C in mind, it can be difficult to engineer all the ducting needed into the building after the fact, especially if you want to conceal it. I do agree that all the window unit A/Cs sticking out on the exterior looks like ****. The entire building is badly in need of a media blasting as well. It's filthy. I assume there is no money in the budget for this stuff. LOL. 1 Quote
ExiledInIllinois Posted August 10, 2018 Posted August 10, 2018 2 minutes ago, Lurker said: They still have the mechanicals for loading ice blocks in through openings in the ground floor walls to provide "air conditioning" for the building It's wild to think of that being high tech back in the day... If it's blowing air over ice and have the mechanicals... You would think it would be not hard to convert to modern system. Same principle. Quote
bbb Posted August 10, 2018 Posted August 10, 2018 3 minutes ago, Fadingpain said: in need of a media blasting as well. Now we're going to bring Trump in on this?!? Quote
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