Photos: Continuing restoration at Buffalo Central Terminal
The Central Terminal Restoration Corp., the nonprofit that owns and manages Buffalo Central Terminal, is working to restore the historic site.
The corporation's aim for the next two years is to enable partial use of the passenger concourse and full viewing of the interior, expand the use of the exterior plaza and lawn and prepare the site for the larger planned redevelopment down the line. Buffalo News photojournalist Libby March visited the terminal to document the passenger concourse and some of the work being done for this new phase of development.
Adam Christensen (right) and Andre Payne stand on a lift, working with drills to expand a hole to make room for an upcoming exterior buck hoist elevator at Buffalo Central Terminal in Buffalo, Nov. 12, 2024.
Afternoon light streams into the main concourse area at Buffalo Central Terminal in Buffalo, Nov. 12, 2024.
A view from the second floor of the main concourse of Buffalo Central Terminal in Buffalo, Nov. 12, 2024.
Monica Pellegrino Faix, executive director of the Buffalo Central Terminal revitalization project, stands for a portrait inside the main concourse at Buffalo Central Terminal in Buffalo, Nov. 12, 2024.
The information clock tower glows with light inside the main concourse of Buffalo Central Terminal in Buffalo, Nov. 12, 2024.
Adam Christensen (left) and Andre Payne ride a lift up to work on expanding a hole to make room for an upcoming exterior buck hoist elevator at Buffalo Central Terminal in Buffalo, Nov. 12, 2024.
A view of the ticket booths, re-labeled for the 2017 film "Marshall," inside the main concourse of Buffalo Central Terminal in Buffalo, Nov. 12, 2024.
A look inside the main concourse, where “To Train Concourse” was added for the film “Marshall,” inside Buffalo Central Terminal in Buffalo, Nov. 12, 2024. The below exit did not lead to the trains, but appeared to in the movie set.
A view of a sliding gate inside the main concourse of Buffalo Central Terminal in Buffalo, Nov. 12, 2024.
A look inside the main concourse area at Buffalo Central Terminal in Buffalo, Nov. 12, 2024.
A peek into the room behind the ticket booths that line the main concourse of Buffalo Central Terminal in Buffalo, Nov. 12, 2024.
A look at a fading sign denoting a liquor store inside the main concourse of Buffalo Central Terminal in Buffalo, Nov. 12, 2024.
A view from the second floor of the main concourse of Buffalo Central Terminal in Buffalo, Nov. 12, 2024.
Afternoon light streams into the main concourse area at Buffalo Central Terminal in Buffalo, Nov. 12, 2024.
A view of the classic bison statue inside the main concourse of Buffalo Central Terminal in Buffalo, Nov. 12, 2024.
A view of the safe door behind the wall of ticket booths lining the main concourse of Buffalo Central Terminal in Buffalo, Nov. 12, 2024.
Adam Christensen uses a large drill to break up concrete, expanding a hole to make room for an upcoming exterior buck hoist elevator at Buffalo Central Terminal in Buffalo, Nov. 12, 2024.
A view of Buffalo Central Terminal in Buffalo, Nov. 12, 2024.
Morning light streams into the main concourse area at Buffalo Central Terminal in Buffalo, Nov. 12, 2024.
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