Outside, new wind barriers and infill buildings of varying materials and styles fortify its public plaza, absorb much of the open space, and diminish its original public sculpture. The changes go well beyond the addition of “terra cotta” and “gun-metal gray” paint to the concrete facade.
Marine Midland Center, now known as Seneca One, is undergoing an extensive $120 million transformation inside and out as Washington, D.C.-based Douglas Development prepares it for a new life as a mixed-use hub with apartments, retail, and a lot of tech-centric office space.
If you have seen a Blue Jays home game recently, maybe you’ve wondered about that one-the bulky concrete and glass tower that casts a shadow over the outfield, dominates the skyline, and is halfway through a brazen makeover. There’s the Marine Trust Building (1913), a brick and granite tower by the locally revered Green & Wicks, and finally, SOM’s Marine Midland Center (1974). Running down the first base line to right field, two towers left behind by the defunct Marine Midland Bank mark the southern end of the central business district. Popping out from the roofline from foul pole to foul pole, there’s the Old Post Office (1901), a Gothic Revival structure behind the third base line One M&T Center (1967), a white marble and glass tower by Minoru Yamasaki next to the steel and glass Main Place Tower (1969) by Harrison & Abramovitz they’re behind what was once the world’s largest office building, Ellicott Square Building (1896), a hulking Italian Renaissance Revival structure by Burnham & Company.
Decades of economic stagnation have allowed the view from center field-anchored by a handsome collection of late-19th to mid-20th century architecture-to remain nearly unchanged since the retro revival ballpark now known as Sahlen Field (HOK Sport, 1988) debuted. The result is an unfocused mish-mash of interventions on what once exemplified the sophistication of its original architects and their client.īaseball fans who’ve watched a relocated Toronto Blue Jays “home game” in Buffalo on TV during this topsy turvy, pandemic-shortened MLB season may have caught a few glimpses of the city’s very un-Toronto-like skyline. real estate mogul has swooped into Buffalo to bring the city’s tallest building, SOM’s Marine Midland Center, back to life.
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