jfhaber

Comment Threads

• sonyactivision commented on Bethlehem Steel: Disposable Architecture or Iconic Landmark?
  The facade could be cataloged, disassembled and placed into storage. I would recommend reconstructing it in Delaware Park since the architecture is very much of the same period, style and quality. It could serve any number of purposes there. If Buffalo can lose a church building to a Georgia congregation, it can gain an important new civic monument since Lackawanna has no use for it....
• https://me.yahoo.com/a/.8QigZo5hJhFnv_XeH2GDskA534Hjoob#afdf8 commented on Bethlehem Steel: Disposable Architecture or Iconic Landmark?
  The question "disposable architecture or iconic landmark" is a false dichotomy. The reality is that the architecture is brilliant, but the building isn't worth the investment to save it in my opinion. I will repeat this on every topic I see relating to the building: it is in a field of grass, it has no connection to an urban setting, and capital in Buffalo is better spent redeveloping the urban core in the city rather than an outpost of an industrial site from years past. Instead of pushing preservation efforts towards saving this structure, it would be best to let...