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lets hope it sells well...

seeing that I have been in this building numerous times over the last 8 years or so, I can say it strikes me as a structure with potential in office/residential or pretty much anything given the floor plates and location in downtown. While refacing the exterior would be preferred, its not important, but making the building last another 50 years by updating wiring, and all the internal systems might be an expensive yet do-able task. Maybe we'll see someone new come to downtown and save the building, add a thousand jobs and kick the economy up a bit. to level this would be sad, lets hope something happens FAST.

Would be great if a company took over and brought in 1,000+ new jobs to Downtown.

Even though it is not a "gem" of a building, I would still like to see find re-use. Hopefully some developer comes up with a great plan for the structure.

Hopefully someone will buy the building and level it then build something much nicer.

The Dulski is a stinking eyesore that gives that part of downtown a dreadfully sterile feel. The 70s was an awful decade for architecture. If everything built during that time period downtown was destroyed tomorrow, downtown would look a hellva lot better.

oh what a beautiful city we would have if we could still have some of the buildings that we tore down instead, still for a building of that period the Dulski isnt that horrible and I dont think that we lost any historic buildings on the Dulskl site.

Lets keep our fingers crossed that Buffalo does get those 1,000 jobs to fill that building. I dont know why but I think its a real possibility. There are many good things happening for Buffalo and theres more to come.

A new landscape design would be nice or extend the first level towards the street and add retail/restaurant space at least towards Delaware Ave. That would be nice, but I'll settle for anything good right now.

I doubt anyone will be jumping on this project because of the amount of asbestos is that 70's building. I am pretty sure that was there reason the feds decided to build the new building on S Elmwood and move all the offices from the Dulaski building into it was because of the high cost of asbestos removal from such a large building. I hope I am wrong and that the incentives are enough for someone else to step in. I also totally agree that the landscape around it could be drastically improved and developed even before the building. Now that it is no longer a federal building it doesn't need to have such huge setbacks and the size of the space could easily fit multi floor retail or apartments. At least on the Delaware or Elmwood sides.

I worked in the Dulski Building for about 5 years, until we were all relocated. The asbestos in the building is the reason that GSA is dumping the building, but that's not the whole story. The federal government cannot remove the asbestos in an efficient, cost effective way because of the bureaucracy involved. They would have to classify this as a "major renovation" and try to get millions of dollars budgeted and do more than just the asbestos removal. A private company can do whatever they want to do, so it is not so cost prohibitive for them. And, by the way, the feds did not build the Niagara Center across the street on South Elmwood. That was built by Uniland (I think) and the federal government is now leasing space, not just in that building, but all over the city at premium rates that would shock any informed tax payer.

PS- The views of Lake Erie from the upper floors make the Dulski Building worth saving. Although it is architectuarally bland, I still miss those amazing views of cloud formations over the water and those fantastic sunsets.

Everyone gets concerned when they hear "asbestos". But it has to be removed anyway before they can tear it down. (Guess what? There is/was asbestos in almost every school. It just gets removed carefully.) It would just cost too much to relocate everyone out, remove it and renovate, then move back in. They saved money by moving one time, to the suburban style Niagara Center (which was built to last by suburban standards). Dulski is a solid structure that was really built to last and should enjoy a new life. It's a bit cold and unfriendly now but it had to be for security reasons. That style of modernism (it's a Breuer knock-off) is actually making a comeback (which means we'll fully appreciate it here in 10-15 years). Gut the inside, clean the asbestos and you can do great things with it. Can you imagine a rooftop pool over condos and a boutique hotel? How cool!