Perfect Spot For An Unveiling
Today’s Canal Side unveiling was held at the Naval and Military Park Museum located within the Naval and Military Park. The building was erected to replace the old nondescript one that was located on the site previously and torn down. The new museum was styled after a canal period building that once stood near the location where the replacement now stands. The roofline, the windows, and the exterior walls mimic the building’s features that originally stood at the site, and the footprint is almost exactly the same, giving historic credence to the site. Oddly enough, the original 1840's-1860's foundations are still underneath the site that the Naval and Military Park occupies.
Looking out from the interior of the museum is quite something. A panoramic feeling takes hold when viewing from the second floor, giving visitors a wonderful vantage point over much of the project. Large windows allow plenty of light into the building providing the open space with a light and roomy feel. A centrally located staircase takes visitors up to the second level, where the Erie Canal, with its Whipple Truss Bridge, can be seen clearly. Looking up, a military plane hangs predominantly from the ceiling. Just being in this museum added to the excitement of the Canal Side unveiling. Before long there will be a steady flow of visitors in and around this new addition… another piece of the puzzle that Larry Quinn touted earlier today.
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Andrew
Cool, love the second floor view. I will have to check it out.
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orlanmon
This is another wonderful peace of the puzzle in the development strategy for the Buffalo inner harbour. But everytime I either drive or cycle by this site only one thing comes to mind... get rid of that looming obstruction between the inner and outer harbour, the Skyway must be removed in any long term plans.
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SilentMajority
The more development that is created below it makes it more and more costly to tear it down. We all need to come to terms with the fact that it is going to be there for many years to come. Only when large developers cite it as a reason for not building will things move along. I would like to believe that the Bass Pro deal carries with it some sort of assurrance that the Skyway will be removed within a given period of time... but unlikely. We need a mayor and county executive who will stand up and demand that changes be made.
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halljd39
Can't wait to get inside the new museum. Looks great!
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chrish
The foundations date to 1817, when the Commercial Slip was only Little Buffalo Creek. The Coit-McCutcheon Block was one of only a few masonary buildings at the time and was touted as one of the young village's finest buildings. If only they knew what was to come three-quarters of a century later!
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