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PHOTO BUFFALO THE BISON AT BUFFALO CENTRAL TERMINAL 495 PADEREWSKI DRIVE BUFFALO. DESIGNED BY FELLHEIMER WAGNER FOR THE NEW YORK CENTRAL RAILROAD AND COMPLETED IN 1929. IT CLOSED TO PASSENGER TRAFFIC IN 1979 AND IN 1981 THE BRIDGE WHICH CONNECTED THE TRAIN CONCOURSE AND PASSENGER PLATFORMS FROM THE TERMINAL AND MAIN CONCOURSE WAS DEMOLISHED TO ALLOW PASSAGE OF HIGH FREIGHT CARS ON THE BELT LINE. AFTER A VARIETY OF USES AND THE RECLAMATION AND SALE OF MATERIALS IT FELL INTO DERELICTION. IT WAS PURCHASED IN 1997 BY THE CENTRAL TERMINAL RESTORATION CORPORATION WHO ARE GRADUALLY RESTORING IT. THE STATION ONCE HAD A STUFFED AMERICAN BISON IN THE CONCOURSE BELONGING TO THE BUFFALO MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND USED TO ADVERTISE THE MUSEUM. PASSENGERS (INCLUDING SOLDIERS BOUND FOR WORLD WAR II) RUBBING THEIR HANDS ON THE BISON CAUSED IT TO BECOME WORN SO IT WAS REMOVED TO THE BUFFALO MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND REPLACED WITH A PLASTER CAST BRONZE PAINTED STATUE. IN OCTOBER 2011 THE BUFFALO IN THE TERMINAL WAS REPLACED BY THE CENTRAL TERMINAL RESTORATION CORPORATION WITH ONE MADE OUT OF FIBERGLASS COPYRIGHT (Photograph and text in Extra Info) TIM BASTINPHOTO PAPER THICKNESS NORMAL PHOTOGRAPH THICKNESS
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