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Re: (rshsdepot) Central Terminal: Saving a Buffalo Landmark - May 3
Well for those of you lucky enough to live in the Buffalo area, I have been told it is being aired on your local PBS station this very night!
- ----- Original Message -----
From: "J. Henry Priebe Jr."
Date: Wednesday, April 30, 2008 4:47 pm
Subject: Re: (rshsdepot) Central Terminal: Saving a Buffalo Landmark - May 3
To: "rshsdepot_@_lists.railfan.net"
>
> Boy I'd like to see that, but the 450 mile trek from Buffalo to
> to Trenton, NJ
> is a little prohibitive!
>
> Henry
>
> J. Henry Priebe Jr. Blue Moon Internet Corp Network Administrator
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>
> On Wed, 30 Apr 2008 jdent1_@_optonline.net wrote:
>
> > Central Terminal: Saving a Buffalo Landmark - May 3
> >
> > A film with an Historic Preservation theme will be screened
> Saturday,> May 3, 4pm at the Broad Street Bank, 143 E State
> Street, Trenton as
> > part of the 5th Annual Trenton Film Festival. Screening will be
> > followed by a panel discussion moderated by John Hatch, President
> > Preservation NJ.
> >
> > "Central Terminal: Saving a Buffalo Landmark" explores the storied
> > past of the beloved train station in Buffalo, New York. Built
> on the
> > cusp of the Great Depression, the Central Terminal was a hub of
> > activity. As train travel waned in the 1970s, it was shuttered and
> > for twenty years it suffered from neglect and abuse by private
> > owners. In 1997, local preservationists acquired the building, which
> > had been stripped of its grandeur and was in desperate need of
> > repair. This documentary highlights the building's
> architectural and
> > social significance and recent efforts to bring it back to life
> > against all odds! "Central Terminal: Saving a Buffalo
> Landmark" was
> > produced by Kirsten Jahn and Scott Richardson, digital media arts
> > students working under the guidance of Barbara Irwin, Ph.D.,
> director> of the Canisius College Video Institute (29 min.
> Directed by Barbara
> > Irwin.).
> >
> > For tickets to this remarkable documentary on the highly unlikely
> > saving of an extraordinary building, go to
> > http://www.trentonfilmfestival.org or call 1-800-838-3006 (24hr).
> >
> > Christina Scott
> > christina_@_preservationnj.org
>
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