The Buffalo Public Library in Lafayette Square Was SO PRETTY! [BUFFALO: THEN AND NOW]

Every day as I walk to and from my car, I pass the Buffalo Public Library's Central Branch, which is just across Lafayette Square from our dumpy little studio. It's clear from the old photo of the Square above that a very pretty, old building used to be where the library stands now -- but what was it?

It, too, was the Buffalo Public Library! Yup, that castle-looking thing is the Cyrus Eidlitz Buffalo Public Library, built in 1887. Gorgeous, right? Sadly, the building was demolished in the early '60s to make way for the current BPL.

Buffalo Public Library