Building Buffalo2017

"This catalogue complements an exhibition of books generously given or carefully purchased to help Buffalo grow into a great metropolitan center. Collectively these books formed a comprehensive source of knowledge with which the Young Men's Association, the Buffalo Public and Grosvenor libraries--unified in 1953 as the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library--sought to educate architects and the public in the traditions that influenced our built environment. These volumes comprise only a portion of the architectural books housed in the library's Rare Book collection, which is one of the oldest and most extensive in an American public library. They are as much a part of Western New York's cultural heritage as its museums, parks, concert halls, theaters, and historic buildings. These enduring...