46. Courier-Express Building

795 Main Street

Sidway Building This Art Deco building which now serves as the Catholic Center of the Diocese of Buffalo is the former home of Buffalo's former newspaper the Courier-Express. Its elaborately decorated facade contains bronze symbols used by early printers and terra-cotta bas-relief sculptures that graphically explain the process of newspaper production.

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Credits
Scripts: Denise Prince and Jane Kwiatkowski
Voice: Christopher Jamele of Jamele Freelance Services
Audio production: John Davis of Eclectic Electric

This project was made possible in part with funding from the New York State Council on the Arts.
Tour content courtesy of Buffalo Tours.