Gas Under Glass?

A recent article in the Buffalo Business First reports on an interesting twist to the 1927 Frank Lloyd Wright designed filling station that will be added to Buffalo, New York's growing architecture collection: A gas station under glass!

Businessman James Sandoro is developing the project as a part of the Buffalo Transportation/Pierce-Arrow Museum. It is hoped that work can start in April or May, with the replica station slated to open next year. As described in the article:

One major shift with the filling station is that it will now be enclosed in a steel and glass structure that may peak at six stories tall. The 60,000-square-foot structure -- slated for the corner of Carroll Street, Michigan Avenue and Seneca Street, soon to be renamed Frank Lloyd Wright Place -- will make it a year-round attraction rather than a seasonal draw.

Seems like a bizarre way to keep your art from being left out in the rain. I have an alternative suggestion: instead of putting so much effort into bringing another fossil fuel depot into the world (albeit a well designed one) how about an alternative fuel station that is built around Wright's principles? Now that would be a tribute!

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i think i need to wish him goodluck on that one.