Y.M.C.A. Men's Hotel / Genesee Hotel [2nd location]

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Sometime 1970s/1980s

September 2017
Current photo: WNYHeritagePress, David Torke fixBuffalo, Mark Paradowski

Location

308 Pearl Street, Buffalo, NY 14202
Part of the same parcel as the 31 West Genesee Street
Google Bird's Eye View
Ellicott Council District
SBL: 111.46-12-3.1
Erie County Property Info
County Tax Map (loads GIS page)
City of Buffalo Parcel Viewer

Next to: Y.M.C.A. Building and 314 Pearl Street
Across from: Star Theater, Victor's Furniture, original YMCA/YWCA Building

Owner

OLYMPIA TOWER ACQUISITION TOWERS LLC per propertyviewer
NYS Corporation and Business Entity Database

Physical Description

Nine story, 300 room hotel with brick facade

Current Condition

Demolished. Replaced with a much more plain four story office building and atrium

History

  • 1910 - Construction completed
  • 1940 - By the 1940s it was known as the Genesee Hotel, which had previously occupied a different structure at 532 Main Street
  • 1986 - Demolished

Recent Events and Actions Taken

January 2012 - The parcel was sold for $2.5 million

Other Pertinent Facts

  • Site purchased in the early 1900s by John D. Larkin for a men's hotel and social center

Links


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Added 2013-07-17 • Last changed 2017-09-07

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