Rand Building

Rand Building
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General information
TypeOffice
Location14 Lafayette Square
Buffalo, New York 14203
Coordinates42°53′10.30″N 78°52′24.40″W / 42.8861944°N 78.8734444°W / 42.8861944; -78.8734444
Completed1929
OwnerMain Street Buffalo Properties, LP
ManagementPriam Enterprises, LLC
Height
Antenna spire405 feet (123.4 m)
Roof351 feet (107.0 m)
Technical details
Floor count29
Design and construction
Architect(s)F. J. & W. A. Kidd (1929); James William Kideney & Associates
Main contractorJohn W. Cowper Company

The Rand Building is a skyscraper and the second tallest building in Buffalo, New York. At the time it was built in 1929, it was the tallest in the city at a height of 405 feet (123 m).[1] The building was built on the site of the 1903 Olympic Theatre and it has been suggested that the Rand Building was the inspiration for the Empire State Building.[2]

  1. ^ Rand Building at library-towers.wikidot.com Archived 2011-07-18 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ "Rand Building, Buffalo". Emporis. Archived from the original on 2020-10-27. Retrieved 2021-06-27.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)