What we have here is one of the finest rail stations ever built in the U.S. rotting away in Buffalo, NY, looking like one of the hundreds of abandoned and decaying Rust Belt factories this region is full of. I guess according to the rules of capitalism that's okay - rail travel is archaic, people don't flock to Buffalo to get a sun tan, and big old buildings are expensive to maintain.
The good news is that Buffalo Central Terminal is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and there is a movement afoot to restore it to its former glory. That would of course require lots of work and lots of money, and so not surprisingly there are those who would rather build a brand new station in a different location. In the meantime the city is served by the humble depot seen in the bottom photo below.
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