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Broadway Bakery
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Location
889 Broadway Street, Buffalo, NY 14212
Also known as 897 Broadway
SBL: 111.44-1-1.12
Fillmore Council District
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Owner
RD INTERNATIONAL INC per City of Buffalo Property Information
NYS Corporation and Business Entity Database
Physical Description
Two story commercial building, with brick and white terra-cotta facade and copper bays.
Current Condition
Facade has been heavily modified/covered, and the building appears unused and abandoned. Per a Historic Resources Survey, the facade "was largely effaced when the former bakery was joined to a nondescript, late twentieth century building to the west."
History
- Built 1914. Architect Wladyslaw H. Zawadzki
- Built as a bakery, store, and dwelling for Wladyslaw Niebieszczanski.
Recent Events and Actions Taken
- Housing Court hearing to determine whether to demolish the building, December 14th, morning session (9:30am), Judge Carney's courtroom, #14, 6th floor of the City Court Building, 50 Delaware Avenue.
Other Pertinent Facts
Prolific Polish-American architect Władysław H. Zawadzki contributed the following buildings to the East Side's Polonia neighborhood, centered around Broadway and Fillmore: Broadway Bakery, Polonia Hotel, Dom Polski Building, Al Cohens Bakery, Polish Singing Circle, Lipowicz Grocery, Polish Co-Op Savings & Loan, Club Romway, Schreiber Brewing Company, Unia Polska, Transfiguration School, Transfiguration Rectory, Burczynski Bakery. More information here.
Links
- Broadway Fillmore Alive, February 2012 - What Lies Beneath 897 Broadway
- Broadway Filmore Alive - Finding Zawadzki
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Added 2014-02-03 • Last changed 2017-11-04