Rand Building

Rand Building

Infobox Skyscraper
building_name = Rand Building


caption = Rand Building to the right of the 10 Lafayette Square
location = 14 Lafayette Square Buffalo, New York 14203
coordinates = coord|42|53|10.30|N|78|52|24.40|W|display=inline,title
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constructed = 1929
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use = Office
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roof = convert|391|ft
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floor_count = 29
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architect = James W. Kideney & Associates; Franklyn and William Kidd
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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 convert|391|ft. It has been suggested that the Rand Building was the inspiration for the Empire State Building.Fact|date=August 2008

Adjacent to the Rand Building is 10 Lafayette Square in Lafayette Square.

ee also

*List of tallest buildings in Buffalo

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before=Liberty Building
title=Tallest Building in Buffalo
years=1929—1970 convert|391|ft
after=One HSBC Center


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