Buffalo, N.Y. (WBEN) – Exactly how many buildings in downtown Buffalo can boast of having a dirigible mooring post sitting on its roof?
The answer is exactly one: The Rand Building – a 29 story building that overlooks Lafayette Square.
Built in 1929 when the Rand Building was constructed, the 200-foot-tall steel tower never welcomed a passenger-carrying zeppelin – as it was first intended – but even today, nearly a century later, it makes for a conversation piece, says building owner Paul Kolkmeyer…