A judge in the state of New York has rejected a plea by preservationists to spare a 125-year-old grain elevator in Buffalo, New York.
According to World-Grain.com, in early January a New York Supreme Court judge rejected an injunction to delay the delay the demolition of the wind-damaged elevator owned by global agribusiness ADM.
The injunction was sought by a group called the Campaign for Greater Buffalo History, Architecture & Culture. World-Grain.com describes the structure as not having been operational since the early 1980s and as made of bricks and steel bins.
An ADM spokesperson quoted by the website says the company is concerned about ongoing decay and potential collapses of the elevator that raise public safety and roadway right-of-way issues.
The same spokesperson says ADM is engaged in a process of “identifying artifacts from the structure that can potentially be preserved safely” and is “reaching out to potential partners to discuss ways in which those items can be displayed and shared with the community to celebrate the legacy of the structure for years to come.”
The preservationist group says at one time the now dilapidated elevator was the nation’s largest grain storage facility and that it may be the nation’s only brick-box elevator still standing, according to World-Grain.com.