Allen-Medical Campus (Metro Rail)

Infobox Station
name = Allen-Medical Campus
type = Buffalo Metro Rail station
style = NFTA

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address = Main and Allen Streets Buffalo, New York 14202
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platform = High
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owned = Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority
zone = Paid fare
former = Allen-Hospital
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Allen-Medical Campus, formerly Allen-Hospital, is a station at the north end of Buffalo, New York's downtown area.

The station is located on Main Street across from the eastern terminus of Allen Street and is the last underground station to the south and station requiring payment before entering Theater station and the fare-free zone.

Artwork

In 1979, an art selection committee was created, composed of NFTA commissioners and Buffalo area art experts, that would judge the artwork that would be displayed in and on the properties of eight stations on the Metro Rail line.

Out of the seventy proposals submitted, twenty-two were chosen and are currently positioned inside and outside of the eight underground stations.Buffalo Art in Transit, Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority, c. 1986.]

Allen-Medical Campus Station is home of four pieces of work, from Richard Friedberg (New York City), Scott Burton (New York City); Charles Clough (New York City); and Albert Campas, Juan Gonzalez and Olga Mendell of the Latin Gallery (Buffalo).

Richard Friedberg's offers an objective sculpture made of aluminum and steel. It is polychromed with highly durable paint and high gloss coloration. It is located on a wall over the escalator between the mezzanine and the level between the mezzanine and trainroom.Allen-Hospital Station, "Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority", c. 1986]

Charles Clough offers riders a large photographic mural based on the work of Charles Burchfield, Buffalo's most famous painter.Allen-Hospital Station, "Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority", c. 1986]

The Latin Gallery group offers riders a wall located along a sidewalk at the south end of the station in bright colors, and containing selected excerpts from chosen poetry. The work is on colored enamel fused to copper tile.Buffalo Art in Transit, Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority, c. 1986.]

Though subtle, Scott Burton offers riders a pair of bronze benches located in the middle of the mezzanine near the ticket vending machines. The two benches pay tribute to the American Arts and Crafts Movement. The benches represent uptown and downtown directions to the station. Each of the benches are life-sized and invite participation, by passengers sitting in them.

Bus routes

*NFTA
** 7 Baynes-Richmond
** 8A Main
** 29 Wohlers
** 65 Amherst (afternoon rush hours only)
** 66 Williamsville (afternoon rush hours only)
** 67 Cleveland Hill (afternoon rush hours only)

*University of Buffalo shuttles
** Blue Line - serves as a feeder bus to most of the medical complexes in the vicinity of the station.
** Orange Line - serves as a nearly non-stop shuttle between the University at Buffalo South Campus and Allen-Medical Campus station, making stops only at designated medical facilities.

Notable place nearby

* Allentown
* Anchor Bar
* Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus
* Hauptman-Woodward Medical Research Institute
* Roswell Park Cancer Institute

ee also

* List of Buffalo Metro Rail stations

References