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THE STAR CROSSED POTTER’S FIELD:THE HOWARD CEMETERY
September 15, 2017
THE STAR CROSSED POTTER’S FIELD THE HOWARD CEMETERY by David Mack-Hardiman Like a lonely European castle dropped into a busy urban neighborhood, the former Buffalo State Asylum is striking, majestic and mysterious. Architect Henry Hobson Richardson designed the massive structure in Victorian Gothic style with dramatic arches and curved connecting corridors. The center of the complex, constructed of mauve Medina sandstone, is framed by looming twin towers. To the north was a farm which p…