In every city there is what might be described as a heart or core. Only time will tell if renewal justifies itself. In its wake, some of the very structure and tradition of a city falls. Renewal is a fresh, spring word that is echoing down the streets of most U.S. The black & white photos accompanying her story are from the Library of Congress Historic American Buildings Survey they were taken in 1965. And she observed that the wave of demolition which occured in the name 'urban renewal' was changing her city in fundamental ways.

Though originally from Philadephia, Miss Taussig became a Buffalonian, living here for over 40 years. When she wrote her 1986 memoir, 'Wings On My Heels: A Newspaperwoman's Story,' she included excerpts from articles she wrote during her career, of which this is one. The text below was written by Ellen Taussig (1906 - 2005), a reporter for the Buffalo Evening News for 25 years until she retired in 1974. The Erie County Savings Bank Building: Ellen Taussig's Eulogy

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