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Aerial View of Future Site of Pilot Field: 1968

Aerial view of downtown Buffalo, 1968. The tall building at left is the HSBC building (then called the Marine Midland building).

The parking lot visible beside it is the future site of Buffalo's baseball stadium, Dunn Tire Park.

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