English: The Curtiss Hotel, 210 Franklin Street at West Huron Street, Buffalo, New York, November 2021. Built in 1913 as a speculative venture by attorney-turned-real estate investor Harlow C. Curtiss, the aesthetic of this exquisite edifice - the work of local architect Paul F. Mann - melds Art Nouveau decorative principles with the basic forms (and advances in structural technology) innovated by the Chicago School, a stylistic marriage that was very popular in commercial buildings of the period (the Prudential Building on Church Street is another local example). As expected, ornamentation is Classically-derived and quite florid: urns in relief are stacked in columns between the triple sets of windows; geometric designs in circle and diamond shapes adorn the spandrel panels; the frieze that separates the fifth floor from the sixth is lined with scrolling acanthus leaves; more urns, these festooned with garlands, are interspersed between the upper-story windows. Home to a multiplicity of retail, office and government tenants that over the years have included the Kittinger Furniture Company, King & Eisele Jewelers, Catholic Charities (who leased the entire fourth floor in the 1960s), and the Workmen's Compensation Board, the building was a successful investment for Curtiss, but he only owned it for several years; it served a similar function under subsequent owners. By 2009, when the late real estate developer Mark Croce purchased it with plans for a luxury hotel, the building had been vacant and boarded up for some time. The Curtiss Hotel opened in 2017.