Buffalo in the ’60s: Bethlehem Steel builds Buff State

By Steve Cichon
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A crane from Bethlehem Steel helps raise the girders on the building that was destined to become Buffalo State’s Upton Hall when it was opened in 1962.

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Steve Cichon writes about Buffalo’s pop culture history. His stories of Buffalo's past have appeared more than 1600 times in The Buffalo News. He's a proud Buffalonian helping the world experience the city he loves. Since the earliest days of the internet, Cichon's been creating content celebrating the people, places, and ideas that make Buffalo unique and special. The 25-year veteran of Buffalo radio and television has written five books and curates The Buffalo Stories Archives-- hundreds of thousands of books, images, and audio/visual media which tell the stories of who we are in Western New York.