Hydraulics Neighborhood, Present Day
A large portion of the Larkin company's extensive manufacturing and distribution complex has survived. The 600,000 sq ft Larkin Terminal Warehouse, not designed by Wright, was successfully renovated and converted into Class A office space in 2002. The Larkin U Building at 239 Rensselaer street was converted into Class A office space in 2011. The Larkin Factory Complex Buildings (The Seneca Industrial Center) at 701 Seneca Street is slated for a residential conversion, while a number of other Larkin buildings as well as the streetscape continue to see investment.
Extensive Larkin Company records and photographs survive in the library collection of the Buffalo History Museum.
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