274 Comments for Church of the Transfiguration (Buffalo)

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I agree A D Nilsen. It makes me feel so sad for some reason, as if there is so much hope and love that was housed here, and now, it is just forgotten and abandoned and left to die in its own sad rubble. :( Sad picture.

It is funny how Motts' pictures stir up such strong feelings in all of us, isn't it?
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I don't know why, but this pic made me smile. I am not even close to "religious" (though I do have faith and I am a Lutheran) but something about this picture just conjured up many Christmas plays I had been in when I was a child and many Christmases where I still believed in Santa Claus...going to church on Easter and waiting for the Easter Bunny as a child. MANY MANY good memories come up! :)

As I said, it made me smile and made me feel so peaceful too.
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Yeah, ferdy! That was what I thought too! It seems sort of contridictory, but that light makes it look hellish almost, and it is a place of worship. NICE contrast there! :)
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I concur with the rest. Wallpaper please! The stained glass IS lovely! How high do you think that ceiling goes?
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I love the door inside a door look of this. :D What a beautiful shot with the golden light and then the shadowy nooks and crannies. :)
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Thanks Motts for another wonderful Gallery to see. Keep up the wonderful work you do.
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Has anyone ever seen the movie Nine by Tim Burton? This looks just like the abandoned church in that movie.
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I'm with you, AD!
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Even this churches more mundane locations hold opulence I just love it.
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This shot gives me a tremendous sense of forbidding and a touch of vertigo. I can imaging one of those heavy bells crashing down on me yet I cant look away. Mr Motts I think the shot is better from this angle it evokes more raw emotion.
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It can be truly said that i have a Motts in my belfry.
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How aah inspiring.
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Even in decay this place still holds its original grace.
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What a marvelous site and lovely Gothic architecture and I am very surprised as well that the stained glass is intact. My guess would be the extensive metal frame work used to hold all the different colored pains of glass together acts like a reinforcement for the pains. The weakest point in a window is the furthest point from the frame like the middle and the bigger the pain the weaker the window.
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Another great gallery Motts - something sad and wrong about churches being allowed to fall into this state