(Charity Vogel – Buffalo News) You could call it 10,000 pounds of steel, timber and copper.
You could call it an unmistakable 180-foot-tall element of the Buffalo skyline.
Or you could call it a historic city landmark.
The new cupola for the south tower at Corpus Christi Catholic Church is all of those things.
But, as the gleaming, auburn-hued cupola rose over Clark Street at a few minutes past 1 p.m. Wednesday — in a lift that took two hours to prepare for and perhaps 20 minutes to execute — it was more than that.
It was a symbol of hope, on the often-disparaged East Side.
“It’s amazing to think we almost closed, 10 years ago,” said Chris Byrd, an advocate for the Polish-American church, which was founded in 1898. “This is love and dedication — and deep roots.
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