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Lafayette Square (formerly Court House Park or Courthouse Square)〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Lafayette Square )〕 is a park in the center of downtown Buffalo, Erie County, New York, United States that hosts a Civil War monument. The block, which was once square, is lined by many of the city's tallest buildings. The square was named for General Lafayette, who visited Buffalo in 1825.〔 The square was part of the original urban plan for the city as laid out by Joseph Ellicott in 1804. Its eastern edge has long been defined by important civic structures; first, the Erie County Courthouse, followed by the original Buffalo & Erie County Public Library. Presidential history was made in Lafayette Square when former United States President Martin Van Buren received the Free Soil Party nomination for the 1848 election.〔 President-elect Abraham Lincoln also spoke at the square.〔 Today, the square offers a clear view of Buffalo City Hall, an Art Deco building three blocks to the west. A granite Civil War monument, titled ''Soldiers and Sailors,'' gives a strong vertical and ceremonial definition to the space. Conceived by Mrs. Horatio Seymour, the monument's dedication ceremony was attended by Grover Cleveland and other prominent figures. Until 2011, Lafayette Square hosted the annual Thursday at the Square summer concert series and is occasionally the site of rallies and demonstrations.〔 ==Location== Lafayette Square is one of three squares laid out in Joseph Ellicott's city plan.〔 The square is located three blocks east of Niagara Square and is the second most important space in downtown Buffalo.〔Kowsky, p. 88〕 The block is surrounded by the Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority's Metro Rail light rail rapid transit to the west, which runs above-ground along Main Street in what is called the Free Fare Zone,〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Welcome to the NFTA-Metro Web site >> System Maps )〕 Washington Street to the east, Lafayette Square to the north (a one-way westbound continuation of Broadway) and Lafayette Square to the south (a one-way eastbound connection to Clinton Street).〔Fox, p. 75〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=System Maps: City of Buffalo Map )〕 Buildings flanking the square include the Liberty Building,〔Kowsky, p. 87〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Buffalo Downtown Map )〕 the Main Court Building,〔 10 Lafayette Square,〔〔 the Rand Building (14 Lafayette Square),〔〔Kowsky, p. 89〕 and the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library (One Lafayette Square).〔 The south side of the square hosts two historic buildings: the 300-room Lafayette Hotel, designed by Louise Blanchard Bethune in 1904; and the Brisbane building, designed by Milton Earl Beebe and erected by James Mooney and James Brisbane in 1894–5. The corner north of the current library and northeast of the square once hosted the Buffalo Savings Bank building that was demolished in 1922.〔 Lafayette Square is served by several Metro Bus routes and the Lafayette Square rapid transit rail station of Buffalo's Metro Rail system.〔 In 2003, Lafayette Square became the site of the first free municipal wifi hotspot in the city. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Lafayette Square (Buffalo)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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