Snow was adrift on the street, and winter was coming. In this 1964 perspective looking over Main Street north from Eagle Street, the center of the downtown shopping district is seen only weeks prior to demolition for the Main Place Renewal Project. All buildings on the west side of Main Street from Eagle Street to the Liberty National Bank were at this point scheduled for demolition. Eight blocks in total, with some 81 buildings, would be razed from 1965 to 1968 to make way for the Main Place Mall, Edward A. Rath County Office Building, One M&T Plaza, Robert B. Adam Parking Ramp, and Church Street Extension Mall.