A skyline landmark: the downtown campus of Erie Community College could have been lost if not for some relentless champions. (Derek Gee/Buffalo News)
By Derek Gee/Buffalo News
The late Joan Bozer, shown here in 2018: It’s been 46 years since she played a key role in saving the old U.S. Post Office downtown, now the City Campus for SUNY Erie Community College.
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Legislative allies Joan Bozer and Minnie Gillette (to right of photo) on-site during the conversion of the old U.S. Post Office into ECC's city campus.
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Dan Hocoy, ECC president: For his students, a building with the feeling of a 'European cathedral.' (Derek Gee/the Buffalo News)
By Derek Gee/Buffalo News
Corridors, downtown campus of Erie Community Campus. (Derek Gee/The Buffalo News)
By Derek Gee/Buffalo News
The late Joan Bozer: It's been 46 years since she and fellow legislator Minnie Gillette played a key role in saving the old U.S. Post Office downtown, now the city campus for ECC.
Dozens of young people, lost in schoolwork or quiet conversation, barely looked up from their tables a few weeks ago as a knot of men and women wandered past, faces to the sunlight in the Erie Community College atrium.
The late Joan Bozer, shown here in 2018: It’s been 46 years since she played a key role in saving the old U.S. Post Office downtown, now the City Campus for SUNY Erie Community College.
Legislative allies Joan Bozer and Minnie Gillette (to right of photo) on-site during the conversion of the old U.S. Post Office into ECC's city campus.
The late Joan Bozer: It's been 46 years since she and fellow legislator Minnie Gillette played a key role in saving the old U.S. Post Office downtown, now the city campus for ECC.
