History hiding in plain sight at Wilkeson Point on the outer harbor Author: Peter Gallivan Updated: 1:44 PM EDT April 14, 2021 BUFFALO, N.Y. — When we think of M&T Bank, it's spectacular One M&T Plaza may come to mind says Cynthia Van Ness of the Buffalo History Museum. "It's one of the modernist masterpieces by (architect) Minoru Yamasaki from 1966 or thereabouts. It is one of his masterpieces and one of our modernist masterpieces too." But Van Ness adds that it isn't the first architectural masterpiece the banking giant called home. "They wanted to send a message that we're trustworthy, we're solid, we're safe and protected and it were part of a long tradition, and that's why they often used various motifs in their building designs."