BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Work is set begin on a long-awaited project that will convert a former Victorian-era insane asylum in Buffalo into a hotel and conference complex.

Lt. Gov. Robert Duffy will be among the officials attending a ground-breaking ceremony Friday afternoon at the Richardson Olmsted Complex, named for architects H.H. Richardson and Frederick Law Olmsted, who designed the buildings and grounds.

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