New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and other elected officials turned out for the topping off ceremony of Solar City's new GigaFactory on South Park Avenue in Buffalo.
Speaking before hundreds of construction workers, Cuomo said, it's a day to pinch yourself.
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"Because there are so many unbelievable metaphors. On the grave site of the old economy, where Republic Steel stood, now rises literally, a beautiful monument to Buffalo's future."
Cuomo says Buffalo is now a national model for economic resurgence.
The Solar City project is expected to create nearly 3,000 High-Tech Jobs in Western New York. The factory is expected to begin production in early 2016.