In 1976 Moog Music Inc. had recently been purchased by CMI (Chicago Musical Instruments, later to become "Norlin"), and relocated about five miles from the Williamsville location to the vacant "GEX" building at 2500 Walden Avenue, in another Buffalo suburb, Cheektowaga. GEX was originally a membership department store for government employees. The building was roughly 120,000 square feet, and on permanent display in the parking lot was a full size Polaris ICBM Missile. When Moog moved in, a wall was built separating the building into two 60,000 square-foot areas. One half was occupied by Moog Music, the other by an indoor flea market. And for a short time, the Missile remained.
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