Rochester's Downtown Architecture: 1950-1975

by Daniel J. Palmer

Overview

Following World War II, many American cities underwent a large-scale modernization to keep up with the changing times in business technology and architecture. With help from federal funding and planning, expansive and low-density modern projects replaced the crowded blocks of century-old buildings. State-of-the-art facilities featured large, open plazas that were the scenes of social and cultural events, attracting private developers to the city's core. Due to its participation in new policies of planning and the efforts of its strong preservation community, Rochester is today an interesting and sometimes perplexing mixture of densely packed, ornamental-19th-century buildings and monumentally scaled and architecturally stark projects of the modern era. Rochester's Downtown Architecture: 1950-1975 tells the story of the peak years of change to the built environment of Rochester's downtown.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780738572505
Publisher:	Arcadia Publishing SC
Publication date:	05/10/2010
Series:	Images of America Series
Pages:	128
Sales rank:	1,116,009
Product dimensions:	6.50(w) x 9.20(h) x 0.40(d)

About the Author

Daniel J. Palmer is an avid researcher, writer, and photographer of architecture. He serves as the chair of the Landmark Society of Western New York's Committee on the Resources of the Recent Past.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments 6

Introduction 7

1 Community War Memorial 9

2 Monroe County Civic Center 31

3 Genesee Crossroads 45

4 Midtown Plaza 77

5 Towers, Parks, and Banks 83

6 Garages and Highways 115

7 Rochester City Hall 123