Times Square Building, Rochester

The Times Square Building is an Art Deco skyscraper designed by Ralph Thomas Walker of the firm Voorhees, Gmelin, and Walker located in Rochester. At 260 feet (79 m), it is the eighth-tallest building in Rochester, with 14 floors. The former Genesee Valley Trust Building is a streamlined twelve-story building supporting four aluminum wings 42 feet high, known as the "Wings of Progress", each weighing 12,000 pounds.

These structures are among the most distinctive features of the Rochester skyline. The trompe-l’oeil style is used for the decor throughout the building's interior and features various depictions of stylized wheat in reference to Rochester's presence as "the flour city".

An interesting historical note about this building is that the cornerstone of this building was laid on October 29, 1929, "Black Tuesday" of the 1929 stock market crash.

Image Courtesy of Flickr and Alan Kotok.

Sight description based on Wikipedia.

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Sight Name: Times Square Building
Sight Location: Rochester, USA (See walking tours in Rochester)
Sight Type: Attraction/Landmark
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