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The Rundel Memorial Building is a historic library building located at Rochester in Monroe County, New York.It is the original downtown site of the Rochester Public Library, and along with the Bausch & Lomb Library Building directly across the street, serves as the Central Library of Rochester and Monroe County.
Lomb was born in Burghaun, Electorate of Hessen.He emigrated to the United States in 1849 and settled in Rochester, New York, where he worked as a cabinet-maker. [2] [3]When his friend, John Jacob Bausch, the owner of a retail optical shop in Rochester, needed additional capital in 1854, he loaned him $60 on Bausch's promise that, if the business ever grew to such an extent that he needed a ...
Bausch & Lomb (since 2010 stylized as Bausch + Lomb [2]) is an American-Canadian eye health products company based in Vaughan, Ontario, Canada. It is one of the world's largest suppliers of contact lenses , [ 3 ] lens care products, pharmaceuticals, intraocular lenses , and other eye surgery products.
The Rochester-Finger Lakes Exhibition is a biennial competition for artwork from New York's 27 westernmost counties. [57] It is judged by guest jurors, which have included Charles E. Burchfield , John Bauer, former director of the Whitney Museum of American Art , and Thomas Messer, former director of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum .
John Jacob Bausch (born Johann Jakob Bausch; July 25, 1830 – February 14, 1926) was a German-American maker of optical instruments who co-founded Bausch & Lomb (with Henry Lomb). Over six decades he transformed his small, local optical shop into a large-scale international enterprise, pioneering the American optical industry.
Legacy Tower (formerly Bausch & Lomb Place) is a skyscraper located in Rochester, New York. It is the second tallest building in Rochester , standing at 401 feet (122 meters) with 20 floors . [ 2 ] It was constructed in 1994, making it the latest skyscraper of Rochester, New York, and was the world headquarters for the Rochester-based eye care ...
The faces behind the new restaurant Vinalia Urbana going into the former Dac Hoa space at 230 Monroe Avenue in downtown Rochester Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2023. Pictured from left are Adam Kirkpatrick ...
Formerly known as Bausch & Lomb Place. Only the spire makes it taller than The Metropolitan 3 The Metropolitan: 392 / 119 27 1973 Formerly known as Chase Tower, renamed and partially converted to residential. 4 Kodak Tower: 360 / 110 19 1914 Expanded in 1930 from 16 to 19 stories. Tallest building in Upstate New York 1914–1925. 5 First ...