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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 ...
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 ...
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.
Edward Bausch (September 26, 1854 – July 30, 1941) [1] was an American engineer and business executive, who served as president of Bausch & Lomb Optical Company from 1926 to 1935. [2] In 1933, he was named an Honorary Member of the Optical Society "For his preeminent service in the advancement of optics [ 3 ] ."
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 ...
Midtown Tower was first constructed in 1962 as part of the now defunct Midtown Plaza shopping center before the mall's closing and subsequent demolition. [2] While part of Midtown Plaza it was home to a seventy eight room hotel, offices and the Top of the Plaza restaurant and nightclub which was known early on for its jazz scene and notable performing acts such as Buddy Rich, Dizzy Gillespie ...
Hunan Botanical Garden is in the subtropical monsoon climate zone, with an average annual temperature of 17.2 °C (63.0 °F) and total annual rainfall of 1,361.6-millimetre (53.61 in). It enjoys four distinct seasons, rain and heat over the same period, and abundant precipitation.