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First Federal Plaza building lit up blue at night. Long timers in Rochester will remember the Changing Scene restaurant that sat at the top of the tower - the outer 10’ of flooring would rotate 360 degrees. Opened in 1977 and closed by 1988, the restaurant never quite lived up to its goals. ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣

Times Square building at night, while the Rochester Red Wings stomp the Norfolk Tide at Frontier Field in the background. ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣

The Mercury statue, a landmark of downtown Rochester, was created in 1881 by J. Guernsey Mitchell. Mitchell was commissioned by his brother-in-law, William Kimball, the owner of the William S. Kimball To***co Factory, located at the corner of Court Street and Exchange Street, to craft this statue out of riveted copper plates fabricated by the John Siddons Co located on East Main St. Once the 21 foot tall, 700 pound statue was completed, it was installed atop one of the factory smokestacks and quickly became a hallmark of the Rochester Skyline.

In 1951, the factory was demolished to make way for the Rochester War Memorial. The statue was placed in storage until 1973, when it was rediscovered by John B. Allen who suggested and facilitated its
re-introduction to the Rochester skyline — this time atop the Aqueduct Building, one block north of its original home.

Credit RocWiki ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣

Changing the angle just a bit can change the view quite a lot! Frontier Field is all prepped for a Rochester Red Wings game! ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣

Sunset over Lake Wylie in Charlotte NC! ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣