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EileenF — 2013-08-24T20:46:27Z

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- The neighborhood still stands today. Its winding one-way streets are about as wide as the average driveway, encouraging people to stroll rather than drive. Each resident has a parking space, as there are no garages. While most of the houses have tiny yards, ["Concrest Park"] provides an attractive green space.	+ The neighborhood still stands today. Its winding one-way streets are about as wide as the average driveway, encouraging people to stroll rather than drive. Each resident has a parking space, as there are few garages. While most of the houses have tiny yards, ["Concrest Park"] provides an attractive green space.

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EileenF — 2013-08-24T20:44:03Z

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- '''Concrest''' is an unusual ["neighborhoods" tract] in ["East Rochester"]. It was developed by ["Kate Gleason"] during her time as president of First National Bank of East Rochester. She was appointed to this post in 1917, becoming the first woman to achieve such a position without the benefit of family ties.[[Footnote([https://www.asme.org/engineering-topics/articles/construction-and-building/kate-gleason Kate Gleason biography] on ASME.org)]] During this time she became interested in construction and started a business called Concrest Community to build affordable homes for working families. She kept costs low by utilizing mass production techniques similar to those used in the automobile industry. The ["Cool Houses" homes] - designed in the style of a small French village - were made with poured concrete using unskilled labor.[[Footnote([http://winningthevote.org/F-KGleason.html Kate Gleason profile] on Western New York Suffragists)]] Gleason described her work in a 1921 issue of the trade magazine ''Concrete'' entitled "How a Woman Builds Houses to Sell at a Profit for $4,000." Concrest subsequently became a model for other developers.[[Footnote([https://www.asme.org/engineering-topics/articles/construction-and-building/kate-gleason ASME.org])]]	+ '''Concrest''' is an unusual ["neighborhoods" tract] in ["East Rochester"]. It was developed by ["Kate Gleason"] during her time as president of the First National Bank of East Rochester. She was appointed to this post in 1917, becoming the first woman to achieve such a position without the benefit of family ties.[[Footnote([https://www.asme.org/engineering-topics/articles/construction-and-building/kate-gleason Kate Gleason biography] on ASME.org)]] During this time she became interested in construction and started a business called Concrest Community to build affordable homes for working families. She kept costs low by utilizing mass production techniques similar to those used in the automobile industry. The ["Cool Houses" homes] - designed in the style of a small French village - were made with poured concrete using unskilled labor.[[Footnote([http://winningthevote.org/F-KGleason.html Kate Gleason profile] on Western New York Suffragists)]] Gleason described her work in a 1921 issue of the trade magazine ''Concrete'' entitled "How a Woman Builds Houses to Sell at a Profit for $4,000." Concrest subsequently became a model for other developers.[[Footnote([https://www.asme.org/engineering-topics/articles/construction-and-building/kate-gleason ASME.org])]]
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- The neighborhood still stands today. Its winding one-way streets are about as wide as the average driveway, encouraging people to stroll rather than drive. Each resident has a parking space, as there are no garages. While most of the houses have tiny yards, ["Concrest Park"] provides an attractive green space for recreation and picnicking.	+ The neighborhood still stands today. Its winding one-way streets are about as wide as the average driveway, encouraging people to stroll rather than drive. Each resident has a parking space, as there are no garages. While most of the houses have tiny yards, ["Concrest Park"] provides an attractive green space.

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EileenF — 2013-08-24T20:40:21Z

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- '''Concrest''' is an unusual ["neighborhoods" tract] in ["East Rochester"]. It was developed by ["Kate Gleason"] during her time as president of First National Bank of East Rochester. She was appointed to this post in 1917, becoming the first woman to achieve such a position without the benefit of family ties.[[Footnote([https://www.asme.org/engineering-topics/articles/construction-and-building/kate-gleason Kate Gleason biography] on ASME.org)]] During this time she became interested in construction and started a business called Concrest Community to build affordable homes for working families. She kept costs low by utilizing mass production techniques similar to those used in the automobile industry. The ["Cool Houses" homes] - designed in the style of a small European village - were made with poured concrete using unskilled labor.[[Footnote([http://winningthevote.org/F-KGleason.html Kate Gleason profile] on Western New York Suffragists)]] Gleason described her work in a 1921 issue of the trade magazine ''Concrete'' entitled "How a Woman Builds Houses to Sell at a Profit for $4,000." Concrest subsequently became a model for other developers.[[Footnote([https://www.asme.org/engineering-topics/articles/construction-and-building/kate-gleason ASME.org])]]	+ '''Concrest''' is an unusual ["neighborhoods" tract] in ["East Rochester"]. It was developed by ["Kate Gleason"] during her time as president of First National Bank of East Rochester. She was appointed to this post in 1917, becoming the first woman to achieve such a position without the benefit of family ties.[[Footnote([https://www.asme.org/engineering-topics/articles/construction-and-building/kate-gleason Kate Gleason biography] on ASME.org)]] During this time she became interested in construction and started a business called Concrest Community to build affordable homes for working families. She kept costs low by utilizing mass production techniques similar to those used in the automobile industry. The ["Cool Houses" homes] - designed in the style of a small French village - were made with poured concrete using unskilled labor.[[Footnote([http://winningthevote.org/F-KGleason.html Kate Gleason profile] on Western New York Suffragists)]] Gleason described her work in a 1921 issue of the trade magazine ''Concrete'' entitled "How a Woman Builds Houses to Sell at a Profit for $4,000." Concrest subsequently became a model for other developers.[[Footnote([https://www.asme.org/engineering-topics/articles/construction-and-building/kate-gleason ASME.org])]]
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	+ '''See also''' + + * [http://www.flickr.com/photos/richardsajdak/sets/72157616872642903/detail/ Photo set] on Flickr +

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EileenF — 2013-08-24T20:31:42Z

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- \|\|Across ["Interstate 490" I-490] from the ["St. John Fisher Golf Course"]\|\|	+ \|\|Off West Commercial Street\|\|

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EileenF — 2013-08-24T20:17:34Z

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- '''Concrest''' is an unusual ["neighborhoods" tract] in ["East Rochester"]. It was developed by ["Kate Gleason"] during her time as president of First National Bank of East Rochester. She was appointed to this post in 1917, becoming the first woman to achieve such a position without the benefit of family ties.[[Footnote([https://www.asme.org/engineering-topics/articles/construction-and-building/kate-gleason Kate Gleason biography] on ASME.org)]] During this time she became interested in construction and started a business called Concrest Community to build affordable homes for working families. She kept costs low by utilizing mass production techniques similar to those used in the automobile industry. The ["Cool Houses" homes] were made with poured concrete using unskilled labor.[[Footnote([http://winningthevote.org/F-KGleason.html Kate Gleason profile] on Western New York Suffragists)]] Gleason described her work in a 1921 issue of the trade magazine ''Concrete'' entitled "How a Woman Builds Houses to Sell at a Profit for $4,000." Concrest subsequently became a model for other developers.[[Footnote([https://www.asme.org/engineering-topics/articles/construction-and-building/kate-gleason ASME.org])]]	+ '''Concrest''' is an unusual ["neighborhoods" tract] in ["East Rochester"]. It was developed by ["Kate Gleason"] during her time as president of First National Bank of East Rochester. She was appointed to this post in 1917, becoming the first woman to achieve such a position without the benefit of family ties.[[Footnote([https://www.asme.org/engineering-topics/articles/construction-and-building/kate-gleason Kate Gleason biography] on ASME.org)]] During this time she became interested in construction and started a business called Concrest Community to build affordable homes for working families. She kept costs low by utilizing mass production techniques similar to those used in the automobile industry. The ["Cool Houses" homes] - designed in the style of a small European village - were made with poured concrete using unskilled labor.[[Footnote([http://winningthevote.org/F-KGleason.html Kate Gleason profile] on Western New York Suffragists)]] Gleason described her work in a 1921 issue of the trade magazine ''Concrete'' entitled "How a Woman Builds Houses to Sell at a Profit for $4,000." Concrest subsequently became a model for other developers.[[Footnote([https://www.asme.org/engineering-topics/articles/construction-and-building/kate-gleason ASME.org])]]

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EileenF — 2013-08-24T20:16:41Z

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	+ [[Image(Sign2.JPG, right, thumbnail, 300, noborder)]] + \|\|<class="tablehead">'''Location'''\|\| + \|\|Across ["Interstate 490" I-490] from the ["St. John Fisher Golf Course"]\|\| + \|\|<class="tablehead">'''Boundaries'''\|\| + \|\|North - West Commercial Street\|\| + \|\|South - West Avenue\|\| + \|\|East - McKinley Street\|\| + \|\|West - Roosevelt Avenue\|\| + ##\|\|<class="tablehead">'''Neighborhood Association'''\|\| + ##\|\|[http://www.neighborhoodwebsite.com Neighborhood Association Name]\|\| + + '''Concrest''' is an unusual ["neighborhoods" tract] in ["East Rochester"]. It was developed by ["Kate Gleason"] during her time as president of First National Bank of East Rochester. She was appointed to this post in 1917, becoming the first woman to achieve such a position without the benefit of family ties.[[Footnote([https://www.asme.org/engineering-topics/articles/construction-and-building/kate-gleason Kate Gleason biography] on ASME.org)]] During this time she became interested in construction and started a business called Concrest Community to build affordable homes for working families. She kept costs low by utilizing mass production techniques similar to those used in the automobile industry. The ["Cool Houses" homes] were made with poured concrete using unskilled labor.[[Footnote([http://winningthevote.org/F-KGleason.html Kate Gleason profile] on Western New York Suffragists)]] Gleason described her work in a 1921 issue of the trade magazine ''Concrete'' entitled "How a Woman Builds Houses to Sell at a Profit for $4,000." Concrest subsequently became a model for other developers.[[Footnote([https://www.asme.org/engineering-topics/articles/construction-and-building/kate-gleason ASME.org])]] + + The neighborhood still stands today. Its winding one-way streets are about as wide as the average driveway, encouraging people to stroll rather than drive. Each resident has a parking space, as there are no garages. While most of the houses have tiny yards, ["Concrest Park"] provides an attractive green space for recreation and picnicking. + + \|\|[[Image(Street3.JPG, left, thumbnail, 300, noborder)]]\|\|[[Image(Street2.JPG, left, thumbnail, 300, noborder)]]\|\|[[Image(House.JPG, left, thumbnail, 300, noborder)]]\|\| + + [[Comments]]

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