https://rocwiki.org/ConcrestRecent Changes of the page "Concrest" on Rochester Wiki.en-us https://rocwiki.org/Concresthttps://rocwiki.org/Concrest?action=diff&version1=5&version2=6&ts=13773771872013-08-24T20:46:27ZEileenF <div id="content" class="wikipage content"> Differences for Concrest<p><strong></strong></p><table> <tr> <td> <span> Deletions are marked with - . </span> </td> <td> <span> Additions are marked with +. </span> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> Line 14: </td> <td> Line 14: </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <span>- 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.</span> </td> <td> <span>+ 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.</span> </td> </tr> </table> </div> https://rocwiki.org/Concresthttps://rocwiki.org/Concrest?action=diff&version1=4&version2=5&ts=13773770432013-08-24T20:44:03ZEileenF <div id="content" class="wikipage content"> Differences for Concrest<p><strong></strong></p><table> <tr> <td> <span> Deletions are marked with - . </span> </td> <td> <span> Additions are marked with +. </span> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> Line 12: </td> <td> Line 12: </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <span>-</span> '''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])]] </td> <td> <span>+</span> '''Concrest''' is an unusual ["neighborhoods" tract] in ["East Rochester"]. It was developed by ["Kate Gleason"] during her time as president of<span>&nbsp;the</span> 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])]] </td> </tr> <tr> <td> Line 14: </td> <td> Line 14: </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <span>-</span> 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<span>&nbsp;for recreation and picnicking</span>. </td> <td> <span>+</span> 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. </td> </tr> </table> </div> https://rocwiki.org/Concresthttps://rocwiki.org/Concrest?action=diff&version1=3&version2=4&ts=13773768212013-08-24T20:40:21ZEileenFFlickr page <div id="content" class="wikipage content"> Differences for Concrest<p><strong></strong></p><table> <tr> <td> <span> Deletions are marked with - . </span> </td> <td> <span> Additions are marked with +. </span> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> Line 12: </td> <td> Line 12: </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <span>-</span> '''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 <span>European</span> 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])]] </td> <td> <span>+</span> '''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 <span>French</span> 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])]] </td> </tr> <tr> <td> Line 18: </td> <td> Line 18: </td> </tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td> <span>+ '''See also'''<br> + <br> + * [http://www.flickr.com/photos/richardsajdak/sets/72157616872642903/detail/ Photo set] on Flickr<br> + </span> </td> </tr> </table> </div> https://rocwiki.org/Concresthttps://rocwiki.org/Concrest?action=diff&version1=2&version2=3&ts=13773763022013-08-24T20:31:42ZEileenF <div id="content" class="wikipage content"> Differences for Concrest<p><strong></strong></p><table> <tr> <td> <span> Deletions are marked with - . </span> </td> <td> <span> Additions are marked with +. </span> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> Line 3: </td> <td> Line 3: </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <span>- ||Across ["Interstate 490" I-490] from the ["St. John Fisher Golf Course"]||</span> </td> <td> <span>+ ||Off West Commercial Street||</span> </td> </tr> </table> </div> https://rocwiki.org/Concresthttps://rocwiki.org/Concrest?action=diff&version1=1&version2=2&ts=13773754542013-08-24T20:17:34ZEileenF <div id="content" class="wikipage content"> Differences for Concrest<p><strong></strong></p><table> <tr> <td> <span> Deletions are marked with - . </span> </td> <td> <span> Additions are marked with +. </span> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> Line 12: </td> <td> Line 12: </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <span>-</span> '''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])]] </td> <td> <span>+</span> '''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]<span>&nbsp;- designed in the style of a small European village -</span> 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])]] </td> </tr> </table> </div> https://rocwiki.org/Concresthttps://rocwiki.org/Concrest?action=diff&version1=0&version2=1&ts=13773754012013-08-24T20:16:41ZEileenF <div id="content" class="wikipage content"> Differences for Concrest<p><strong></strong></p><table> <tr> <td> <span> Deletions are marked with - . </span> </td> <td> <span> Additions are marked with +. </span> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> Line 1: </td> <td> Line 1: </td> </tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td> <span>+ [[Image(Sign2.JPG, right, thumbnail, 300, noborder)]]<br> + ||&lt;class="tablehead"&gt;'''Location'''||<br> + ||Across ["Interstate 490" I-490] from the ["St. John Fisher Golf Course"]||<br> + ||&lt;class="tablehead"&gt;'''Boundaries'''||<br> + ||North - West Commercial Street||<br> + ||South - West Avenue||<br> + ||East - McKinley Street||<br> + ||West - Roosevelt Avenue||<br> + ##||&lt;class="tablehead"&gt;'''Neighborhood Association'''||<br> + ##||[http://www.neighborhoodwebsite.com Neighborhood Association Name]||<br> + <br> + '''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])]]<br> + <br> + 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.<br> + <br> + ||[[Image(Street3.JPG, left, thumbnail, 300, noborder)]]||[[Image(Street2.JPG, left, thumbnail, 300, noborder)]]||[[Image(House.JPG, left, thumbnail, 300, noborder)]]||<br> + <br> + [[Comments]]</span> </td> </tr> </table> </div> https://rocwiki.org/Concresthttps://rocwiki.org/Concrest?action=recall&version=0&ts=13773750582013-08-24T20:10:58ZEileenFUpload of image <a href="https://rocwiki.org/Concrest?action=Files&do=view&target=Sign2.JPG">Sign2.JPG</a>.https://rocwiki.org/Concresthttps://rocwiki.org/Concrest?action=recall&version=0&ts=13773748972013-08-24T20:08:17ZEileenFUpload of image <a href="https://rocwiki.org/Concrest?action=Files&do=view&target=Street3.JPG">Street3.JPG</a>.https://rocwiki.org/Concresthttps://rocwiki.org/Concrest?action=recall&version=0&ts=13773747762013-08-24T20:06:16ZEileenFUpload of image <a href="https://rocwiki.org/Concrest?action=Files&do=view&target=House.JPG">House.JPG</a>.https://rocwiki.org/Concresthttps://rocwiki.org/Concrest?action=recall&version=0&ts=13773747432013-08-24T20:05:43ZEileenFUpload of image <a href="https://rocwiki.org/Concrest?action=Files&do=view&target=Street2.JPG">Street2.JPG</a>.https://rocwiki.org/Concresthttps://rocwiki.org/Concrest?action=recall&version=0&ts=13773746702013-08-24T20:04:30ZEileenFUpload of image <a href="https://rocwiki.org/Concrest?action=Files&do=view&target=Street.JPG">Street.JPG</a>.https://rocwiki.org/Concresthttps://rocwiki.org/Concrest?action=recall&version=0&ts=13773746132013-08-24T20:03:33ZEileenFUpload of image <a href="https://rocwiki.org/Concrest?action=Files&do=view&target=Sign.JPG">Sign.JPG</a>.