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alex-c — 2012-11-17T03:10:34Z

Renamed to "Lincoln First Bank Tower"

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- '''Lincoln First Bank''' tower (also known as ["Chase Tower" Chase Lincoln First Tower]) was a building in downtown Rochester. Completed in 1973 by John Graham and Company of New York City, it was known for its structure failure, in which large sections of the marble facade crumbled under their own weight. - - The post-mortum on the event indicates that the marble had a abnormally high water retention weight, and the thickness on the slabs had been reduced during the design phase. This left very thin slabs of marble, which absorb more water (and pollutants, etc) out of the air than the nominal values in architecture reference books. Hence, they weakened, crumbled, and collapsed. - - The falling panels were the source of much local derision and kept the editorial cartoonists busy for a while. The sidewalks were blocked off while they were figuring out what to do with the panels, of course. Painted sheets of plywood were used in the interim until a more permanent solution was eventually found. - - Ya' gotta love Rochester, and its crumbling buildings! (Across Stone Street from the South Avenue garage. Coincidence?) - - * [http://www.rochester.lib.ny.us/rochimag/photolab/contemporary/c0000/c0000368.jpg An image via Monroe County Library] - * A ["D&C"] Business Section Article, June 6, 2006 described a ''$21 million infusion at Chase Tower'' - - To participate in a survey on local architecture visit, [http://aiaroch.org/archipedia Rochester Archipedia Survey] - - - [[Comments()]] - ------ - ''2006-05-17 21:07:30'' [[nbsp]] Oh sweet. I heard the tale told to me, and it sounded like 'Lincon' (but pronounced weird).That explains it. --["FarMcKon"] - ------ - ''2012-11-16 16:39:16'' [[nbsp]] Since the Lincoln First Bank no longer exists, and the building WAS called Lincoln First TOWER, shouldn't that be the title of this page? --["Users/alex-c"]	+ #redirect Lincoln First Bank Tower

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alex-c — 2012-11-16T21:39:16Z

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	+ ------ + ''2012-11-16 16:39:16'' [[nbsp]] Since the Lincoln First Bank no longer exists, and the building WAS called Lincoln First TOWER, shouldn't that be the title of this page? --["Users/alex-c"]

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peteb — 2012-11-16T00:36:55Z

fixed url

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alexandergartley — 2010-01-29T20:29:56Z

edited description

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- '''Lincoln First Bank''' tower (also known as ["Chase Tower" Chase Lincoln First Tower]) was in downtown Rochester. Completed in 1973 by John Graham and Company of New York City, it was known for its structure failure, in which large sections of the marble facade crumbled under their own weight.	+ '''Lincoln First Bank''' tower (also known as ["Chase Tower" Chase Lincoln First Tower]) was a building in downtown Rochester. Completed in 1973 by John Graham and Company of New York City, it was known for its structure failure, in which large sections of the marble facade crumbled under their own weight.

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BradMandell — 2010-01-29T09:36:04Z

bold topic, fix bad D&C link

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- * [http://www.democratandchronicle.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060606/BUSINESS/606060306/1001 D&C Article (6-6-06) ''$21 million infusion at Chase Tower'']	+ * A ["D&C"] Business Section Article, June 6, 2006 described a ''$21 million infusion at Chase Tower''

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danpalmer — 2008-05-27T22:15:54Z

link to local architecture survey by aia rochester and landmark socitey

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scotthendler — 2008-03-22T22:17:36Z

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alexandergartley — 2008-03-20T17:30:52Z

fixed another its/it's error

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alexandergartley — 2008-03-20T17:30:01Z

uncapitalized "marble"

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alexandergartley — 2008-03-20T17:29:44Z

changed "it's" to "its" -- no apostrophe when possesive

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MikeThomas — 2006-06-06T17:19:09Z

Today's D&C article on renovation

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- Lincoln First Bank tower (also known as Chase Lincoln First Tower) was in downtown Rochester. Completed in 1973 by John Graham and Company of New York City, it was known for it's structure failure, in which large sections of the Marble facade crumbled under their own weight.	+ Lincoln First Bank tower (also known as Chase Lincoln First Tower) was in downtown Rochester. Completed in 1973 by John Graham and Company of New York City, it was known for it's structure failure, in which large sections of the Marble facade crumbled under their own weight.
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- The post-mortum on the event indicates that the marble had a abnormally high water retention weight, and the thickness on the slabs had been reduced during the design phase. This left very thin slabs of marble, which absorb more water (and pollutants, etc) out of the air than the nominal values in architecture reference books. Hence, they weakened, crumbled, and collapsed.	+ The post-mortum on the event indicates that the marble had a abnormally high water retention weight, and the thickness on the slabs had been reduced during the design phase. This left very thin slabs of marble, which absorb more water (and pollutants, etc) out of the air than the nominal values in architecture reference books. Hence, they weakened, crumbled, and collapsed.
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- The falling panels were the source of much local derision and kept the editorial cartoonists busy for a while. The sidewalks were blocked off while they were figuring out what to do with the panels, of course. Painted sheets of plywood were used in the interim until a more permanent solution was eventually found.	+ The falling panels were the source of much local derision and kept the editorial cartoonists busy for a while. The sidewalks were blocked off while they were figuring out what to do with the panels, of course. Painted sheets of plywood were used in the interim until a more permanent solution was eventually found.
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	+ * [http://www.democratandchronicle.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060606/BUSINESS/606060306/1001 D&C Article (6-6-06) ''$21 million infusion at Chase Tower'']

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FarMcKon — 2006-05-17T23:07:30Z

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FarMcKon — 2006-05-17T23:06:30Z

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FarMcKon — 2006-05-17T23:06:17Z

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rottenchester — 2006-05-17T03:30:43Z

Renamed from Lincon First Bank (Page Name Spelling)

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	+ Lincoln First Bank tower (also known as Chase Lincoln First Tower) was in downtown Rochester. Completed in 1973 by John Graham and Company of New York City, it was known for it's structure failure, in which large sections of the Marble facade crumbled under their own weight. + + The post-mortum on the event indicates that the marble had a abnormally high water retention weight, and the thickness on the slabs had been reduced during the design phase. This left very thin slabs of marble, which absorb more water (and pollutants, etc) out of the air than the nominal values in architecture reference books. Hence, they weakened, crumbled, and collapsed. + + The falling panels were the source of much local derision and kept the editorial cartoonists busy for a while. The sidewalks were blocked off while they were figuring out what to do with the panels, of course. Painted sheets of plywood were used in the interim until a more permanent solution was eventually found. + + Ya' gotta love Rochester, and it's crumbling buildings! (Across Stone Street from the South Avenue garage. Coincidence?) + + * [http://www.rochester.lib.ny.us/rochimag/photolab/contemporary/c0000/c0000368.jpg An image via Monroe County Library]