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Lincon First Bank

BradMandell — 2010-01-29T09:37:28Z

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rottenchester — 2006-05-17T03:30:42Z

Renamed to "Lincoln First Bank"

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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]	+ #redirect Lincoln First Bank

peteb — 2006-05-15T22:28:59Z

Corrected spelling

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- Lincon 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.

MikeThomas — 2006-05-11T18:41:49Z

Added image link and factual content sourced from www.rochester.lib.ny.us

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- Lincon First Bank tower was in downtown Rochester. I'm not sure if the building has been renamed or anything, but it was known for it's structure failure, in which large sections of the Marble facade crumbled under their own weight.	+ Lincon 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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	+ + * [http://www.rochester.lib.ny.us/rochimag/photolab/contemporary/c0000/c0000368.jpg An image via Monroe County Library]

TomMaszerowski — 2006-05-11T15:58:36Z

Added some details

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- Ya' gotta love Rochester, and it's crumbling buildings!	+ 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?)

FarMcKon — 2006-05-11T04:05:06Z

my dad is an architecture/building geek, can't ya tell?

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	+ Lincon First Bank tower was in downtown Rochester. I'm not sure if the building has been renamed or anything, but 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. + + Ya' gotta love Rochester, and it's crumbling buildings!