Times Square Building (Rochester)

This article is about the former Genesee Valley Trust Building in Rochester, New York. For the building in New York City, New York, see The Times Square Building. For other buildings named Times Square Building, see Times Square Building (disambiguation).

United States historic place

Times Square Building

U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Times Square Building, February 2025

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Location| 45 Exchange Blvd, Rochester, New York
Coordinates| 43°9′16.9″N 77°36′45.4″W﻿ / ﻿43.154694°N 77.612611°W﻿ / 43.154694; -77.612611
Built| Started  October 29, 1929, Ended September 29th, 1930
Architect| Ralph Thomas Walker
Architectural style| Art Deco
Website| Official website
NRHP reference No.| 14000767[1]
Added to NRHP| August 11, 1982
Detail of building showing "The Wings of Progress"

The Times Square Building is an Art Deco skyscraper designed by Ralph Thomas Walker of the firm Voorhees, Gmelin, and Walker located in Rochester, New York, United States. At 260 feet (79 m), it is the eighth-tallest building in Rochester, with 14 floors. The former Genesee Valley Trust Building is a streamlined twelve-story building supporting four aluminum wings 42 feet (13 m) high, known as the "Wings of Progress",[2] each weighing 12,000 pounds (5,400 kg). These structures are among the most distinctive features of the Rochester skyline.[3] The trompe-l’oeil style is used for the decor throughout the building's interior and features various depictions of stylized wheat in reference to Rochester's presence as "the flour city". The building originally hosted a Depression era mural by Carl William Peters (1897–1980) on exhibit from its opening that was later destroyed.[4]

The cornerstone of this bank was laid on October 29, 1929, "Black Tuesday" of the 1929 stock market crash.

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## References

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1. ^ "National Register of Historic Places Listings". Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 1/06/14 through 1/10/14. National Park Service. 2014-01-17.
2. ^ Monroe County Library System : Wings of Progress, Rochester N.Y [slide]. by. 1985.
3. ^ Times Square Building [1][usurped] emporis.com
4. ^ "Carl W. Peters Papers | RBSCP". rbscp.lib.rochester.edu. Retrieved 2018-09-24.

## See also

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* List of tallest buildings in Rochester, New York

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