One of the more famous sights on Rochester's skyline is the building with the wings on top.
The Times Square building located at 45 Exchange Boulevard was once the Genesee Valley Trust Company bank building. Citizens Bank more recently occupied the first floor, but they have moved out. More and more banks seem to be leaving the downtown area. Genesee Valley Trust Company is now a subsidiary of Canandaigua National Bank.
On the left is an old postcard showing the "winged tower of the Genesee Valley Trust Co.". The tower with the wings is known as the "Wings of Progress". Each wing weighs 12,000 pounds. The building is 260 feet tall, making it the eighth tallest building in Rochester. The building was built in 1930, and the cornerstone was laid in 1929 on "black Tuesday" during the 1929 stock market crash.
The nesting box for the falcons which was once located on Kodak Office Tower is now located on the Times Square building. If you are lucky, you might see the falcons flying around. I was out at lunchtime a few weeks ago and spotted a lady with a camera with an enormous zoom lens attached. She was looking at the statue of Mercury on the top of the former Lawyers Coop building. When I looked up, I saw an enormous bird take off from the statue and swoop down and then up to land on top of the Time Square building. Some online research helped me figure out I'd seen one of the nesting falcons. For more information, see http://rfalconcam.com/rfc-main/.