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Old 11-15-2012, 06:25 AM
 
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Was just looking through the real estate section before work this morning and saw a listing that caught me by surprise. A 100 year old East Ave mansion in it's original single-family state for sale! For a cool $1.2 mil you get the whole house on a huge lot on East Ave in the city (not Brighton or Pittsford where most of the homes are still single-family). I had always been under the impression that all of the East Ave mansions that are still standing had been turned into condo's or commercial space hence my over-hyped sense of surprise. Anybody know if there are still a decent amount of these in their original state or is this more like a diamond in the rough?

1316 East Ave, Rochester, NY 14610
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Old 11-15-2012, 06:45 AM
 
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The majority are split up into apartments and offices, but there are a few here and there that are still single family.
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Old 11-20-2012, 09:56 AM
 
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HOLY COW! That place is spiffy! If I start collecting bottles and cans now, I may be able to afford the taxes by 2025. Reminds me of the GE Realty Plot in Schenectady.

What was going on in ROC back in the early 1900's that had such wealth? I know Schenectady had GE (not the GE they have today) so they have an area with mansions like this. Was it Kodak?
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Old 11-20-2012, 09:58 AM
 
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Kodak, B&L, machine shops, clothing manufacturers, UofR....for anything that was considered "high tech" of the time, Rochester was like the silicon valley of that era.
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Old 11-20-2012, 10:37 AM
 
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Kodak, B&L, machine shops, clothing manufacturers, UofR....for anything that was considered "high tech" of the time, Rochester was like the silicon valley of that era.
What was B&L? UofR is that old? Didn't know that.
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Old 11-20-2012, 12:10 PM
 
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B&L is Buacsh & Lomb...which is still here lol! UofR's current river-campus was built in the 1920s/30's...largely by George Eastman; but the University was founded in the 1850's downtown and remained there until the river-campus opened in 1930.
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Old 11-20-2012, 12:20 PM
 
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B&L is Buacsh & Lomb...which is still here lol! UofR's current river-campus was built in the 1920s/30's...largely by George Eastman; but the University was founded in the 1850's downtown and remained there until the river-campus opened in 1930.
I don't know much about ROC, but I'm learning! I can tell you lots about Albany though.

Interesting to see George did so much for the area. I had no idea that UofR was so old!
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