{"id":10185,"date":"2015-02-13T00:51:58","date_gmt":"2015-02-13T05:51:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/topics\/?p=10185"},"modified":"2015-02-13T00:51:58","modified_gmt":"2015-02-13T05:51:58","slug":"front-street-time-capsule","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/topics\/2015\/02\/front-street-time-capsule\/","title":{"rendered":"Lost Time Capsule Beneath Rochester’s Lost Front Street"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Nick<\/a>
\nBy Mike Governale<\/a><\/i><\/small><\/p>\n

This week’s Fun Foto Friday is a snapshot from 1893. That’s Nick Brayer, an engineering contractor working on a new sewer beneath Front Street in downtown Rochester. In his hands is a tin box. It’s not a sewer pipe. It’s actually a time capsule and he’s preparing to lay it at the project site to be buried. Looks like quite the event; a crowd of neighborhood kids have formed behind him to get in on the photo op. <\/p>\n

Fast forward to 2015 and the burning question for readers of this blog will undoubtedly be: Where is this capsule now? And what’s inside…<\/p>\n

\"Front<\/a>
\nUh… well… we have no idea. Not a clue. As far as we can find, this capsule was never retrieved. And as you know, most of Front Street \"external<\/a> is now itself history \u2013\u00a0entombed beneath Genesee Crossroads Parking Garage (and park). I guess that’s what we get for hiding our valuables in the sewer.<\/p>\n

\"Rochester's<\/a>
\nWhile we may never know what was in that particular box, a similar capsule from 1873 \"external<\/a> was removed from old City Hall and opened in 1999.<\/p>\n

That 1’x1’x1′ copper box was filled with a treasure trove of books, pamphlets, newspapers, maps, handwritten documents, photos, coins and other forms of currency.<\/p>\n

\"Rochester's<\/a>
\nOh yes, and a hundred year-old condom \"external<\/a>. That’s right. A sheep intestine condom, left in an envelope and tucked into one of the books as a prank. The envelope was addressed to “The person who opens the box.” Score!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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