{"id":6200,"date":"2013-06-07T08:01:38","date_gmt":"2013-06-07T12:01:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/topics\/?p=6200"},"modified":"2013-06-07T08:01:38","modified_gmt":"2013-06-07T12:01:38","slug":"30-months-at-midtown-plaza","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/topics\/2013\/06\/30-months-at-midtown-plaza\/","title":{"rendered":"30 Months at Midtown"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"Midtown Plaza site, Rochester, NY. [PHOTO: Earthcam.com Archives]\" rel=\"lightbox-midtownProgress\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/images\/photos\/rochester-midtown-plaza-01.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin:0px 0px 6px 0px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/images\/photos\/rochester-midtown-plaza-01.jpg\" border=\"1\" alt=\"Midtown Plaza site, Rochester, NY. [PHOTO: Earthcam.com Archives]\" width=\"100%\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nThe photo above was taken in January, 2011. Late last year <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/topics\/2012\/11\/update-on-midtown\/\">we looked at the plans<\/a> for the new public spaces at Midtown Plaza. Work on the site is now progressing quickly \u2013\u00a0and those plan drawings are becoming reality. The old Midtown buildings are gone. The new Windstream building is mostly complete. And this week, the first street curbs have been installed giving shape to the new Cortland Street. Here&#8217;s a birds-eye view of the past 30 months progress&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><a title=\"Midtown Plaza site, Rochester, NY. [PHOTO: Earthcam.com Archives]\" rel=\"lightbox-midtownProgress\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/images\/photos\/rochester-midtown-plaza-02.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin:0px 0px 6px 0px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/images\/photos\/rochester-midtown-plaza-02.jpg\" border=\"1\" alt=\"Midtown Plaza site, Rochester, NY. [PHOTO: Earthcam.com Archives]\" width=\"100%\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Midtown Plaza site, Rochester, NY. [PHOTO: Earthcam.com Archives]\" rel=\"lightbox-midtownProgress\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/images\/photos\/rochester-midtown-plaza-03.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin:0px 0px 6px 0px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/images\/photos\/rochester-midtown-plaza-03.jpg\" border=\"1\" alt=\"Midtown Plaza site, Rochester, NY. [PHOTO: Earthcam.com Archives]\" width=\"100%\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Midtown Plaza site, Rochester, NY. [PHOTO: Earthcam.com Archives]\" rel=\"lightbox-midtownProgress\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/images\/photos\/rochester-midtown-plaza-04.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin:0px 0px 6px 0px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/images\/photos\/rochester-midtown-plaza-04.jpg\" border=\"1\" alt=\"Midtown Plaza site, Rochester, NY. [PHOTO: Earthcam.com Archives]\" width=\"100%\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Midtown Plaza site, Rochester, NY. [PHOTO: Earthcam.com Archives]\" rel=\"lightbox-midtownProgress\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/images\/photos\/rochester-midtown-plaza-05.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin:0px 0px 6px 0px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/images\/photos\/rochester-midtown-plaza-05.jpg\" border=\"1\" alt=\"Midtown Plaza site, Rochester, NY. [PHOTO: Earthcam.com Archives]\" width=\"100%\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Midtown Plaza site, Rochester, NY. [PHOTO: Earthcam.com Archives]\" rel=\"lightbox-midtownProgress\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/images\/photos\/rochester-midtown-plaza-06.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin:0px 0px 6px 0px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/images\/photos\/rochester-midtown-plaza-06.jpg\" border=\"1\" alt=\"Midtown Plaza site, Rochester, NY. [PHOTO: Earthcam.com Archives]\" width=\"100%\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Midtown Plaza site, Rochester, NY. [PHOTO: Earthcam.com Archives]\" rel=\"lightbox-midtownProgress\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/images\/photos\/rochester-midtown-plaza-07.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin:0px 0px 6px 0px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/images\/photos\/rochester-midtown-plaza-07.jpg\" border=\"1\" alt=\"Midtown Plaza site, Rochester, NY. [PHOTO: Earthcam.com Archives]\" width=\"100%\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Midtown Plaza site, Rochester, NY. [PHOTO: Earthcam.com Archives]\" rel=\"lightbox-midtownProgress\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/images\/photos\/rochester-midtown-plaza-08.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin:0px 0px 6px 0px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/images\/photos\/rochester-midtown-plaza-08.jpg\" border=\"1\" alt=\"Midtown Plaza site, Rochester, NY. [PHOTO: Earthcam.com Archives]\" width=\"100%\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Midtown Plaza site, Rochester, NY. [PHOTO: Earthcam.com Archives]\" rel=\"lightbox-midtownProgress\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/images\/photos\/rochester-midtown-plaza-09.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin:0px 0px 6px 0px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/images\/photos\/rochester-midtown-plaza-09.jpg\" border=\"1\" alt=\"Midtown Plaza site, Rochester, NY. [PHOTO: Earthcam.com Archives]\" width=\"100%\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Midtown Plaza site, Rochester, NY. [PHOTO: Earthcam.com Archives]\" rel=\"lightbox-midtownProgress\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/images\/photos\/rochester-midtown-plaza-10.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin:0px 0px 6px 0px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/images\/photos\/rochester-midtown-plaza-10.jpg\" border=\"1\" alt=\"Midtown Plaza site, Rochester, NY. [PHOTO: Earthcam.com Archives]\" width=\"100%\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Midtown Plaza site, Rochester, NY. [PHOTO: Earthcam.com Archives]\" rel=\"lightbox-midtownProgress\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/images\/photos\/rochester-midtown-plaza-11.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin:0px 0px 6px 0px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/images\/photos\/rochester-midtown-plaza-11.jpg\" border=\"1\" alt=\"Midtown Plaza site, Rochester, NY. [PHOTO: Earthcam.com Archives]\" width=\"100%\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Midtown Plaza site, Rochester, NY. [PHOTO: Earthcam.com Archives]\" rel=\"lightbox-midtownProgress\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/images\/photos\/rochester-midtown-plaza-12.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin:0px 0px 6px 0px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/images\/photos\/rochester-midtown-plaza-12.jpg\" border=\"1\" alt=\"Midtown Plaza site, Rochester, NY. [PHOTO: Earthcam.com Archives]\" width=\"100%\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Midtown Plaza site, Rochester, NY. [PHOTO: Earthcam.com Archives]\" rel=\"lightbox-midtownProgress\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/images\/photos\/rochester-midtown-plaza-13.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin:0px 0px 6px 0px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/images\/photos\/rochester-midtown-plaza-13.jpg\" border=\"1\" alt=\"Midtown Plaza site, Rochester, NY. [PHOTO: Earthcam.com Archives]\" width=\"100%\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Midtown Plaza site, Rochester, NY. [PHOTO: Earthcam.com Archives]\" rel=\"lightbox-midtownProgress\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/images\/photos\/rochester-midtown-plaza-14.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin:0px 0px 6px 0px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/images\/photos\/rochester-midtown-plaza-14.jpg\" border=\"1\" alt=\"Midtown Plaza site, Rochester, NY. [PHOTO: Earthcam.com Archives]\" width=\"100%\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Midtown Plaza site, Rochester, NY. [PHOTO: Earthcam.com Archives]\" rel=\"lightbox-midtownProgress\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/images\/photos\/rochester-midtown-plaza-15.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin:0px 0px 6px 0px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/images\/photos\/rochester-midtown-plaza-15.jpg\" border=\"1\" alt=\"Midtown Plaza site, Rochester, NY. [PHOTO: Earthcam.com Archives]\" width=\"100%\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Midtown Plaza site, Rochester, NY. [PHOTO: Earthcam.com Archives]\" rel=\"lightbox-midtownProgress\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/images\/photos\/rochester-midtown-plaza-16.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin:0px 0px 6px 0px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/images\/photos\/rochester-midtown-plaza-16.jpg\" border=\"1\" alt=\"Midtown Plaza site, Rochester, NY. [PHOTO: Earthcam.com Archives]\" width=\"100%\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Midtown Plaza site, Rochester, NY. [PHOTO: Earthcam.com Archives]\" rel=\"lightbox-midtownProgress\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/images\/photos\/rochester-midtown-plaza-17.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin:0px 0px 6px 0px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/images\/photos\/rochester-midtown-plaza-17.jpg\" border=\"1\" alt=\"Midtown Plaza site, Rochester, NY. [PHOTO: Earthcam.com Archives]\" width=\"100%\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Midtown Plaza site, Rochester, NY. [PHOTO: Earthcam.com Archives]\" rel=\"lightbox-midtownProgress\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/images\/photos\/rochester-midtown-plaza-18.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin:0px 0px 6px 0px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/images\/photos\/rochester-midtown-plaza-18.jpg\" border=\"1\" alt=\"Midtown Plaza site, Rochester, NY. [PHOTO: Earthcam.com Archives]\" width=\"100%\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Midtown Plaza site, Rochester, NY. [PHOTO: Earthcam.com Archives]\" rel=\"lightbox-midtownProgress\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/images\/photos\/rochester-midtown-plaza-19.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin:0px 0px 6px 0px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/images\/photos\/rochester-midtown-plaza-19.jpg\" border=\"1\" alt=\"Midtown Plaza site, Rochester, NY. [PHOTO: Earthcam.com Archives]\" width=\"100%\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Midtown Plaza site, Rochester, NY. [PHOTO: Earthcam.com Archives]\" rel=\"lightbox-midtownProgress\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/images\/photos\/rochester-midtown-plaza-20.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin:0px 0px 6px 0px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/images\/photos\/rochester-midtown-plaza-20.jpg\" border=\"1\" alt=\"Midtown Plaza site, Rochester, NY. [PHOTO: Earthcam.com Archives]\" width=\"100%\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Midtown Plaza site, Rochester, NY. [PHOTO: Earthcam.com Archives]\" rel=\"lightbox-midtownProgress\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/images\/photos\/rochester-midtown-plaza-21.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin:0px 0px 6px 0px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/images\/photos\/rochester-midtown-plaza-21.jpg\" border=\"1\" alt=\"Midtown Plaza site, Rochester, NY. [PHOTO: Earthcam.com Archives]\" width=\"100%\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Midtown Plaza site, Rochester, NY. [PHOTO: Earthcam.com Archives]\" rel=\"lightbox-midtownProgress\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/images\/photos\/rochester-midtown-plaza-22.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin:0px 0px 6px 0px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/images\/photos\/rochester-midtown-plaza-22.jpg\" border=\"1\" alt=\"Midtown Plaza site, Rochester, NY. [PHOTO: Earthcam.com Archives]\" width=\"100%\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Midtown Plaza site, Rochester, NY. [PHOTO: Earthcam.com Archives]\" rel=\"lightbox-midtownProgress\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/images\/photos\/rochester-midtown-plaza-23.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin:0px 0px 6px 0px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/images\/photos\/rochester-midtown-plaza-23.jpg\" border=\"1\" alt=\"Midtown Plaza site, Rochester, NY. [PHOTO: Earthcam.com Archives]\" width=\"100%\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Midtown Plaza site, Rochester, NY. [PHOTO: Earthcam.com Archives]\" rel=\"lightbox-midtownProgress\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/images\/photos\/rochester-midtown-plaza-24.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin:0px 0px 6px 0px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/images\/photos\/rochester-midtown-plaza-24.jpg\" border=\"1\" alt=\"Midtown Plaza site, Rochester, NY. [PHOTO: Earthcam.com Archives]\" width=\"100%\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Midtown Plaza site, Rochester, NY. [PHOTO: Earthcam.com Archives]\" rel=\"lightbox-midtownProgress\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/images\/photos\/rochester-midtown-plaza-25.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin:0px 0px 6px 0px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/images\/photos\/rochester-midtown-plaza-25.jpg\" border=\"1\" alt=\"Midtown Plaza site, Rochester, NY. [PHOTO: Earthcam.com Archives]\" width=\"100%\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Midtown Plaza site, Rochester, NY. [PHOTO: Earthcam.com Archives]\" rel=\"lightbox-midtownProgress\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/images\/photos\/rochester-midtown-plaza-26.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin:0px 0px 6px 0px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/images\/photos\/rochester-midtown-plaza-26.jpg\" border=\"1\" alt=\"Midtown Plaza site, Rochester, NY. [PHOTO: Earthcam.com Archives]\" width=\"100%\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Midtown Plaza site, Rochester, NY. [PHOTO: Earthcam.com Archives]\" rel=\"lightbox-midtownProgress\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/images\/photos\/rochester-midtown-plaza-27.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin:0px 0px 6px 0px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/images\/photos\/rochester-midtown-plaza-27.jpg\" border=\"1\" alt=\"Midtown Plaza site, Rochester, NY. [PHOTO: Earthcam.com Archives]\" width=\"100%\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Midtown Plaza site. Rochester, NY. [PHOTO: Earthcam.com Archives]\" rel=\"lightbox-midtownProgress\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/images\/photos\/rochester-midtown-plaza-28.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin:0px 0px 6px 0px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/images\/photos\/rochester-midtown-plaza-28.jpg\" border=\"1\" alt=\"Midtown Plaza site, Rochester, NY. [PHOTO: Earthcam.com Archives]\" width=\"100%\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Midtown Plaza site, Rochester, NY. [PHOTO: Earthcam.com Archives]\" rel=\"lightbox-midtownProgress\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/images\/photos\/rochester-midtown-plaza-29.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin:0px 0px 6px 0px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/images\/photos\/rochester-midtown-plaza-29.jpg\" border=\"1\" alt=\"Midtown Plaza site, Rochester, NY. [PHOTO: Earthcam.com Archives]\" width=\"100%\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Midtown Plaza site, Rochester, NY. [PHOTO: Earthcam.com Archives]\" rel=\"lightbox-midtownProgress\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/images\/photos\/rochester-midtown-plaza-30.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin:0px 0px 6px 0px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/images\/photos\/rochester-midtown-plaza-30.jpg\" border=\"1\" alt=\"Midtown Plaza site, Rochester, NY. [PHOTO: Earthcam.com Archives]\" width=\"100%\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>June 2012. Progress.<\/p>\n<p>(Thanks Matt!)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The photo above was taken in January, 2011. Late last year we looked at the plans for the new public spaces at Midtown Plaza. Work on the site is now progressing quickly \u2013\u00a0and those plan drawings are becoming reality. The old Midtown buildings are gone. The new Windstream building is mostly complete. And this week, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10551,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[788,3,79],"tags":[2017,2019,1197,118,116,117,53,856,151,857,2018,1463],"class_list":["post-6200","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-old-photos-of-rochester-ny","category-mass_transit_infrastructure","category-urban_development","tag-construction","tag-cortland-street","tag-demolition","tag-downtown-rochester","tag-midtown-plaza","tag-midtown-tower","tag-rochester","tag-rochester-images","tag-rochester-ny","tag-rochester-photos","tag-time-lapse","tag-windstream"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/topics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6200","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/topics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/topics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/topics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/topics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6200"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/topics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6200\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6206,"href":"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/topics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6200\/revisions\/6206"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/topics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10551"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/topics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6200"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/topics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6200"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/topics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6200"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}