{"id":7476,"date":"2013-12-06T08:02:18","date_gmt":"2013-12-06T13:02:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/topics\/?p=7476"},"modified":"2015-02-12T21:35:47","modified_gmt":"2015-02-13T02:35:47","slug":"1920-photo-of-rochester-subway-construction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/topics\/2013\/12\/1920-photo-of-rochester-subway-construction\/","title":{"rendered":"1920&#8217;s Photo of Rochester Subway Construction"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"Rochester Subway, Broad Street tunnel construction. c.1925. [IMAGE: Rochester Municipal Archives]\" rel=\"lightbox-broadStConstruction\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/images\/photos\/rochester-subway-broad-street-construction-01.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin:0px 0px 6px 0px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/images\/photos\/rochester-subway-broad-street-construction-01.jpg\" border=\"1\" alt=\"Rochester Subway, Broad Street tunnel construction. c.1925. [IMAGE: Rochester Municipal Archives]\" width=\"406\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nToday&#8217;s Fun Foto Friday is this 1920&#8217;s view of the Erie Canal aqueduct looking east. You&#8217;re looking at the covering over the old canal which would soon become Broad Street and the Rochester Subway beneath. In the background (center) is the Osburn House hotel. Eventually Broad Street would be extended eastward, right through that hotel. The stairwell to the City Hall subway station can be seen at the street corner. And next to the stairs, notice the construction site&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><a title=\"The construction site for the new Genesee Valley Trust Company building, with City Hall subway entrance on the corner. July 1925. [PHOTO: Albert R. Stone]\" rel=\"lightbox-broadStConstruction\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/images\/photos\/genesee-valley-trust-construction-site-and-rochester-subway.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin:0px 0px 6px 0px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/images\/photos\/genesee-valley-trust-construction-site-and-rochester-subway.jpg\" border=\"1\" alt=\"The construction site for the new Genesee Valley Trust Company building, with City Hall subway entrance on the corner. July 1925. [PHOTO: Albert R. Stone]\" width=\"406\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nHere&#8217;s a look from the street \u2013 now with the completed subway entrance. That construction site is the future home of the Genesee Valley Trust Company building (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/topics\/2013\/01\/tour-rochesters-times-square-building-photos\/\">Times Square Building<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>The building to the right of the construction site houses the James Field Company (41-43 Exchange Blvd), selling awnings, tents, flags, camping equipment and toys. The Lincoln Branch of the Lincoln Alliance Bank can be seen at far right.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Rochester subway entrance to City Hall Station and the Times Square Building. c.1930. [IMAGE: RochesterSubway.com]\" rel=\"lightbox-broadStConstruction\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/images\/photos\/times-square-building-and-rochester-subway-entrance.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin:0px 0px 6px 0px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/images\/photos\/times-square-building-and-rochester-subway-entrance.jpg\" border=\"1\" alt=\"Rochester subway entrance to City Hall Station and the Times Square Building. c.1930. [IMAGE: RochesterSubway.com]\" width=\"406\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nHere&#8217;s a postcard view, of the subway entrance and completed Times Square Building, c.1930.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Google street view of the same intersection today. [IMAGE: Google Maps]\" rel=\"lightbox-broadStConstruction\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/images\/photos\/rochester-broad-street-view.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin:0px 0px 6px 0px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/images\/photos\/rochester-broad-street-view.jpg\" border=\"1\" alt=\"Google street view of the same intersection today. [IMAGE: Google Maps]\" width=\"406\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nAnd <a href=\"https:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?q=exchange+street,+rochester+ny&#038;ll=43.153841,-77.612336&#038;spn=0.001622,0.002412&#038;client=safari&#038;oe=UTF-8&#038;hnear=Exchange+St,+Rochester,+New+York+14608&#038;gl=us&#038;t=h&#038;deg=90&#038;z=19&#038;layer=c&#038;cbll=43.154373,-77.612645&#038;panoid=1EI6y06pGC6Xmadbx2nfLA&#038;cbp=13,68.06,,0,-3.74\" target=\"_new\">here <img decoding=\"async\" style=\"position:relative; top:2px;\" alt=\"external link\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/images\/icon_link.gif\" width=\"15\" heigth=\"11\" border=\"0\"><\/a> a Google street view of the same intersection today.<\/p>\n<p>Fun, fun, fun.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today&#8217;s Fun Foto Friday is this 1920&#8217;s view of the Erie Canal aqueduct looking east. You&#8217;re looking at the covering over the old canal which would soon become Broad Street and the Rochester Subway beneath. In the background (center) is the Osburn House hotel. Eventually Broad Street would be extended eastward, right through that hotel. 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