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Kodak Tower
Kodak Tower is a 19 story skyscraper located in the High Falls District of Rochester, New York. at the Eastman Kodak Headquarters complex. It has a roof height of and stands a total of with its antenna spire included. It stood as Rochester, NY’s tallest building for over 50 years from its completion in 1914 until the Xerox Square Tower surpassed it in the late 1960s. It is currently the 4th tallest building in Rochester, NY and is the 9th tallest building in New York State outside of NYC.
The Kodak Tower has long been recognized as a landmark in the Rochester Skyline, and an icon in the world of film photography. The building has also been called the "nerve center of photography".〔(Emporis.com:Kodak Tower )〕
The skyscraper is owned and occupied by the Eastman Kodak Company, and remains the headquarters of the company.〔(A Virtual Tour of the Kodak Office Neighborhood )〕 In 2008 Kodak undertook work to repair and restore the exterior of the building.〔(Kodak to Repair restore World Headquarters Tower )〕
==History==
The Kodak Tower was constructed on the site of a former factory next to several seven story Camera Works buildings that clustered around the site. Construction began in 1912 and completed in 1914 with Kodak founder George Eastman presiding over the project.〔(Kodak Construction )〕 Upon its completion in 1914 the tower would become the tallest building in Rochester, New York until the 1960s.
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