Tower 280
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Tower280 at Midtown, formerly known as Midtown Tower, is a high-rise building in downtown Rochester, New York, United States. It contains luxury apartments as well as a top floor penthouse with office
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Stripped-down skeleton in 2012
Tower under renovation in 2015
Sarah Vaughan
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Sarah Lois Vaughan was an American jazz singer and pianist. Nicknamed "Sassy", "The Divine One", and the "Queen of Bebop", she won two Grammy Awards, including the Lifetime Achievement Award, and was
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…restaurant and nightclub which was known early on for its jazz scene and notable performing acts such as Buddy Rich, Dizzy Gillespie, Count Basie and Sarah Vaughn. As the mall began its decline the hotel closed in 1980 with the restaurant, after a few format changes, closing for good in 2000. As Midtown Plaza was…
Vaughan, c. 1946
At Café Society, September 1946
Vaughan in 1955
Dizzy Gillespie and Vaughan perform at the White House in honor of the Shah of Iran on November 15, 1977.