Rochester Landmark Article

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Kodak Building

Kodak was founded in Rochester and it is a big part of the lives of many inhabitants of the city. Thousands of Rochesterians are employed at Kodak. Plus, Kodak brings tourists to Rochester each year, not to mention camera fanatics. That is why Kodak is a landmark in the city of Rochester.

The Kodak building was built in 1914, and is the world headquarters for Eastman Kodak. Today the Kodak building is the fourth tallest skyscraper in the city of Rochester standing 360 feet tall.

The 17^th-19^th floors were added, along with the spire, in order to maintain the title of tallest building in town. Which it lost again in the following years.

            The Kodak building is a skyscraper over Rochester New York, and from the top there is a great view of Frontier Field.

            Kodak is a printing and photography company that has been employing Rochesterians since 1914. It started when George Eastman thought it would be a good idea to dry to sell dry plate film to photographers

As an easier means to

developing film. The idea continuously grow and more employees were needed. With more employees, more space was needed, and so the Kodak building was built.

The Kodak Company continued to make advancements in cameras throughout the century. They made disposable cameras, digital cameras, and new pocket cameras that are very small sizes.

Kodak began struggling financially in the late 1990s and has never fully recovered. Now things are even worse for Kodak. Major reductions in staff have been made. Last year Kodak hired a specialist consultancy company to help them find decent bankruptcy options.

Kodak got into this problem not by bad trades or failing to sell merchandise, but by a fundamental change in its business that grew into a huge debt. Hopefully Kodak will rebuild and rehire. This would be great news for many people unemployed in the city of Rochester, and other cities where Kodak is stationed.

If Kodak were to close down forever, it would be a huge blow to the filmmaking industry, and the entire history of film and cameras. It would be in many peoples interest to try to help Kodak rebuild and rehire. This is because many people would be employed by a fully functioning Kodak. In the future, Kodak should be stable once again, and many more employees will be happily employed.

           

This assignment was a newspaper article about a landmark in Rochester. It taught me that writing for a newspaper can be very difficult, but it has its rewards as well. Also, once an article is completed, you feel very accomplished and proud of your work, and it is nice to share it with people who can appreciate it and admire it.