A tour of downtown Rochester

So here are a random sampling of the buildings/sights I get to look at every day when I'm downtown at work. If you haven't seen the buildings of the Mayo Clinic....they're pretty impressive for a city kind of in the middle of nowhere. If you're a factoid person- the clinic started back in 1883 when a tornado hit Rochester and the Franciscan nuns convinced Daddy Mayo (William W.) that we needed a hospital.....and here we are 125 years later with 2 hospitals and a huge outpatient clinic. It's kind of nice to go to work every day at such an amazing place.


The world famous Mayo Clinic.... or WFMC as we call it... :)


The two brothers who started it all.... Drs. Charlie and Will




Gonda building reflected in the Damon parking ramp....


Charter House reflected in the Graham parking ramp


Connection between Gonda & Mayo buildings....


The Plummer building which has a carillon on top...played by our resident carilloneur


Bronze doors on the Plummer building....they've only ever been shut a few times (less than 10 since the building was built- Kennedy's assassination, 9/11, other events like that)




Mayo building connection to Gonda building


They're adding 4 floors to the top of one of the parking ramps....we never have enough parking spaces for everyone....and I highly doubt we ever will.




The Charlton building with the connecting bridge to the Gonda building...


The Charlton & Eisenberg buildings.....I work in Eisenberg, AKA Methodist hospital


A sign in front of the famous Mayo marble...



The intersection where I work!


Fountain in the Peace Plaza


Hibiscus outside Victorias (AMAZING authentic Italian food)


The Kahler ("kayler" not "collar") Grand Hotel




Downtown old theater which is now a Barnes and Noble....but the inside looks like a castle
















bird statue in the annenberg plaza outside the Plummer/Mayo buildings


A sidewalk ant's view







Flag atop the Plummer building

Thank you for joining me on this tour.... :)