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IBM and Housing Boom
IBM and Housing Boom
Date Modified: 11/20/2007 4:09 PM
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IBM - a vibrant force in Rochester
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Assisi Heights
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When IBM announced their new plant was to be built in Rochester in 1956, home building nearly doubled, from 261 permits in '56 to 501 in '57. This record would not be broken until 1989.