Corning, Inc (formerly Corning Glassworks) has been headquartered in New York’s Finger Lakes region since 1868. Over two centuries, its campus, nestled within the small, postcard-perfect hamlet of Corning, birthed many of the major innovations in glass technology, from the bulb-shaped encasement for Edison’s incandescent lamp to Pyrex. Today, the industry titan is known for manufacturing the glass for iPhones and has factories all over the world. But it maintains a strong presence in the small Western New York town—more than half of the 10,000 people who live there are employed by the company, which is currently headquartered in a Kevin Roche–designed building completed in 1993. Just across the Chemung River, which neatly divides the town, is its former industrial campus, designed by Harrison & Abramovitz in the early 1950s.

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By Pansy Schulman