Remember the Performing Arts Center? At one time, the center was to be the next big capital project to revitalize Rochester. Committees formed. Surveys were taken. Studies were completed. While it’s impossible to determine precisely how much public money has been spent on the PAC process up to this point — mainly because […]
Chad Oliveiri
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MCC’s ‘major change’
There’s at least one potential downtown project whose fate isn’t hinging upon the transit center. And its impact on the Center City could be far greater than anything else in the works. Monroe Community College is eying the corner of West Main Street and South Plymouth Avenue as the future home to its new […]
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Happily divided?
There was a moment during last Tuesday’s City Council meeting when longtime Councilmember Tim Mains’ face said it all. It happened shortly before Council passed legislation that bars Mains — and anyone else employed by the Rochester City School District — from serving on Council. As two councilmembers abstained from voting on another piece […]
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Good news unravels fast
In a February 21 press release, Monroe County Clerk Maggie Brooks reacted to the state’s decision to close its Department of Motor Vehicles office in Sibley Centre on East Main Street, effective April 1 — making Rochester the only major city in the state without such a service downtown. “While any change can be […]
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Mayor Norwood?
We still don’t know whether Bill Johnson is going to run for county executive or fill out his term as mayor. But if he jumps ship, one thing is certain: City Councilmember Wade Norwood wants to be mayor. And he thinks he’s got a decent shot. “I will be a successful candidate for mayor […]
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Speak like a child
In the same week that heightened Homeland Security forced Cuban jazz pianist Chucho Valdes to postpone his upcoming Rochester concert, the Swedish improv-experimental music duo Sudden Infant was making its own plans to penetrate our borders. And, as far as we can tell, Sudden Infant has been successful. If it seems strange that Valdes, […]
