ANNUAL MANUAL ’08: Music
Welcome to Rochester. No matter how you wound up here – bad directions, chasing a romance that didn’t pan out, or as a member of the Witness Protection Program – we’re glad you’ve decided to join us. If you’re like us, you like live music; all kinds of live music. Jazz, rock, blues, folk, classical,…
ANNUAL MANUAL ’08: Dining
Just about everyone loves Chinese food -or Thai, Japanese, and Korean for that matter – and our workplaces and home kitchen junk drawers overflow with little multicolored condiment packets and chopsticks. The list below is by no means exhaustive, but rather a starting point for a diner’s journey through Asia by way of Greater Rochester.…
ANNUAL MANUAL ’08: Nightlife: Brewpubs
Nothing against all you bars with the same ol’ beers on tap. There’s something to be said for walking into the neighborhood pub and ordering the same cool pint you sipped last week, and the week before. But for the real beer enthusiast, the appreciator, the experimenter, the one who tortures his or her family…
ANNUAL MANUAL ’08: Introduction
In one of the "Man on the Street" interviews you’ll find in this publication, software writer Andrew Branch says he likes Rochester because "no matter where you live, it’s close to lakes, skiing, and the Adirondacks. Everything’s available." That’s a concise way of explaining just some of Rochester’s charms. We’ve got rivers, lakes, beaches, gorgeous…
ANNUAL MANUAL ’08: Rochester favorites
Every year City Newspaper asks its readers to tell us what’s great about our fair city. And every year hundreds replay with their choices for the best of Rochester. From pie shops to strippers, radio shows to beauty salons, you’ll find their picks here. For additional Best Of content, including picks by City Newspaper’s critics,…
ANNUAL MANUAL ’08: Arts & entertainment
“There’s nothing to do in this city." Whenever I hear someone say something like that, I want to beat them about the head and shoulders. Rochester is not New York City. Rochester is not Washington, D.C. Rochester is not Los Angeles, or any other booming metropolis. But for a city its size, Rochester is practically…
ANNUAL MANUAL ’08: Local history
Open a map of Rochester and you’ll spot certain names over and over. Strong. Eastman. Sibley. Who were these people, and what are their names doing all over downtown? They’re entrepreneurs and philanthropists, kooks and pioneers. Maybe not nationally lionized like Susan B. Anthony, but still local heroes. Need an introduction? Allow us. Col. Nathaniel…
ANNUAL MANUAL ’08: Word on the street
Neighborhood: Park Avenue Favorite places: For her 3-year-old, Strong National Museum of Play, Rochester Museum & Science Center, Springdale Farms, and going to Bird Song Trail in Mendon Ponds, where chickadees will eat out of your hand. "It feels like Disney." David Dwayne Clark Neighborhood: Corn Hill Favorite places: Going to the Erie Canal to…
ANNUAL MANUAL ’08: A self-guided tour of Rochester
Whether you spend a day exploring one neighborhood, or bounce between several of them, you’ll find that the city of Rochester features a variety of historic places, shopping spots, parks, cultural districts, and nightlife opportunities. Starting out on the far north end of Lake Avenue, this is one route to see the sites, taste the…
ANNUAL MANUAL ’08: Tour of Monroe County
The villages and towns that make up Monroe County distinguish themselves from their counterparts in many ways. With enough points of interest to warrant an entire day in each town, traveling from one suburb to the next can be a trip in itself. Starting in the north, in Irondequoit, travel clockwise around Rochester’s suburbs and…
