What’s going to happen to Parcel 5? And when?
Arnie Rothschild
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For Parcel 5: a theater topped by apartments
If City Council approves, a key part of the Midtown Plaza site will be developed as a 3000-seat theater for the Rochester Broadway Theatre League with a 50-apartment building on top of it.
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Theater math
Talk of a new performing arts center, of course, has been around for decades. But politics and finances have prevented a project from ever getting off the ground.
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PAC fever
Just what role Monroe County would play in terms of a downtown performing arts center is unclear. Rochester Mayor Lovely Warren says she has spoken to Monroe County Executive Maggie Brooks about helping fund a downtown arts center, and that Brooks is open to the possibility. But a Brooks spokesperson says that without an actual […]
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Mayor: city will not go all out for theater
Don’t expect the City of Rochester to swoop in with a sweet offer to convince RBTL to build its new theater in downtown Rochester. If RBTL is serious about going to Irondequoit, Mayor Tom Richards says, it’ll go with his blessing. “I’m trying to be consistent with respect to what I think the civic responsibility […]
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[UPDATED] Yes, Rochester really would let RBTL go to Irondequoit
UPDATE: In a voice mail earlier today, RBTL board chair Arnie Rothschild said that the league has never attempted to raise money for a new theater, because city officials have never come out and said they want the theater. RBTL wouldn’t fund raise, he said, until the city made the theater project a priority. Rothschild […]
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Proposed RBTL theater hinges on Medley progress
Medley Centre developer Scott Congel plans to build the Rochester Broadway Theatre League a new 3,000-seat theater.
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Medley, RBTL have theater deal
It’s a busy week in Medley Centre news. First, the East Irondequoit school board approved a measure requiring Medley Centre developer Scott Congel to pay several hundred thousand dollars for missing an investment milestone. And now, Arnie Rothschild, chair of Rochester Broadway Theatre League’s board, says that Congel has agreed to build a 3,000-seat theater, […]
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RBTL considering theater at Medley Centre
The Rochester Broadway Theatre League’s board is in favor of locating a new theater at Medley Centre in Irondequoit, reports channel 10, WHEC. Earlier this year, RBTL signed a memorandum of understanding with Medley Centre developer Scott Congel. Channel 10 reports that Congel and RBTL representatives are negotiating an operating agreement.
