City officials have been working on a plan to revitalize the area around West Main Street and Chili Avenue for more than a decade.
Bull’s Head
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Bringing back Bull’s Head
Up until about the 1950’s, the Bull’s Head area was a thriving part of the southwest section of the city. Though it’s still remembered fondly by many people, particularly in Rochester’s African-American community, right now Bull’s Head is scarred by vacant lots and abandoned buildings. It’s often better known for the free public health clinic […]
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Two brownfield projects get state money
Two state grants will allow Rochester and neighborhood officials to move forward on two brownfield and community redevelopment projects. Late last week, Governor Andrew Cuomo’s office announced that the South Genesee Implementation Strategy — a project that includes the Vacuum Oil site in southwest Rochester — will receive $868,500, and the Bull’s Head Revitalization Plan […]
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Rochester’s poisoned past
A graffiti-covered building hulks over the end of Flint Street — a dilapidated monument on a blighted landscape in southwest Rochester’s Plymouth-Exchange neighborhood. The building is part of the Vacuum Oil site, a 24-acre property along the Genesee River waterfront that once held an oil refinery (it shut down in the 1930’s). In the decades […]
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On the streets where you live
Monroe County is about as diverse a community as you can find: a mid-size city, rural areas with orchards and farm markets, suburbs with 20th-century tract houses and shopping malls, and quaint, Victorian villages. The Genesee River and the Erie Canal bisect the county, more or less vertically and diagonally, so geology and history are […]
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Board: Dollar store poor fit
Although their opinion is not binding, Rochester Preservation Board members are unanimously opposed to replacing a historic former church at 660 West Main Street with a Dollar General. | Board members offered remarks on the proposal at a meeting last week, but did not take a vote. Their comments will be taken into consideration when […]
