After being cancelled two years in a row, the Jazz Fest will return to downtown Rochester in 2022, organizers announced on Friday.
Downtown
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ROC the Riverway projects advancing
The Roc City Skatepark, the Rundel building’s new terrace, and an expansion of the Rochester Riverside Convention Center’s terrace are among the projects moving forward through ROC the Riverway.
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Cohousing group frustrated in search
The Flower City Cohousing Community is having a tough time finding the right site to build its planned multigenerational development. The group has been looking for three or four years, says coordinator Jane Ellen Bleeg. “This is dragging on a little longer than we had really hoped it would, but you have to have the […]
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Downtown’s patron saint
Much of what you see when you catch a glimpse of the city’s skyline is part of Larry Glazer’s real estate empire. Glazer’s company, Buckingham Properties, either owns, co-owns, or manages nearly 13 million square feet of real estate space, including some of downtown Rochester’s most iconic buildings: Midtown Tower, Xerox Square, and the Bausch […]
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Expanded services possible downtown
The Rochester Downtown Development Corporation has proposed
the creation of a downtown business district that would, for a fee, provide
enhanced services to property owners within the district’s borders.
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CHOW HOUND: That famiglia feeling
Paul Vroman is the co-owner and chef of East Main Street’s new Italian restaurant Aunt Rosie’s, located in the recent former home of Max Sushi & Noodles, and right before that Duck Soupe. Truly, there are few people with whom I enjoy dishing about food and the Rochester dining scene more than the informed Vroman, […]
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PHOTO: From East Broad Street at night
By the time I got out of last night’s County Legislature meeting it was pretty late, which means it was relatively quiet downtown. And quite beautiful. I had my camera with me so when I reached my car, which was parked on East Broad Street, I paused and took a few shots. Lacking a tripod […]
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New role for Rochester’s Red Shirts?
The guy hit the gas instead of the brake, sending his car smashing through the garage wall of his home in Rochester’s Grove Place neighborhood, and rupturing a gas line. He tried to call Rochester Gas and Electric — you know how much fun that can be — but then the Red Shirts showed up. […]
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[UPDATED] MCC legislation clears another hurdle
Legislation authorizing county officials to buy space for a new Monroe Community College downtown is headed to the full County Legislature for a vote. The Lej meets on February 12.
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Gannett selling D and C building
Want to buy an old newspaper building? The Democrat and Chronicle reports that its 55 Exchange Boulevard building is being put up for sale by its parent company, Gannett. D and C employees should be in a new space in the City of Rochester by mid-2014, says the article. The D and C has downsized […]
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NEWS BLOG: MCC: Afghanistan campus?
First, I need to set the scene: Monroe County Executive Maggie Brooks met with the Democrat and Chronicle editorial board last week. Board members Tweeted choice nuggets throughout the meeting, including what they say Brooks said about MCC. The gist: If the project stays on its current course, it is likely doomed to failure, and […]
