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Pre-emptive petitioning

Pre-emptive petitioning David Day of the Azalea Neighborhood Association isn’t sure who his future neighbors on Elmwood Avenue will be. He knows, however, who he doesn’t want: Wegmans or any other large-scale commercial operation.             New York State owns the land now occupied by the Terrance Building of the Rochester Psychiatric Center. Soon, the state […]

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It’s a stretch: Elmwood Avenue’s growing pains

Like all the recent construction nearby, Strong Hospital’s new main entrance gives symbolic weight to plans for Rochester’s economic future. There’s a symbolic turnaround, too. Strong used to put its face more toward Crittenden Boulevard; now it faces Elmwood Avenue. This is painfully evident at rush hour, when Strong and the nearby University of Rochester […]

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