When you go to the Lilac Festival this weekend, think about the master gardener who planted the namesake attractions in Highland Park.
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Highland Park ‘Children’s Pavilion’ to rise again decades later
The original Children’s Pavilion, which was dedicated in 1890 and torn down in 1963, was a gift from the Ellwanger & Barry nursery.
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Tropical paradises: these indoor hot spots will keep you warm this winter
Escape from (winter in) New York.
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Calendar preview: Going shopless
Black Friday is a walk in the park, with guided hikes and neighborhood strolls throughout the weekend.
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‘They’re under our feet:’ Highland Park is home to hundreds of unidentified remains
Highland Park is the resting place for hundreds of unknown people who resided at the Monroe County Almshouse, Insane Asylum, and Penitentiary.
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Douglass statue time capsule contents badly damaged
Crews are moving the Douglass statue to a more prominent location in the park and they dug up the capsule earlier this week.
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Council approves rezoning former Colgate campus
During its meeting Tuesday night, City Council voted 5-3 to rezone the former Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School campus from Institutional Planned Development to a Planned Development District. The new zoning clears a major hurdle for developer Angelo Ingrassia, since it allows for greater flexibility in the development of the site. Council members Jackie Ortiz, Malik Evans, […]
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A grown-up’s guide to sledding
As an adult, it can be difficult to find the time for nostalgic, winter staples, like sledding. There is something so simple about racing down a frozen hill, uncontrollably giggling and forgetting about your obligations for a fleeting moment. Now that I’m older and wiser, but still a kid at heart, sledding makes a long, […]
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Park saver coming to Rochester
When urban planner Tupper Thomas first walked into Brooklyn’s Prospect Park as its new administrator 30 years ago, she was stunned both by its beauty and its severe neglect, she says. The park’s reputation for crime back then made many people afraid to stroll through it, even in the daytime. “I thought, ‘This is so […]
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County presents ideas for Highland Park
When Monroe County knocked down the old Cornell Cooperative Extension building off of Highland Avenue in the city, it gained about 2.5 acres of land for Highland Park.
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Beyond the blooms
Ten things you may not know about Highland Park Rochester’s Highland Park may be known best as the site of the annual Lilac Festival in May, but the 150-acre park offers lots of year-round interest, including a ramble through Lamberton Conservatory and the arboretum, a variety of memorials and monuments, a castle with Sunken Gardens, […]
