Who needs New York City-style housing? People in Western New York tend to use city comparisons to denote sleek luxury and urban cool. But anyone who lives in New York City knows that the free-for-all that passes for real estate there is the bane of financial security and sanity. Shower in the corner of the […]
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Aloft in downtown
“People like being around people,” says Gary Stern, of Stern Properties, explaining the new population density downtown. “I think people want to get back to what it was like, at least for me, when they were a kid. We just walked outside and if we wanted to play ball there were 50 kids out there. […]
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Before the war
Maybe the most anticipated housing development in downtown Rochester’s recent history is The Sagamore on East, a $13 million new building of 23 luxury condominiums on East Avenue. While most other housing projects downtown reutilize older construction, The Sagamore has risen from an empty spot, what, since the ’60s, has been a tear in East […]
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Put your car away
Brian Short, site manager for the Temple Building, knows his building offers amenities beyond the new appliances and hi-tech security systems. “There was a guy from Holland, and he’s going to be here five years for work,” Short says. “It was a Friday night. I said, ‘Go put your car away and come back downtown […]
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I made this for you
Glass artist Nancy Gong is committed to her research. Every piece she makes is created for a person. So when she was designing a piece for a couple who loved to fly, she new she had to try to understand that feeling. Her husband’s birthday was coming up; he’d always wanted to go gliding. She […]
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Preservation
Old homes tucked into city neighborhoods; big, stoic dairy barns reminding us of an earlier time; massive cathedrals on modern urban streets — the buildings left us by earlier generations contribute character and elegance to the Greater Rochester’s landscape. But these places offer more than just quaint history; they are resources that can be used […]
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Endangered places
Much of our region’s character can be found in its architecture: The homes, industrial buildings, schools, office buildings, and churches that were built when Rochester’s star was rising. Now many of these buildings are abandoned or are facing vacancy or bankruptcy, while new developments and building projects crop up all around. If these older structures […]
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Old but not forgotten
Old homes tucked into city neighborhoods; big, stoic dairy barns reminding us of an earlier time; massive cathedrals on modern urban streets — the buildings left us by earlier generations contribute character and elegance to the Greater Rochester’s landscape. But these places offer more than just quaint history; they are resources that can be used […]
