Rochester’s $10 million in Downtown Revitalization Investment funds is expected to be used for the intersection of Main St. and Clinton Ave.
Main Street
Conflict over construction at Sibley
Renovations are often disruptive, no matter the scale. So some sort of conflict between WinnCompanies and Monroe Community College’s Damon City Campus may have been inevitable. Winn owns and is renovating the Sibley Building downtown for housing and a high-tech incubator; MCC is a tenant in the building. The Monroe Community College Faculty Association sent […]
Turning Main Streetโs vital corner
When Renaissance Square is built — and more than half of the needed $230 million in funding is already lined up — it will have an immeasurable effect on Rochester’s downtown. For good or ill, the project will alter the character of downtown’s architecture. Both of the finalists for the design of Renaissance Square — […]
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Main Street
plans, Wegmans’ expansion, Nader’s
role, Wease and Spezzano
The state of Main
It was an odd question, and I took a long moment to react. There I was at the corner of Main and Gibbs, right under the Eastman Theatre marquee. A young woman came up and pointed to the Central YMCA across the street. How do you get into that building? she asked. Where’s the […]






