As the PLEX neighborhood changes, the decaying Vacuum Oil site sits untouched.
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Judge orders Exxon Mobil to clean up Vacuum Oil site
The developer who owns the former Vacuum Oil refinery on Flint Street is getting closer to cleaning up the site. DHD Ventures, the firm headed by Tom Masachi, owns 5 and 15 Flint Street, and is working with the state to develop a plan to address contaminated soil and ground water. The plan is nearing […]
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Developer, city to study Vacuum Oil site contamination
The properties around the old Vacuum Oil site in the Plymouth-Exchange neighborhood have a long history of pollution. And though it’s probably going to take a long time to clean them up, there is some progress to report in what’s known as the Vacuum Oil Brownfield Opportunity Area. The owner of 5 and 15 Flint Street […]
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City of Rochester officials say that they want residents of the Plymouth-Exchange neighborhood to know that they haven’t forgotten about a large brownfield redevelopment project along the Genesee River. In February, the city submitted an application to the state seeking additional funding for the Vacuum Oil Brownfield Opportunity Area. The funding would be used to […]
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Rochester’s poisoned past
A graffiti-covered building hulks over the end of Flint Street — a dilapidated monument on a blighted landscape in southwest Rochester’s Plymouth-Exchange neighborhood. The building is part of the Vacuum Oil site, a 24-acre property along the Genesee River waterfront that once held an oil refinery (it shut down in the 1930’s). In the decades […]
