Marked by valleys and hills formed 10,000 years ago by glacial movement, Washington Grove has been inducted into a national nonprofit focused on preservation.
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Developer eyes gap on Pittsford waterfront
Wilmorite wants to build office and retail space, as well as an 80-room boutique hotel with a spa and restaurant, on Schoen Place.
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Fate uncertain for South Wedge church
The future of Calvary St. Andrews Church in the South Wedge — if it has one — should become clearer in the coming months. On the table: closing the church and disbanding the congregation, moving the congregation somewhere else, or rebooting the church on its current site. Like many urban churches in recent years, Calvary […]
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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 […]
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Eastman Museum to update public on restoration efforts tonight
The George Eastman Museum will host a community forum at 6 p.m. today, Monday, July 11, to share information about its historic mansion restoration program and to update community members about the next phase. The forum will be held in the Curtis Theatre at the museum, 900 East Avenue. (Use the cafe and store entrance […]
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St. Boniface is back in the South Wedge
A statue of a saint known for his eighth-century missionary excursions has almost completed its long journey back to the South Wedge after being missing for nearly 60 years. The statue, a seven-foot-tall cast-iron image of St. Boniface that weighs nearly 1,000 pounds, will soon return home to St. Boniface Church on Gregory Street. St. […]
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Genesee Valley Park plan seeks balance
A near-final version of the city’s master plan for the west half of Genesee Valley Park will get a public airing this week.
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Week Ahead: For the week of Monday, March 23, 2015
A report on the school-to-prison pipeline, and the next installment of the Reshaping Rochester series are happening this week.
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Eastman House sues over apartments
The George Eastman House has filed a lawsuit in an attempt to prevent construction of an apartment complex on University Avenue in the East Avenue Preservation District.
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Historical society works on finances
The Rochester Historical Society continues to struggle financially, and is currently living rent-free at Rochester Public Library’s Rundel building on South Avenue. But a plan is in place that will hopefully help, says society President Patrick Malgieri. It includes a commitment from board members to donate $100,000 to the society over three years. The society’s […]
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University Ave. apartment plan gets Planning Commission nod
Morgan Management has only one final bureaucratic hurdle to clear in its quest to build a 99-unit apartment complex at 933 University Avenue, in the East Avenue Preservation District. The city’s Planning Commission approved the project yesterday. Morgan now goes back to the Preservation Board — which has already given the project its unofficial support […]
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WEEK AHEAD: City board to vote on University Ave. apartments; AG in town; casino forum
The City of Rochester’s Planning Commission will once again take up a controversial proposal to build a 99-unit apartment complex on University Avenue in the East Avenue Preservation District. The meeting is at 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday, October 30, in City Council chambers at City Hall, 30 Church Street. The commission initially tabled Morgan Management’s […]
