Around 5,000 people packed Washington Square Park a few months ago for the Rochester March for Our Lives rally against gun violence. A year before, 2,000 people had gathered there a day after Donald Trump’s inauguration. Occupy Rochester NY in 2011 set up its encampment around the Soldiers and Sailors Monument in the downtown space. […]
Rochester Parks
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A hearty bunch
Many people’s knee-jerk reaction when the temperatures dip into the below-freezing territory is to run inside and hibernate. And we’re not crazy; sometimes you should listen to your instincts — like during the closing days of 2017 when the cold threatened frostbite to exposed skin in less than 30 minutes. But that instant reaction to […]
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Winter landscapes
You may have seen the meme of “Star Wars” characters under a heavy Hoth snowfall quipping, “Going to Wegmans. Need anything?” It’s true that the Upstate New York climate can be fickle in how it participates in the changing of the seasons — sometimes it feels like all we get is winter and construction season. […]
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We don’t need a park on the Midtown site
Parcel 5 is a valuable development site. We shouldn’t close out that option with a park that we simply don’t need.
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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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The artist of Highland Park
Monroe County horticulturist Tom Pollock ventures out into Highland Park often when the mornings are barely light. Driving a small green John Deere utility cart with its rear platform stocked with pruning shears, saws, shovels, and maybe an edger, Pollock patrols the park’s 155 acres for trees and shrubs in need of seasonal maintenance or […]
