The proposal for new apartment buildings on land within Cobbs Hill Park took a step forward Monday when the City Planning Commission approved Rochester Management’s revised plans for the project. The vote was 4-2. The project continues to face bitter opposition and it still needs approval by City Council and Mayor Lovely Warren. The non-profit […]
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The long, long road for Cobbs Hill Village
It’s not unusual for development proposals to be controversial, and several development plans are generating a lot of heat in Rochester right now. But one of the most complex is the expansion plan for Cobbs Hill Village, a 60-year-old apartment complex for low-income senior residents. Currently, the Village consists of six one-story apartment buildings tucked […]
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Preserving preservation
The plan for a new apartment building at 933 University Avenue is back in the news. The proposal, by Morgan Management, is on the Rochester Preservation Board’s August 7 agenda. The board won’t vote that night on whether the project should be built. But it will come up with a position on a key issue: […]
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Week Ahead: Fracking discussion, RCSD budget vote, State of the City address, Preservation Board considers University Ave. complex
On Thursday from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., the local anti-fracking group R-CAUSE will hold a panel discussion titled “Hydrofracking as Seen Through the Lens of Public Health.” Two panelists will discuss the possible environmental consequences of fracking, and fracking’s potential impact on human health. The speakers are Dr. David Carpenter and David Kowalski. Carpenter, […]
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City should turn down University Ave. project
For more on this topic: See Christine Carrie Fien’s “Rochester’s apartment boom” in this week’s news section. The owners of Craft Company No. 6 have written a letter in opposition to the project. It’s not an attractive piece of property right now: a blacktopped parking lot and a mid-1920’s stucco house on University Avenue, to […]
