City Council member Mitch Gruber, a historian himself, will be joined by City Historian Christine Ridarsky, and Michael Brown, assistant professor of history at Rochester Institute of Technology, for a June 19 discussion on the Broad Street bridge and aqueduct.
Rochester subway
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Rundel’s renovations highlight the river
Rundel Library’s terrace is undergoing a nearly $7 million restoration that will showcase the city’s past and help improve the area around Broad Street, South Avenue, and Court Street.
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Council creates group to study subway
Rochester City Council announced Wednesday night during its meeting that it would create a working group to study the proposed Erie Harbor Promenade and surrounding public property. The promenade, along with plans for an apartment complex at Court Street and South Avenue, have caused public concern because it would seal off the east entrance to […]
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COMIDA hearings on Morgan projects postponed
UPDATE 10:55 a.m. February 16 — The Monroe County Industrial Development Agency has postponed the hearings scheduled for today, due to the weather. New dates and times haven’t yet been decided. Original post: The Monroe County Industrial Development Agency will hold public hearings on tax incentive packages for several Morgan Management projects on Tuesday morning, including […]
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Lightning lectures: TEDxRochester turns 5
The nonprofit organization TED began in 1984 as a conference to bring together individuals working in the realms of technology, education, and design, and is devoted to promoting, in its words, “ideas worth spreading.” By the end of 2012 TEDx sessions — officially licensed franchised versions of TED — had been held in 1200 cities […]
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The beat goes strong
The beat goes strong “I can’t say I was interested before. I’d never really experienced it before,” says Aaron Taylor. “But once I got to actually hear it, like close-to-close, one-on-one, I was very interested.” The recently graduated Taylor took to the drums when he joined John Marshall High School’s pan-drum band. In his […]
