Thank you to the hundreds of people who came out to City’s 5th Annual Best Busker Contest May 1 in Rochester’s East End! We are proud to announce the winners of the 2014 contest
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A 21st century downtown
Disinvestment, deterioration, and conflicting visions have marred Rochester’s downtown for more than two decades. For years, Rochester’s main corridor has, for the most part, seemed vacant and lifeless. Major retailers folded up shop. Sibley’s and Midtown, once the epicenter of the city’s vibrancy, languished, doing relatively little to attract people downtown or to bring in […]
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CITY/COUNTY: Know your neighborhoods
Monroe County is about as diverse a community as you can find: a mid-size city, rural areas with orchards and farm markets, suburbs with 20th-century tract houses and shopping malls, and quaint, Victorian villages. The Genesee River and the Erie Canal bisect the county, more or less vertically and diagonally, so geology and history are […]
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19th Ward group talks Chili Avenue triple homicide, gang violence
Once again, a small group of neighbors gathered after a shattering act of violence to talk about how to save their children. The Public Safety Committee of the 19th Ward Community Association met last night — two days after a triple homicide on Chili Avenue. The Rochester Police Department has been uncharacteristically reserved about the […]
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Shantay, you stay
While Rochester’s Darienne Lake is getting national attention on “Drag Race,” our own local drag scene remains stocked with many talented, gorgeous, funny queens. Below find an introduction to some of the other first ladies of Rochester drag. Be sure to check out slideshows from drag shows at Tilt Nightclub and 140 Alex at the […]
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So much hope: the Warren inauguration
Lovely Warren was officially inaugurated as Rochester’s mayor on January 1, at the bedside of her dying grandfather, but her swearing in was repeated on Saturday at the Auditorium Theatre, so that the public could watch. It was quite an event, one packed with emotion and symbolism. The person now heading the most important government […]
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Schools overhaul ready for phase two
Some Rochester school officials travelled to Albany recently to meet lawmakers on several pressing issues, including phase two of the massive project to overhaul city schools. School officials gave legislators a brief overview of the roughly $1.2 billion construction project — one of the largest projects in Rochester’s history. The second phase of the multi-phase […]
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Framing First Friday
First Friday is a monthly citywide gallery night showcasing area artists. Participating galleries exhibit a mix of local, national, and international talent, and many artists open their studios to the public. First Friday Rochester was initiated by Rochester Contemporary Art Center. This photo series gives a behind-the-scenes look at some of the artists that exhibited […]
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Video Game Review: Super Mario 3D World
With Sony and Microsoft both unveiling shiny new consoles this month, and their accompanying media blitzes, Nintendo’s struggling Wii U needs a hit this holiday season in the worst way. It needs a console seller, and given that the new editions of Mario Kart and Smash Bros. are still months away (at least), Nintendo has […]
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Mount Hope Cemetery: A buried treasure
Many know Mount Hope as the final resting place for notable Rochesterians like Susan B. Anthony, Frederick Douglass, and others. But countless other interesting facts and legends surround the burial grounds.
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Video Game Review: Pokemon X/Y
You can’t make everyone happy. And when it comes to Pokemon games — especially the most recent Nintendo 3DS’s iterations “Pokemon X” and “Pokemon Y” — it rings very true indeed. Even the game (I played Y for this review) seems to realize this in its moments of meta awareness. Instead of starting out your […]
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Best of Rochester 2013: CITY Critic Picks
Best Way to Fool Others Into Thinking You Cooked From Scratch Newbury Park Pastries’ Chicken Pot Pie Newbury Park Pastries hand-made chicken pot pies, sold at the Brighton and Canandaigua farmers markets, and the year-round outpost in Rochester, are as close to the Platonic ideal of a chicken pot pie as anyone has gotten. Purchase […]
