The guy hit the gas instead of the brake, sending his car smashing through the garage wall of his home in Rochester’s Grove Place neighborhood, and rupturing a gas line. He tried to call Rochester Gas and Electric — you know how much fun that can be — but then the Red Shirts showed up. […]
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Dish 2013: Walworth’s Tōcōti Chocolate transforms bean into bar
Dale and Ellen Montondo’s home in Walworth, just northeast of Penfield, is a cute, cedar-sided number that sits amidst a gaggle of tall pines. The place would seem warm and inviting even without the unmistakable aroma of chocolate that hugs you as you cross the threshold. It’s a scent that scientists claim can relieve stress […]
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Rochester’s apartment boom
For more on this topic: See Mary Anna Towler’s “City should turn down University Ave. project” in this week’s Urban Journal. This is a corrected version of this story. If you’ve been trying to track down Rochester Mayor Tom Richards, odds are good you can catch him at a ribbon cutting. Voters Block, Bridge Square, […]
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CHOW HOUND: Urban renewal
“I’d been looking for a spot in the South Wedge or Park Avenue,” says Shema Sushi chef Su Holmes of her decision to move her popular eatery from the location on West Main Street in Webster that it had occupied since 2007. Shema recently opened the doors to its new home on Alexander Street’s Restaurant […]
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Concert Review: Green Day at Blue Cross Arena
It was a two-hour rock ‘n’ roll slugfest Monday night as Green Day came out swinging to a frenzied and frozen crowd at the Blue Cross arena. Some kids wrapped in blankets had camped out overnight and looked like frostbitten refugees as they stumbled about. The place warmed up and filled up slowly to a […]
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RIT spins cooking oil into gold
The campus dining services at Rochester Institute of Technology will use approximately 4,000 gallons of cooking oil this year. And every time a fryer is emptied or a skillet is drained, that goop has to go somewhere. How about into a gas tank? Over the past two years, RIT researchers, through a partnership with Monroe […]
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CHOW HOUND: East End story
Empty nesters embrace their newfound freedom in different ways. Some take up golf. Some tackle the stock market. And when Kathy Christa’s kids headed off to college, she immersed herself in the study of classical French pastry techniques. Now she’s putting that education to delicious use as the pastry chef of her new restaurant, Fraîche […]
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The people’s buildings
The best American public buildings are open and accessible. Even in a nation worried about security, we enter them largely without fear or even concern. They meet the tests of function and beauty, not only for the rulers and the rich, but for all of us. Frank Lloyd Wright wrote, “The mother art is architecture. […]
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The stuff of Rochester
There is no shortage of affection for Rochester. Despite the heartbreaks this city has endured — lost landmarks, miscarried projects, fallen corporate keystones — hope is still the holdout. Relics remain and invoke certain nostalgia for our storied past. But more than that, Rochester souvenirs and their many collectors bespeak a belief in this city’s […]
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Finding Paradise
Local musician Jesse Sprinkle has been going on humanitarian trips to Africa since 2008. But last year he realized that his unique skill set as a musician and producer could allow him to help the millions of orphans in Uganda in a very different way. By teaching these children about music, he and his musical partner Kurt Johnson are hoping to make an impact on their lives.
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The Squirrel that gathers causes
On almost any day or evening, the Flying Squirrel Community Space is home to a potpourri of progressive artists, musicians, and social justice activists. The Squirrel is a meeting space. But it’s also an organization with its own members, who often describe it as a collective: a community that’s part of other communities.
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Chills, thrills, and gills
Rochester is obviously known for its icy cold winters. But few would guess that, according to the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, the Greater Rochester area is home to roughly 2000 sportsmen willing to trek out on frozen ponds, cut through the surface ice, and try to catch a fish on just about any pond or body of water
