ROCHESTER

Why I love my hometown...and sometimes why I do not

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The former main printing press room for the Democrat and Chronicle. Imagine the calamity of sound and movement when they were still running!

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Cure

The food is great, location unique, and cocktails to die for. It's not located in the East End, but who cares! Best Bar in Rochester.

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WALL\THERAPY

Started just two years ago, this year's included 30 artists from around the globe painting over 40 works during the week long event. By far one of my favorite new things about Rochester.

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Orange Glory Cafe

Staple of the East End lunch crowd. Their bright orange interior inside the Little Theatre produces delectable vegan, vegetarian, and carnivore sandwiches and treats for all to enjoy. Plus, where else can you get a giant bowl of homemade soup for $4?

Photo by Christopher Brandt

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Writers and Books

Begun as “The Book Bus" in 1974, they moved into their prestigious University Avenue location, a Claude Bragdon designed police station, in 1985. They have become our literary center. This holiday weekend they paid homage to their building’s creator with an interpretation o his famous Festival of Sound and Light.

Photo by Christopher Brandt

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Walkins Glen State Park

At the southern tip of Seneca Lake, Glen Creek descends over 400' in just two miles creating 19 waterfalls. Did I mention you get to walk along and under some of these falls?

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La Casa Restaurant

Begun as a taco stand at the Public Market over 8 years ago, Omar and Mia opened their first full fledged restaurant in February. You truly feel at home and the food cannot be beat.

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Corn Hill Arts Festival Now in its 45th year, it is one of the largest arts festivals in the region. Plus who doesn't love walking through the oldest residential neighborhood in the city? Don't miss it, July 13-14!

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Rochester Real Beer Week

In its second annual celebration this week of our great local brews and crafts brews from around the world. If you have not headed out to one of the events yet, do so.

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The Wilder Building

Built over a series of years in the 1880s. Both Mr. Wilder and Mr. Powers hired A.J. Warner to design the tallest building in Rochester. After a series of additional stories, Mr Powers finally won the race.

Photo by Christopher M Brandt

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Maplewood Rose Garden

A stone’s throw from the majestic Lower Falls, home to over 3000 rose bushes, and a part of our Olmsted Park System, make sure to stop by this weekend for the Festival celebrating their beauty!

Photos by Christopher M Brandt

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Charlotte-Genesee Lighthouse

Built in 1822, and originally lit by whale oil it is one of our community treasures.

Photos by Christopher M Brandt

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The Hojack Swing Bridge

An innovative train bridge that graced our river for over 100 years before being torn down less than a year ago. I cannot think of many other infrastructures so unique as our center pivoting train bridge...it must have cantilevered nearly 100' feet in either direction from its center point.

Beautifully captured just before its fall by Mark Payton, an immensely talented illustrator from Rochester.

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Vick Nursery Established in 1855 by James Vick, at its height his nationally famous seed catalogue had circulation in the hundreds of thousands. Known for their irises and peonies, Vick's legacy lives on through the two streets named after the nursery, and the Rochester continuing horticultural heritage.

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Corwin Road Bridge Built in 1926 as part of the Browncroft Neighborhood Extension, it is a bridge far grander than most city's bridges, and it's hidden inside a residential neighborhood. Finally after years of significant deterioration they are beginning to restore it!

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The Poet’s Garden

Dedicated to William Shakespeare in 1916 by The Rochester Garden Club, this woodland retreat provides shaded and quiet respite from the larger scale spaces of Highland Park.

Photo by Christopher Brandt

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Copper Beech George Eastman's favorite tree. He loved it so much he imported dozens of them to Rochester adding to our already storied horticultural heritage.