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Wingers JB Quimby's Public House JB's Smokehouse JD Oxfords JG Crummers JJ's Pub Jack Ryan's Jake's Pub & Grill Jeffrey's Bar Jeremiah's Tavern Jitters Cafe Joey's Johnny's Irish Pub Jose & Willy's KCT Pub Karaoke Keenan's Restaurant King's Billiards and Bar Kirkpatrick's Kirkpatrick's Irish Pub Knuckles Knockout Grill LINKS Bar & Grill Lakesiders Sports Bar & Grill Landing Strip Lasertron Last Laff Bar & Grill Legends Sports Bar & Grille Lemoncello Italian Restaurant & Bar Lex South Sports Bar & Grill Liquor Stores Locals Only Lock 29 Tavern Lola Bistro & Bar Lombardi's Bar & Grill Long Pond Pub Loops Lost Rochester Bands/Angry Young Men Love Nightclub & Afterhours Lovin' Cup Lucca Kitchen & Cocktails Lucky's Lucky's Irish Bar Lucky's Saloon Luna's Lounge Lux Lyell Avenue MacGregor's Magpie Malt + Ember Marge's Lakeside Inn Marshall Street Bar and Grill Mary Beth's the Bay Bar & Grill Masons on Alexander Matthew's East End Grill Maxwell's Resto Lounge Mayfield's Pub McGhan's Nearly Famous Pub McGinnity's Restaurant & Party House McGraw's Irish Pub McKenzie's Irish Pub McNeill's Public House Merchants Grill Mex Mexican Village MicGinny's Sports Pub Mickey Finn's Station One Mitch's C & S Saloon Mo's Mulberry Street Monroe Avenue Monroe Village Monty's Korner Monty's Krown Moonshine BBQ Motor Mulconry's Muller's Cider House Murph's Irondequoit Pub Murphy's Law Irish Pub Music Scene My Apartment Bar Nagle's Observance Nashvilles Nathaniel's Native Eatery & Bar New Openings, Welcome New York Rider Magazine Night Clubs Nikko Nola's BBQ Noonans Bar & Grill Norton's Pub Nox O'Callaghan's Pub Obsessions Bar and Grill Old Stone Tavern On The Rocks One Nightclub & Ultra Lounge Open Mic OptiGolf Overtime Grill Paddy's Irish Pub Painting with a Twist Palmyra Bowl Panorama Night Club and Sports Bar Park Avenue Park Avenue Pub Pearl Night Club Penfield Pour House Photo City Music Hall Pineapple Jack's Pizza Pizza/Links Here Pizza/Talk PlayerzZone Playground Tavern Pourin Joy Prepps Prince Georges Pub 235 Pub 511 Public House Putting Your Business on RocWiki Pythodd Jazz Room Quinlan's Pub R.O.A.R. ROC Bar & Grill ROUX Rab's Woodshed Radio Social Ralph's Kendall Inn Ray Ray's Bar & Grill Recreo Red White and Brew Rochester Rehab Lounge Rella Remy's Bar Renaissance Cafe Sports Bar & Grill Restaurants Restaurants/Areas Revolution Karaoke RickUrwin/Favorite Pages Ridge Pub Riot Room Roam Cafe Roar Roc Burger on Main Roc Harbor Clam Co. Rochester Beer Park Rochester Dart Supply Rochester Real Beer Week Rochester Taproom Rocky's Romeo's Romigs Tavern Rookies Neighborhood Sports Bar Rosen Krown Royal Tavern Rumbero's Tavern S&T's Lounge Sager Beer Works Salinger's Sand Bar Sandra's Saloon Scene Ultra Lounge NY Schooner's Riverside Pub Scottsville Ice Arena Scuttlebutts Seafood Harbor Shadow Lake Shamrock Jack's Sheridan's Pub Shooters Sports Bar & Grill Shorts Bar and Grill Side Bar Silk District Pub Silk O'Loughlin's Six Pockets Billiard Cafe Skylark Lounge Skyway Lounge Slammers Bar & Grill Smokin' Joe's Bar & Grill Snuffy Magee's SoHo East Solera South Wedge South Wedge Colony Bar & Grille Sports on Tap St. Paul Proper St. Paul-North Water Streets Historic District Steadfast Steve's Tavern Stock Exchange Restaurant Stone's Countryside Tavern Stone's Pub Stoneyard Brewing Company Stout Straight Home Inn Sully's Brickyard Pub Summerville Grill Sundowners Inn Super Crab Juicy Seafood Swillburg Bar & Grill T-Foots T.C. Hooligans TC Riley's TR Noonan's Tackles on the Bay Tajze Wine and R&B Lounge Tania's Place Tap & Mallet Tavern 135 Tavern at Clover Temple Bar & Grille Tequila Loco The Angry Goat Pub The Basin Pub The Beale The Beer Hall Grill + Taps The Bug Jar The Club at Water Street The Commonwealth of Rochester The Daily Refresher The Dakota Grill The Distillery The Exchange Sports Bar The Infield The Inn on the Lake The Jukebox The Keg The Landing Bar and Grille The Lounge The Main Place The McGuiness Pub The Park Bench The Penny Arcade The Pig The Pittsford Pub & Grille The Place The Playhouse / Swillburger The Pub by Wegmans The Reserve Wine Bar The Retreat The Reunion Inn The Richmond The Roost The Scofflaw at Monroe's The Scotch House Pub The Secret The Sheffield The Silverball Saloon The Spirit Room The Sports Page The Street - Craft Kitchen & Bar The Thirsty Turtle The Thurston Bar & Grill The Toasted Bear Tavern & Grill Thirsty Frog Pub & Grill Thirsty's Thurston Village Tin Roof Tipico House Bar and Grill Titus Tavern Trio Triple Deuces Trivia Nights Tryon City Tavern Tucci's Tully's Twisted Tap Union Tavern Unter Biergarten Users/MetalFrost Users/RickUrwin Users/SaraChristine VENU Vegan Dining Guide Veritas Wine Bar Vern's Vertex Night Club Via Girasole Wine Bar Vibe Lounge Victoire Victor Village Inn Village Rock Cafe Vino Lounge Vinyl Virtu Viticulture Wine Bar Wall Street Bar and Grill Welker's Grill Westside Sports Bar and Grill Wheels up Tavern Whiskey River White Rabbit Bar Wiki Community/Stats Willow Inn Windjammers Bar & Grill Wineries Winfield Grill Winter Guide Winton Bar & Grill Wintonaire Woodcliff Golf Course Woodcliff Hotel & Spa Woody's Woodys II Yager's Pub Zebb's Deluxe Grill & Bar Automated List - Night Clubs 140 Alex Bar & Grill 45 Euclid A-Pub Live Bars Bars/Talk Clarissa's Club NV Club Network Decibel Lounge Dub Land Underground East End Flat Iron Cafe Grotto Heat Nightclub Hiram Sibley Building Karaoke Lola Bistro & Bar Love Nightclub & Afterhours Luna's Lounge Magic City on East Maxwell's Resto Lounge Mexican Village Music Scene Music Scene/Venues MyRochester.com One Nightclub & Ultra Lounge Original Taylor's Bar & Lounge Panorama Night Club and Sports Bar Pearl Night Club Plush Lounge & Nightclub Pure Night Club R.O.A.R. Remy's Bar Ruby Hall S&T's Lounge Scene Ultra Lounge NY St. Paul-North Water Streets Historic District Tequila Loco The Bug Jar The Club at Water Street TiLT Nightclub and Ultralounge VENU Vinyl Happy Hour Automated List Abilene Acme Bar & Pizza Empire Bar and Grill Happy Hour/Talk Sakura Home

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Gardens of First Unitarian Church

The Gardens of First Unitarian Church is a beautiful seven-acre park in the Cobbs Hill Neighborhood that is owned by First Unitarian Church of Rochester. It was founded in the 1960s by master gardner Madlyn Evans out of a jumble of overgrown forest. Today, the garden is maintained by a group of volunteers coordinated by the church's horticulturalist. Located at the back of First Unitarian's property, the garden is best accessed from Nunda Boulevard. In Their Own Words But the Garden is more than just the plantings themselves. Its many pathways guide church-school and pre-school students as they explore and learn the importance of nature. You’ll find benches for resting; Peace Cairns that mark and memorialize loss; a Labyrinth for walking meditation; a Memorial Wall with the inscription "To Live in Hearts that Love is not to Die" marking the area where the remains of over one hundred church members are scattered; a stone Council Ring for small group meetings; a Monarch Butterfly Waystation; a Community Vegetable Garden and flowering backdrops for weddings and other occasions. Photo Album

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Airport Rochester Taxi Services

Airport & Rochester Taxi Services is a taxi and transportation services company serving Rochester, Rochester Airport and surrounding suburbs. "Our taxi drivers are licensed to drive a taxi after background check. Taxi cabs are equipped with taximeters and taxi fares are regulated by the City council. All taximeters are certified checked and sealed by the Dpt. of weight and measurements. Ride Airport & Rochester Taxi services cabs with peace of mind." 1

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Pearl-Meigs-Monroe Neighborhood

The Pearl-Meigs-Monroe Neighborhood is a city neighborhood consisting of a large portion of Monroe Village and its nearby residential streets. Its name derives from Pearl Street, Meigs Street, and Monroe Avenue. Pearl-Meigs-Monroe is adjacent to Wadsworth Square, another Monroe Ave-centered neighborhood. The two are sometimes considered to overlap, with Wadsworth as Pearl-Meigs-Monroe's northwest section. Pearl-Meigs-Monroe also contains the smaller neighborhoods of Harper-Wilmer, Linwood-Priem, and Lock 66. Although the Park Ave area is only a short walk away, real estate is much cheaper in Pearl-Meigs-Monroe, though generally less high-end. Over 80% of its residents are renters. Still, it is a nice area and the people are very dedicated to where they live. The Garden District Over the past few years some residents have pushed to be known more as the Garden District rather than Pearl-Meigs-Monroe. Their desire is to redefine the neighborhood's image and give it a more distinct character. To this end they are encouraging more neighborhood pride through gardens, social events and neighbor unity. Establishments See also: Monroe Village and Wadsworth Square 140 Alex Bar & Grill AdHub Baber AME Church Children's School of Rochester DePaul Addiction Services Family Dollar James Monroe High School Sergio Trendsetta Upstairs@140 See also Neighborhood profile from the City of Rochester Neighborhood profile on Rochester City Living

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Asian/Pacific Islander/American History Project of Greater Rochester

Founded in April 2002, Asian/Pacific Islander/American History Project of Greater Rochester (APA-HiP) is a not-for-profit corporation committed to collecting, documenting and preserving the history of Asian/Pacific Islander/Americans (APA) in Greater Rochester, New York. In September 2003, we received approval for 501(c)3 non-profit status. While we primarily document, preserve and promote written, oral and visual histories, we also promote communication and relationships between various Asian and Pacific Islander ethnic groups and help foster a sense of pride in belonging to the Greater Rochester community. Toward these goals, we initiated projects such as the oral history project (audio and videotaping personal historical accounts), documentary heritage project (surveying and cataloguing our community's historical documents), and establishing events to celebrate Asian Pacific American Heritage month in May, and other Asian festivals. We have produced an annual film series, a documentary of our own, various community photography projects, lectures, presentations, and video and photo exhibits. (from http://www.RochesterAsianHistory.org)

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Music Scene/Local Acts

Acoustic BeTheChange Harmony driven acoustic rock Bigwood, Lisa Soulful original folk Gillard, Maria Folk, blues, and swingy jazz singer/songwriter Paul, Gregory americana/psych folk/ singer/songwriter Plus Suffix Upbeat, acoustic rock duo with classical/jazz piano Stefani, Johnny Fun songs, good for driving. Still Fighting It 3 piece full band acoustic rock from the Finger Lakes Tuned InK Wide variety of rock and country music Vaccaro, JoAnn Folk rock singer/songwriter with incredible guitar fingers West, Steve Acoustic Blues Guy Cait Wilmot Singer/songwriter with a lyrical Acoustic Folk/Pop music style Barbershop Chorus of the Genesee Rochester Gay Men's Chorus Bluegrass String Theory Rochesters own "finger-pickin' good bluegrass music! Bluegrass Festival Information Mulberry Soul - Mulberry Soul Old-time & bluegrass from the heart of the Finger Lakes Blues Dodge, Andrea Amazing bluesy singer/songwriter Beale Street Blues Band Leah & the Upheaval An eclectic mix of music featuring the bluesy vocals of Leah Fiorucci Classical Penfield Symphony Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra Comedy Garden Fresh - Comedy rap two-piece espousing the virtues of thrift, politeness, and water Worm Quartet - One-man comedy synth-punk outfit best known for multiple Dr. Demento show appearances Country Josie Waverly Electronica Airport Scene Electronica HELLFIRA - Dark electronic music from Rochester, DJ/promoter: Dan Dangler Ju-Jajuba - Indie electronic pop that makes you feel like a kid again Silent Auction is a local electronic band tranquil.a.twist - Down-tempo / trip hop / electronica Folk The Alpine Black - "Folk Noir" Golden Link Folk Singing Society Seth Faergolzia & the 23 Psaegz (a.k.a. The 23 Psaegz) - Weird, glorious freak folk with an array of instruments and approximately 23 members. Cait Wilmot Singer/songwriter with a lyrical Acoustic Folk/Pop music style Funk Crabapples Prime Time Funk World class 10-piece funk band SubSoil - Hiphop/funk outfit...full live band with emcees Moon and Laz Green Hip Hop/Rap B.A.S.K.O. H2O - Rap duo from Henrietta Laz Green -Critically acclaimed underground hip hop SubSoil - Hiphop/funk outfit...full live band with emcees Moon and Laz Green Indie/Pop The Bailey Quarters Powerpop/Rock/New Wave with Rochester and Buffalo-based musicians A Wonderful Beautiful Experimental Pop. The Chinchillas Ed El Destructo Repard The Squires of the Subterrain Psychedelic Pop! The Tabs Lo-fi psychedelia Max Americana Indie Rock three piece with a poppy twist. Industrial The Fragile Path International industrial project based in Rochester, Featuring EN ESCH among others... Irish/Celtic Róisín Dubh Irish trad/fusion band from East Rochester HS Jazz Margaret Explosion Instrumental improv jazz w/ 3 former members of Personal Effects Steve Greene local Jazz guitarist and teacher The White Hots Four-piece Acoustic Blues/Swing/Jazz Matt Henshaw Local free improvisation guitarist http://www.jazzrochester.com/rochester-jazz-artists.html Jazz@Rochester's Jazz Artists & Groups page Metal Abhor - death metal band Achilles Hardcore/Metal/Screamo Agiel Symphonic black metal Crucifist Skull-Smashing Face-Ripping Death Cry To The Blind Desekrator Blackened Death Thrash Halothane Melodic Death Metal Malformed Death Metal Mykel Nitro - Alternative Metal / Neo-Grunge / Stoner Metal Nokturnal Hellstorm Ripping black metal Order of the Dead Death Metal Orodruin DOOM Sulaco Continuing the legacy of Rochester quirk metal Seric Warblade Melodic Black/Death Metal Orchestra Penfield Symphony - Period instrumental Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra The Publick Musick - Little-known composers from 1600-1800. Opera Mercury Opera Rochester Lyric Opera Punk The Expired Penfield's punk/ska upstarts The Sweatshop Boys political punk rock UV Rays Reggae Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad Super Live Roots Dancing Music for All to Grip! Thunder Body Roots Reggae Personal Blend Roots, Rock, Dance hall reggae Rock A False Reality Hardcore/Metal A Televised Reality Psychedelic garage punks Absolution Project Modern rock with heavy rock roots Adeline's Hero Atomic Swindlers Glam rock Auld Lang Syne rock / roots / country / soul Autumdivers Atmospheric ambient emotive indie pop/rock Cavalcade Rock and roll’s urgency with an interlaced and reflective approach to each song. Black Arrows Blue Jimmy Burning Daylight Country-tinged roots rock with power-pop hooks The Capitals Sraight up Rock and Roll with a clever twist. C R B Family-friendly rock & roll The Chesterfield Kings retro-1960s garage band Clockmen Disgruntled Working Class Rock The Demos Faded Grey 40 Rod Lightning Insurgent North Country / Alternative Americana Free Agent Rock n' roll to get you dancing The Frogbots Indie rock 'n' roll. Froth original rock trio with roots in blues, jazz and jam rock The Grievants Slant rock The Grinders Hey Mabel Cover band - pop, rock, soul & a little blues High Volume Components Hinkley (myspace) is one of the best Rochester bands Hotel Reverie This A.M. Static The Hi-Risers Real-deal rockabilly rock and roll The Hoodies Hypnotic Clambake Psycho-klezmer-country-blues-indie-rock band The Isotopes The best brutal surf-core band around! Jumbo Shrimp Cover Band The Lawnmowers Amalgam of rock, reggae, jazz, Americana Me & the Boyz Makyo Star The Mercies Indie powerpop/rock Mint Jam A mix of blues and classic rock Mikey Jukebox Monkey See Classic and modern rock Mud Ruum Original Jam-Rock and Classic Covers (Pink Floyd, Allman Brothers Band, Grateful Dead, Blue Oyster Cult) The Neighbors You Hate Indie rock and classic rock meet with disastrous results Orbit Underground 60's influence, modern edge That Party Band Weddings, Corporate Parties and more Pia Mater "An audible magic carpet ride through serene lands of music" Pietzche Nietzche Irritainment The Quitters The Riviera Playboys Garage rock Rock-it-Science The Skycoasters Oldies rock-type band Smock Specialists in "Frolnk*" (*see l Seeking Monte Seeking Monte is an all-original modern rock band based out of Rochester, NY. Streamline Modern rock (acoustic & electric) Suited Stranger Alternative Indie Rock The Sweet Action '60s Mod Garage Rock They Sleep They Dream Tiger Cried Beef Tin Sphinx Indie garage rock! True Blue Uncle Plum Urgency Violet Mary "It’ll make your insides stand up and salute" Walri - MySpace Webpage The Window Room Ambient and instrumental rock Woody Dodge - Rock, alt-country and some bluegrass flavors Zarek High school pop/rock Ska The Hoboz Avon's rising ska-rock stars The LeVar BurTones 2-tone/third-wave ska from Fairport Mrs. Skannotto deep-grooving Rochester ska Subvert Comedown - Alternative / Shoegaze / Pop-Metal Intrinsic - Blues-Punk / Neo-Grunge / Hard Rock Lupis - Alternative / Neo-Grunge / Noise-Rock Mykel Nitro - Alternative Metal / Neo-Grunge / Stoner Rock Sound Control - Subvert-Rock World/Global The Buddhahood Unclassified Blessed Hope Community Church Worship Team - Contemporary Christian Edge of Jupiter - Time Is Fast Fiction Flower City Pride Band Me and the Boyz Gina Etheride - Freelance pianist and composer. Hopeman Memorial Carillon - University of Rochester Pegasus Early Music Polly Panic - Original rabid wailing cellist Post Meridian Roses Are Red Voice Choirs - List of choruses and choral societies. Opera Guild of Rochester Rochester A Cappella Comment See the Talk Page for discussion about the contents and usage of this page. Your Input on Local Acts: Note: You must be logged in to add comments

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Center for Governmental Research

The Center for Governmental Research was established by George Eastman in 1915 as a nonprofit research and consulting agency for businesses as well as government. "George Eastman, the visionary leader who created Eastman Kodak, founded a bureau of municipal research in Rochester NY in 1915 “to get things done for the community” and to serve as an “independent, non-partisan agency for keeping citizens informed.” Over more than 9 decades CGR has grown from a bureau focused on the needs of one city into an organization with far broader reach. ... Our major focus areas are government management, economic analysis, public finance, workforce development, program evaluation, children & youth services, health, human services, education, criminal justice, public safety, community profiles, shared services/consolidation, and organizational development. We are also skilled at census data interpretation, strategic planning & facilitation, and surveys & analysis." 1 1Wesite About Us

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Chronological List of Festivals

2009 Dates Other Lists: City of Rochester, Rochesterdowntown.com Groundhog Day Festival — Saturday, January 31 Imagine RIT: Innovation and Creativity Festival — Saturday, May 2 @ RIT Lilac Festival — Friday, May 8 - Sunday, May 17 @ Highland Park Rochester High Falls International Film Festival — Wednesday, May 13 - Monday, May 18 (8th Annual) Roc City Rib Fest — Saturday, May 23 - Sunday, May 24 Rochester Greek Festival — Thursday, May 28 - Sunday, May 31, 2009 @ the Greek Orthodox Church, 962 East Ave Wegmans Concerts by the Shore — Ontario Beach Park, Wednesdays, 7–9 p.m., June 3 – Aug. 26, 2009 Fairport Canal Days — Friday, June 5 - Sunday, June 7 Rochester International Jazz Festival — Friday, June 12 - Saturday, June 20 (8th Edition) Maplewood Rose Festival — Saturday, June 20 - Sunday, June 21, 2009 @ Maplewood Park Rochester Harbor and Carousel Festival — Friday, June 26 - Sunday, June 28, 2009 @ Ontario Beach Park Big Rib Bar-B-Que and Blues Fest — Thursday, July 9 - Sunday, July 12, 2009 @ Highland Park Corn Hill Arts Festival — Saturday, July 11 - Sunday, July 12, 2009 @ Corn Hill Monroe County Fair — Wednesday, July 15 - Sunday, July 19 Puerto Rican Festival — Friday, July 24th - Sunday July 26th, 2009 @ Frontier Field Ten Ugly Men Festival — Saturday, July 25, 2009 @ Genesee Valley Park Spencerport Canal Days — Saturday, July 25, 2009 - Sunday, July 26, 2009 @ Spencerport Pageant of Steam — Wednesday, August 5, 2009 - Saturday, August 8, 2009 @ Canandaigua Brockport Summer Arts Festival — Saturday, August 8 - Sunday, August 9 @ Brockport Fairport Music & Food Festival — Saturday, August 29, 2009, Clothesline Festival — Saturday, September 12 - Sunday, September 13 Rochester Pagan Pride Festival - September 12, 2009 Palmyra Canaltown Days — Saturday, September 19 - Sunday, September 20, 2009 @ Palmyra Awaiting Dates East End Night Life Festival — Rochester MusicFest — Taste of Rochester Food Festival — Park Avenue Summer Art Festival — Lyell Avenue Street Fair — Previous Year Archives - 2008, 2007

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All Saints Anglican Church

All Saints Anglican Church is a church located in the St. Joseph's Park Neighborhood. They are a Bible-based parish of Anglican Christians in the Greater Rochester area officially remaining within the Anglican Communion, and an affiliate parish of the American Anglican Council. The Holy Scriptures are the basis and authority for their worship, education and practices. They remain in the orthodox Anglican traditions of Christian Faith and are members of the Anglican Church in North America (ACNA) in the Diocese of the Holy Spirit.

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Greater Rochester Professional Photographers

Greater Rochester Professional Photographers, GRPP, is a nonprofit organization of Rochester area professional photographers. GRPP meetings "are held on the 2nd Wednesday of each month at Booksmart Studio, unless otherwise noted. All Meetings will have events posted on this group page so you can see what is happening for the year! Networking is from 6-7... bring food and drink if you would like. There will also be print critiques during this time, so bring recent "homework". Meetings begin promptly at 7, so please be on time and ready to participate. All meetings in 2009 {were} free to members of GRPP, and $10 each for non-members." 1

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Portland Avenue

Portland Avenue is a major route that stretches from just north of downtown Rochester all the way up to Titus Avenue in Irondequoit. Located on Portland Avenue Traveling north. City of Rochester Portland Avenue in the city passes through Marketview Heights and Group 14621. Clifford Avenue divides the two neighborhoods, with Norton Street and Bay Street as the other major intersections. Unfortunately, a large part of this area falls within the Crescent of Poverty. Urban Portland Avenue is marred by vacant lots, abandoned buildings, and cheap rental housing. Commercial activity is limited largely to corner stores, auto places, beauty salons, and a few cell phone shops. Portland improves around the hospital and its surrounding cluster of medical practices and enters Irondequoit shortly afterward. 50 : Metalico Rochester 93 : Renewal of Life - Church of God 189 : Family Dollar 355 : Genesee Transportation, Inc. 464 : TY Electric Corp 478 : Muchy's Breakfast and Seafood Cafe 481 : MetroPCS 497 : Botanica Okanasodde 515 : Mojoe's 520 : Chase 535 : Rite Aid 615 : The Word of Truth Ministries 630 : Mt. Mariah Missionary Baptist Church 693 : Ken's Neat Moving & Storage 901 : Rochester Academy Charter School 923 : St. Andrew's Catholic Church 1074 : Church of God of Prophecy 1225 : Arlene's Costumes 1250 : Hair Affair & Boutique 1255 : Rochester Colon & Rectal Surgeons, P.C 1255 : The Vein Institute at Rochester Radiology 1295 : Shaw Opticians 1299 : RGMG Genesee Internal Medicine 1335 : Blossom North Nursing and Rehabilitation Center 1425 : Rochester General Hospital and the Rochester General Health System 1445 : Advantage Federal Credit Union 1500 : St. Ann's Community Irondequoit Portland enters the inner-ring suburb of Irondequoit north of the Keeler Street Expressway (Route 104), although the sign is further south, at Onondaga Road across from the hospital. The other major intersection is the heavily commercial East Ridge Road. Portland quiets down as you continue north and becomes a residential suburban lane lined with a variety of older inner-ring housing stock, ranging from the early 1900s up through the 1980s. Homes tend to be small and affordable. The road turns into Oakview Drive north of Titus Avenue. 1600 : Ridge Donut Cafe 1717 : Dreier Giltner Funeral Home See Also Boss Sauce Eddie's Chicken Coop Hart's Groceries

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Cascade District

The Cascade District was a manufacturing area with blocks of factories and warehouses. Prior to the construction of Interstate 490 and the Inner Loop, the area adjoined the historic Corn Hill neighborhood where many of the business owners had residences. Today, parts of the Cascade District are included with Corn Hill in the Third Ward Historic District. Today, this mixed commercial-residential downtown neighborhood is known for its soaring loft apartments, such as the Knowlton Building, Buckingham Commons, and others. Plymouth Terrace - a row of townhouses, retail space, and a new post office - was completed in 2013 and has successfully drawn homeowners to what was primarily a rental market. At the moment (2014), the historic North Washington Rowhouses are currently for sale. There is also a small green space in the form of Streb Park. Establishments 25 North Dance Academy Advantage Federal Credit Union Advanced Language Translation Inc. ALT Translations, LLC. Bread & Water Theatre Bridge Square Building Cascade Fine Wine & Liquor Central Church of Christ Dressed N Style Boutique European Salon and Barber by Senada Makeway Netsville - An internet property management company Nothnagle Realtors - headquarters Passero Associates Rochester Art Supply Tango Cafe US Post Office Metro Station - 116 W. Main Zea Proukou PLLC Links City Master Plan - See page 20 (huge 41MB PDF download) Neighborhood Profile on Property Source Description and map on Wikimapia.org Map on City-Data.com

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Abandoned Chapel in Mt. Hope Cemetery

Decayed organ. The Abandoned Chapel in Mt. Hope Cemetery lies just a few feet from the road within the fence bordering Mt. Hope Cemetery near the southerly Mt Hope Ave gate, a few blocks from Elmwood Avenue. It is one of two chapels in the cemetery. This is the south chapel; the north chapel and crematorium, which are also unused, are behind the fountain back a ways from the cemetery's northerly gate on Mt Hope Ave near Robinson Dr which goes through Highland Park. The Friends of Mount Hope refer to this Chapel as the "1912 Chapel," based on the date it was first used. The Chapel's windows and doors are all secured. However, the main entryway is loosely secure at best. Visitors, who can access the interior, are treated to a breathtaking site of light filtering through the glass down onto the decaying pews left inside. The Chapel is small and was built by the city for funeral services of those being interred in the cemetery. It has not been used in many years because of serious structural problems which are easy to see if you look over the outside of the building. Excessive differential settling of the foundation caused the problems. It's a very pretty little building, but the repair expenses cannot be justified by returning it to use as a chapel. However, a number of years ago, the city indicated an intent to reuse it as a mausoleum by creating spaces (niches) inside for interring cremated remains. The prospective sale of the niches was expected to justify the repair expenses. I don't know what happened to that plan. The Friends of Mt Hope Cemetery is a great source of information about this and other structures in the cemetery. 1912 Chapel, photos and article on the local commercial website nyfalls.com Exploration Photos Status Rumor as of April 20, 2009 has it that the chapel will be undergoing restoration as part of a grant (whether to the City of Rochester or Mt. Hope Cemetery itself is unknown) from the Federal stimulus package. As of Feb 28, 2009, the chapel was boarded up and could not be entered.

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Claude Bragdon

Famous architect and occultist Claude Bragdon was born in Oberlin, Ohio in 1866, to George Chandler Bragdon and Katherine Elmina Shipherd. Shortly after his birth the family moved to Adams, NY. George Bragdon was an itinerant newspaper editor and poet, and the family moved repeatedly. Claude spent his childhood in Watertown, Dansville, and Oswego, NY, eventually graduating from Oswego High School. Soon afterwards, the family moved again to Rochester. In 1886, Bragdon found work in the office of architect Louis Rogers, but disliked the job and tried his hand as a cartoonist, only to be fired after caricaturing Daniel Powers, one of Rochester's most prominent citizens and owner of the Powers Building. In 1890, he moved to New York City where he worked as an architect for Bruce Price, eventually moving to Buffalo to work for the firm of Green and Wicks, before returning to Rochester in 1891. From 1896 to 1904, Bragdon and J. Con Hillman formed a firm that designed the additions to the Livingston County Courthouse in Geneseo and the LeRoy Town Hall in LeRoy, as well as several houses and five Rochester police stations. Despite running a press openly devoted to his theosophist beliefs, Claude Bragdon was able to win commissions throughout the city for noteworthy projects, including several Christian owned properties, such was the enormous respect for his skill as architect. Within the slim margin of buildings that have withstood the ravages of time and urban renewal, Bragdon's work is still visible in our First Universalist Church, Chamber of Commerce Building, and Bevier Memorial Building today. Sadly, the building considered to be his masterpiece, the New York Central Railroad Station was demolished after being sold to a private investor in 1965, the city losing the last section of it in 1978. Bragdon also designed a number of notable homes in Rochester. The home he designed for his family is located on Highland Park at 3 Castle Park. Following a disagreement with George Eastman over design details of the Chamber of Commerce Building in 1918, he was never granted another contract in the City of Rochester and moved on to work in Southern Ontario. Projects included the Hunter Street (Ashburnam) Bridge in Peterborough, completed in the early 1920s, and the Leaside Viaduct in Toronto, completed in 1927. Starting in 1915, with the Festival of Song and Light in Highland Park, Claude Bragdon began to move more toward the theater arts. Subsequent festivals were held in Buffalo, Syracuse, and New York. In 1923, Bragdon moved to New York City permanently and settled into New York's social life as a writer. He died there in 1946. The Bragdon Family papers, which include many of his architectural drawings and plans, are housed at the University of Rochester.

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Chestnut Street

Chestnut Street runs north-south through downtown Rochester. It begins in the south at the northern end of Monroe Avenue. When it crosses East Avenue, it becomes North Chestnut Street. At Andrews/University, it turns into North Street. It is part of Route 31. From the Inner Loop to East Broad Street, Chestnut forms the east-west boundary between the Manhattan Square Park and Washington Square neighborhoods. Continuing north, it passes briefly through the Midtown District, continues through the East End, and then becomes the east-west border between the St. Joseph's Park Neighborhood and Grove Place. Located on Chestnut Street, traveling south: 169N : Vertex Night Club 155N : Harro East Ballroom 150N: University of Rochester Medical Center - Adult Outpatient Mental Health Services Center 111N : All Saints Anglican Church 111N : Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Reformation 50 Chestnut Street - See page for tenant list. 100 : HSBC Building - See page for tenant list. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Park 161 : Rochester Educational Opportunity Center of SUNY REOC B-Stro Ultimate Styles Salon 225 : ESL Federal Credit Union

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Larry Glazer

Flags hung atop Midtown Tower in honor of the Glazers. (September 7, 2014) Larry Glazer was a real estate developer who became known as "downtown's patron saint." He moved to the Rochester when his wife Jane, a Brighton native, took a job at the Great Lakes Press commercial printing firm. Larry Glazer co-founded Buckingham Properties with arold Samloff in 1970. Discouraged by the economic climate, Glazer left the Rochester real estate market for a time in the 1980s, he soon returned and embarked on a remarkable career in revitalizing old buildings, tackling projects most developers deemed too risky. Glazer was wildly successful, however. By the time of his death in 2014, Buckingham Properties owned some 60 properties, some 40 of them in downtown Rochester. Glazer's two biggest concerns were Midtown Tower and the Alexander Park site. Buckingham had also purchased, along with Morgan and Flaum Management, the recently-vacated Bausch and Lomb Headquarters with the intention of converting the former office building to mixed retail and residential space. In addition to his accomplishments, Glazer was widely known as a kind, generous individual who cared deeply for the future of Downtown Rochester. Larry and Jane were both killed in a plane crash en route to Naples, Florida from Greater Rochester International Airport. Their private plane, which Larry was piloting, went unresponsive and wandered into Cuban airspace, near the coast of Jamaica. The Glazers' deaths coincided with the murder of RPD officer Daryl Pierson two days previous, altogether making for a tough week in Rochester. The Glazers' memorial services was held September 16, 2014 at Temple B'rith Kodesh, where the couple were married forty-seven years ago. Links Downtown's patron saint - City Newspaper (2014-07-02) Glazer loss "worst nightmare" for Rochester - USA Today (2014-09-05) Glazer saw value where others saw decline - Democrat and Chronicle (2014-09-06) Glazer tragedy has Rochester reeling - Democrat and Chronicle (2014-09-06) To Glazer and Pierson, city worth the gamble - Democrat and Chronicle (2014-09-06) Larry Glazer was a guy who answered his own phone - Democrat and Chronicle (2014-09-07) Our job after the tragedy of Pierson and the Glazers - City Newspaper (2014-09-10) Larry Glazer understood Rochester - Democrat and Chronicle (2014-16-09) Thousands attend Glazers' memorial service - Democrat and Chronicle (2014-16-09)

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Politics

This page provides an overview of Greater Rochester area politics, including Monroe County and portions of the surrounding counties. Political Divisions There are many political divisions that cover Greater Rochester, in part or in whole. US Government NYS Government Monroe County Government Rochester City Government Town and Village Government - see Monroe County Map for links See surrounding counties for their Cities, Towns, and Villages - Orleans, Genesee, Livingston, Ontario, and Wayne Elected Positions See Politicians for names of incumbents US : 1 President, 2 Senators, 4 Representatives See Rochester Area Congressional Districts to determine Congressional District locations NYS : 1 Governor, 4 State Senators, 5 State Assembly Members NYS Senate Members Listing NYS Assembly Members Listing Monroe County : 1 County Executive, 29 County Legislators ( 1 Rep. per ~25,000 residents) City of Rochester : 1 Mayor and 9 City Council Members Towns : Generally 1 Town Supervisor and a Town Board - see individual Towns Villages : Generally 1 Village Mayor and several Village Trustees - see individual Villages See Also Political Groups Elections Politicians Former Political Figures Blogs (Political blogs near bottom)

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First Unitarian Church of Rochester

The building in winter Installing the organ from the former St. Bernard's Seminary in the auditorium The church building for First Unitarian Church of Rochester was designed by Louis Kahn and regularly draws architects, students, and other visitors from around the world. The congregation is theologically diverse (typical for UUs), including both theists and nontheists. The church has a long history of social justice activity (local historian Blake McKelvey once called it "Rochester's alert conscience and hospitable roof") which continues today in the form of support for marriage equality and other progressive (or, if you prefer, liberal) causes. To participate in a survey on local architecture visit, Rochester Archipedia Survey

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Colgate Rochester Crozier Divinity School

Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School, next to Highland Park, is a small but distinct part of the city's higher education offerings. Its beautiful campus sits on a hill overlooking the southern portion of Monroe County and its brick spires can be seen popping through their surrounding trees from S. Goodman Street. The school has a very diverse Christian background and welcomes students from all faith traditions. The CRCDS offers Master of Divinity and Master of Arts degrees, as well as a Doctor of Ministry degree. There is some on-campus housing available. Other campus resources include a chapel, an expansive library and a bookstore. History: The school today was formed as a union between many different theological schools and its history is one of frequent addition and subtraction. In 1850, the Rochester Theological Seminary was formed in conjunction with the University of Rochester and was affiliated with the (Baptist) Colgate Theological Seminary in Hamilton, NY. The two seminaries merged in 1928 to become the Colgate Rochester Divinity School and built a campus on a large hill in southern Rochester. Campus construction was financed by John D. Rockefeller, Jr. The school opened itself to female students in 1961, when the Chicago-born women's Baptist Missionary Training School merged with the Rochester school. The Crozer Theological Seminary - alma mater of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. - also moved to Rochester from Pennsylvania to merge in 1970. Thus, the present name of the school was formed - the Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School. This was a school that welcomed students from all ecumenical backgrounds but whose roots were strongly Baptist. Bexley Hall, an Episcopalian seminary from Kenyon College in Ohio, joined the CRCDS around 1968, creating a diversity of Christian tradition to the divinity school. This school once again became an independent seminary in 1998 and is now a covenant partner with CRCDS, with schools in Rochester and Columbus, Ohio. St. Bernard's School of Theology and Ministry, formerly St. Bernard's Seminary on Lake Avenue, was incorporated in 1981 as a covenant partner of CRCDS. This school of the Roman Catholic tradition was located on the CRCDS campus until it recently moved to its new Pittsford campus in 2003. In response to the prospect of an under-utilized campus, the Ithaca College School of Health Sciences and Human Performance (HSHP) is moving to the CRCDS campus in 2006. This school, which is primarily the physical therapy program, rented space from the University of Rochester for 15 years before the suggestion was made for the move.

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First Universalist Church of Rochester

The First Universalist Church of Rochester in full sepia glory. Photo credit: Rochester Public Library Local History Division The church building was designed by architect Claude Bragdon, and serves as a wonderful example of his desire to express the spirit of Gothic architecture through an American form, not relying on the conventions of Gothic architecture, but instead focusing on facilitating the reincarnation of its spiritual thrust. From their website: "Our congregation is a diverse metropolitan group exhibiting a strong intergenerational feeling of family. We are a thriving, friendly group characterized by enthusiasm and activity. Each of us has an opportunity to participate in a variety of church and social activities. We strive to practice the Unitarian Universalist qualities of equality and tolerance which encompass a wide range of religious ideas and beliefs." The church believes in marriage equality, holding that anyone should have the right to marry regardless of their gender. They are a Host Congregation for RAIHN.

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