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Jimmy John's Gourmet Sandwiches

Jimmy John's Gourmet Sandwiches is a nationwide sub shop chain with one remaining location in the Rochester area, in Henrietta. Former area locations were on Celebration Drive in College Town, on Monroe Avenue, and in Webster. Jimmy John's promises "freaky fast" delivery. Their Webster location opened early July 2011 and closed in 2017. The Monroe Avenue location opened in September 2013 and closed November 2017. The College Town location opened January 29, 2015 and closed December 2017. The Henrietta location closed in July 2024 but was reopened on January 21, 2025 by new owners with plans for another 3 or 4 locations.

Patricia Malgieri

Deputy Mayor Patriica Malgieri Patricia Malgieri was appointed Deputy Mayor of Rochester by incoming Mayor Robert Duffy in December 2005. Malgieri served as president of the Center for Governmental Research from 1993 to Sept. 12, 2005, having started there in 1978. She was also part of Duffy's transition team after the former police chief won a four-man race for City Hall. Her education includes a political science degree from Holy Cross and a master's in public administration from Syracuse University's Maxwell School. Her selection as Deputy Mayor was well received: "Duffy's been taking some heat for some of his staff changes, but the Malgieri selection was a hit. In announcing the appointment, Duffy commented that "very few people have the institutional memory that Patti Malgieri has," perhaps a response to critics who say he is removing too many senior city administrators too quickly. The "institutional memory" was developed outside of City Hall, of course, but in her role at CGR, Malgieri has studied key area institutions, including the Rochester school district, and she has been both an analyst and a consultant on economic development. A bright, experienced administrator, as deputy mayor Malgieri will be a powerful force in city government. She'll also be in an interesting position. In her work at CGR, she has been critical of Rochester school district operations. In her new job, she'll be reporting to a mayor who was sympathetic to the district during the campaign — and who won the endorsement of the teachers union." 1 Her husband, Rochester lawyer Patrick Malgieri, was Duffy's campaign treasurer in the 2005 run for mayor after being part of the group that lobbied him to enter politics in the spring of 2005. Her father, Robert Kidera, was named President of Nazareth College in 1976. She was born in Milwaukee on Oct. 31, 1955. Notes and References City Management Team - photo source. 1http://www.rochestercitynewspaper.com/archives/2005/12/Metro+ink+-+12+21+05 City Newspaper Article Dec 21, 2005

Julie Lynn Smith

Julie Lynn Cialini (real name Julie Lynn Smith) is a model and actress who was born and raised in Rochester. Born in 1970, she later graduated from East Rochester Junior-Senior High School. She has appeared on several TV shows and commercials, though she is probably more known for her career with Playboy. She was Miss February in 1994 and was voted Playmate of the Year for 1995. Since then she has appeared in over 25 Playboy productions. More information can be found by following the links posted below. References and Notes: IMDB Wikipedia

Lewis H. Morgan

Rochester native Lewis H. Morgan is credited as being the Father of American anthropology.1 Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels relied directly on his account of the evolution of indigenous peoples to shape their understanding of the development of capitalist society. Every year the Anthropology department of the University of Rochester delivers a prestigious lecture in his memory. Wikipedia: Lewis H. Morgan Lewis Henry Morgan & Victorian Secret Societies (PDF) Ancient Society by Lewis H. Morgan 1Fuck Franz Boas.

300 Alexander

300 Alexander is a high-end apartment building in the Upper East End, on the corner of Alexander Street and East Avenue into 58 luxury apartments. The building was the original Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School and served the Army Flying Corps during WWII. The developer is the same group that rehabbed the H.H. Warner Building and Corn Hill Landing.

Manhattan Project

From 1945 to 1947, Strong Memorial Hospital was the site of non-consensual human experimentation programs under supervision of the Manhattan Project and its successor, the United States Atomic Energy Commission. A building adjacent to the hospital and connected to it via tunnel, dubbed the "Manhattan Annex," was constructed in 1943 as a field office for the Manhattan Project. Over a period of two years starting in 1945, a total of seventeen patients admitted to Strong for unrelated ailments were injected with a plutonium or uranium solution without their knowledge. Stafford Warren, in his capacities as a U.S. medical officer (radiologist) and medical faculty member at the University of Rochester appears to have had primary responsibility for the now infamous plutonium injections performed on innocent patients at Strong Memorial Hospital (Teaching Hospital of the University of Rochester) in 1945 along with Colonel Hymer Friedell (also a M.D.). In Welsome book, "Each patient was assigned the initials "HP" followed by a number. According to one document , the "HP" stood for "human product". The doctors were on the look out for patients who had relatively normal metabolisms." The Atomic Energy Commission tracked the patients for the rest of their lives; after their deaths, the Commission exhumed their remains for testing. Three of the eleven Rochester patients died within one year of the injection; but three others lived for thirty years or more. Those surviving patients were informed of the true nature of the experiments in 1974. By 1977 only one survivor, Jeanne Connell remained, to tell the tale. That same year Connell, and the heirs of the other human subjects, each received $400,000 from the U.S. government with an official apology. The building where the experiments were conducted was destroyed some time after World War 2. Sources: Strong Memorial Hospital Human Experimentation, Plutonium, and Colonel Stafford Warren Eileen Welsome (1999). The Plutonium Files: America's Secret Medical Experiments in the Cold War. New York: Dial Press. pp. 90–91. ISBN 0-385-31402-7.

Pamela Melroy

Pamela Melroy graduated from Bishop Kearney High School, Rochester, New York, in 1979. Married to Douglas W. Hollett. Considers Rochester, New York, to be her hometown. Pam enjoys theatre, tap and jazz dancing, reading, cooking, and flying. Her parents, David and Helen Melroy, reside in upstate New York. See also: Pamela Ann Melroy

Mechanics Institute

The Mechanics Institute was a technical school founded in 1885 by Captain Henry Lomb, Max Lowenthal, Ezra Andrews, Frank Ritter, William Peck, and other Rochester buisnessmen. The purpose of the school was to provide technical training for skilled laborers in industry. Tuition was free the first year. In 1891, the Mechanics Institute combined with the Rochester Athenaeum to form a school with an enrollment of over 1,000 students.1 1http://www.rit.edu/overview/history.html

McLaughlin-Goodwin-O'Shanecy Irish Dance

McLaughlin-Goodwin-O'Shanecy Irish Dance is a dance school located in the South Wedge neighborhood. Offering competitive and non-competitive classes, there dancers have performances throughout the Rochester area, including parades and the annual recital. They have a partnership and shared studio with the Ashford Ballet Company which allows their dancers to easily train in multiple genres of dance all offered at one location. Competitive classes allow dancers the opportunity to participate in local, regional, national, and international competitions with instructors that are dedicated to each student.

EMMA

Sign near the Hungerford Building. The East Main, Mustard & Atlantic Avenue neighborhood (EMMA) is a located directly south of Beechwood and centered on East Main Street, Mustard Street, and Atlantic Avenue. Like the adjacent NOTA and Culver University East neighborhoods, EMMA is mostly an old industrial area, but it does have some areas of a mix of homes and businesses. It is divided from NOTA by active train tracks and the Goodman Street Yard. Today, the revitalized Hungerford Building bridges EMMA and NOTA with its numerous art studios, small shops, and hopping First Friday scene, while several bars and restaurants on Culver Road help welcome people to North Winton Village next door. Mustard Street itself is a short dead-end street whose name derives from the former presence of the French's Mustard factory, which closed in 1983. At the moment, however, East Main and the residential streets east of Mustard can be somewhat rundown and marred by vacant lots. Still, the neighborhood is an active site of revitalization, especially the East Main Arts & Market Initiative, which draws extensively from resident and business input at several public meetings. EMMA has become the home to a number of street art installations in the last couple of years, driven by WallTherapy. The EMMA Neighborhood Association was formed in 2013. Establishments Autozone Comics Etc. Compass Cycle Studio Flower City Habitat for Humanity Hungerford Building - See page for partial list of tenants. MetroPCS Photo City Music Hall Rochester Greenovation Tom & Paul's Tire Trax Inc Visions Federal Credit Union WAYO-LP 104.3 The Wireless Wizard Links Neighborhood profile from Celebrate City Living Neighborhood profile from the City of Rochester.

Old Scrolls Book Shop

Old Scrolls Book Shop Old Scrolls Book Shop is a used and rare book store located in the beautiful Finger Lakes area between Rochester and Syracuse. They sell used, rare, and out of print books that can be browsed online or in the shop. Said shop is two floors of over 7000 books - including collectible, first edition, and antiquarian - on a variety of topics such as Americana, religion, history, exploration, zoology, biography, classic literature, poetry, art and more. Old and modern novels, mystery, Modern Library, local and regional history, university press and other scholarly publications. Large selection of books on horses and horsemanship, nature, and animal behavior. Old Scrolls is a member of the Rochester Area Booksellers Association.

Frozen Frontier

Frozen Frontier was a major event where an outdoor ice hockey rink was constructed at Frontier Field in order to have “Winter Classic” type hockey games for the Rochester Amerks, RIT Tigers, several high school, and youth hockey teams. Additionally, 75-minute blocks of time were sold to corporations, charities, and the general public for private use skating parties and games. Agenda Friday, December 13 (7:00 p.m.): Rochester Americans vs. Lake Erie Monsters Saturday, December 14 (12:00 p.m.): RIT Tigers (women) vs. Clarkson Golden Knights Saturday, December 14 (7:00 p.m.): RIT Tigers (men) vs. Niagara Purple Eagles Sunday, December 15 (12:00 p.m.): Nazareth Golden Flyers vs. Geneseo Knights Sunday, December 15 (2:30 p.m.): Buffalo Junior Sabres vs. St. Michael’s Buzzers Sunday, December 15 (5:00 p.m.): Sabres/Amerks Alumni Game Saturday, December 21: Section V Rivalry Day 11:00 am: Canandaigua vs. Victor 1:00 pm: Hilton vs. Irondequoit 3:00 pm: McQuaid vs. St. Joe’s (Section VI) 5:00 pm: Webster Schroeder vs. Webster Thomas 7:00 pm. Pittsford vs. Fairport Sunday, December 22: Section V Rivalry Day 11:00 am: Churchville vs. Batavia 1:00 pm: Brockport vs. Batavia Notre Dame 3:00 pm: Brighton vs. Spencerport 5:00 pm: Greece Thunder vs. Greece Lightning 7:00 pm: Gates-Chili vs. Penfield Special Notes

Renaissance Square Project

Preliminary plans unveiled! 1 This $230 million project will bring a performing arts center, Monroe Community College satellite campus, and underground bus terminal to our city. Designed by Moshe Safdie, preliminary plans will be unveiled on June 10th of this year. Groundbreaking is scheduled for 2007. Note: this project has nothing to do with knights on horseback parading through the mean streets of Rochester. Official Project Site Democrat & Chronicle feature D&C: Plans For Bus Depot are Still Flexible Also see: Renaissance Square, People For A Better Bus Station Should the pages "Renaissance Square" and "Renaissance Square Project' be merged? —

GNC

College Town location (city) GNC is a national chain that sells vitamin and nutritional supplements. The name stands for "General Nutrition Centers." They were many locations in the Rochester area, but they are currently down to three: Panorama Plaza in Penfield, Greece Ridge Mall, and Market Commons in Henrietta. They also have a store-within-a-store partnership with Rite Aid.

Evarts Joint Center

The Evarts Joint Center is an orthopedic medical practice focusing on joint replacements. The center's ongoing research and advanced technology—including computer-guided surgery and minimally invasive surgery—seek to help those with debilitating joint pain. The center was founded in 2005 at Highland Hospital as part of the University of Rochester Medical Center.

Mt. Hope Lofts

Lobby The Mt. Hope Lofts are the apartments at College Town in Upper Mount Hope, near the University of Rochester Medical Center. Units range from studios to two bed/two bath. Amenities include on-site management, a fitness center, underground parking, and bike/scooter storage. (Despite the name, these are not actual lofts.)

Nazareth Academy

Nazareth Academy c. 1871-1914 Nazareth Academy was a Catholic boarding and day school for girls located at the corner of Jay Street and Frank Street in downtown Rochester. The school was founded by Bishop Bernard J. McQuaid, and was built in 1871.

City Cycles

City Cycles is a free, student-run bicycle library for University of Rochester undergraduates. They can take out a bike until 3pm the following day. Fifteen hybrid bikes, as well as a tandem are available for use. All bikes come with a helmet, a lock, and a bell. Most of the bikes are equipped with racks. Two styles of panniers are available. Visit Central Issue at Goergen Athletic Center to sign out equipment. Read about the program in Currents, the UofR community newspaper. City Cycles was featured in the Democrat and Chronicle on September 7, 2005. The following day they were spotlighted on WHAM, too!

Patrick Barry House

February 2012 The Patrick Barry House is a historic site that was built in 1855 by Patrick Barry of Ellwanger and Barry and the Mount Hope Garden and Nurseries. It is located on Mount Hope Avenue. The house was given to the University of Rochester in 1963 by the heirs of Patrick Barry's daughter, Harriet Barry Liesching, who had lived there until her death in 1951. A careful restoration was carried out from 1964-65 under the direction of Elizabeth Holahan of the Society for the Preservation of Landmarks in Western New York. According to Holahan in a 1981 UR press release, the Barry House is the nation's "outstanding" example of the Italian style of the Victorian period. The one comparable residence, located in Bridgeport, Connecticut, was razed in the 1970s despite protests from preservationist groups. In 1969 the Barry House parlor and library were featured in in Nancy Comstock's 100 Most Beautiful Rooms in America. The grounds of the Barry House are especially notable for the number of trees planted by Patrick Barry which are still living today. They include some of the finest specimens from the Ellwanger and Barry nursery and are nationally famous in among horitculturalists. Today the Patrick Barry House is used as the residence of the University of Rochester Provost. It underwent a second renovation in 2008 and is now part of UR's Mount Hope Campus. Links The American Dream on Mount Hope: Nineteenth-Century Buildings by Ellwanger and Barry by Susan Sutton Smith, University of Rochester Library Bulletin (1982) Barry (Patrick) House Collection Images of the Barry House

Charles J. Lawrence

Charles J. Lawrence riding his horse Teddy on State Street. c.1903-1913 Charles J. Lawrence was one of Rochester's first traffic policeman. He was born in Rochester in 1892. His schooling took place at Andrews School No. 9 and the Rochester Free Academy. He served as a city traffic policeman from 1904 to 1920. He was unofficially known as "Mayor of Front Street." After serving on the police force, he started a company, the Lawrence Household Laundry, and ran it for 20 years.

Fun Facts

Fun Facts1 provides RocWiki with a lists of strange, odd, interesting, or otherwise "FUN" facts about the Rochester area. Here is a place to link in odd pages that just don't fit in any other category, or point to pages with a "Fun Fact" in context. Also see (or contribute to) the Oddities, Strange News, Interesting Pages, Interesting Pages List, and Weird Local Pronunciations. Some material here may be duplicative because other pages may be alphabetical or otherwise "Organized". I DID NOT KNOW THAT Fuzzy pipe cleaner - invented in Rochester Henry Roughton Hogg - Rochester bookplate collector Cool Houses - R2D2 Mailbox - Star Wars mailbox on Rochester street Surfing the Great Lakes - yes, really !! Team Sasquatch - Penfield High School with spirit The Flyin Dutchman - somebody likes this truck ?? Please Add or nominate some pages by adding to the bottom of the list THAT IS ODD Fine Recording Studio - 30 years of Rochester Music (1947-77) History winds up in Australia Please Add or nominate some pages by adding to the bottom of the list REALLY WEIRD STUFF Conedom - invented by a Rochestarian Spook Hill - near Canandaigua Lake Please Add or nominate some pages by adding to the bottom of the list SHALL WE LAUGH OR CRY CATS - The Not So Fast Ferry - what more needs be said. Please Add or nominate some pages by adding to the bottom of the list Add a category Humor - fun stuff that did not fit this page as the words Jokes or Humor did not appear here before Notes and References one of Letterman's Fun Facts Videos of many on YouTube.com 1with apologies to The David Letterman Show

Golisano Children's Hospital at Strong

The Golisano Children's Hospital at Strong was named in honor of Tom Golisano for his generous financial gift. It is part of the University of Rochester Medical Center, which includes Strong Memorial Hospital. The Golisano Children's Hospital is one of the country's leading children's hospitals, as well as the only children's hospital in the region. They treat the most severely ill and injured, admitting close to 8,500 children each year. They have 60 regular inpatient beds; 28 ICU level beds, including a 16 bed post-surgical cardiac unit; and 52 NICU beds in the only Level 4 Neonatal Intensive Care Unit in the Finger Lakes Region. They also offer one of the country's few Ronald McDonald Houses that is located within a hospital.

Bauman's Farm Market

Photo Aug 2008, BradMandell Photo Aug 2008, BradMandell Bauman's Farm Market, sometimes also known as "... & Greenhouses" or "... & Christmas Tree Farm" is a farmer's market located on Five Mile Line Road in Webster, NY. Bauman's is widely known in eastern Monroe County as having the most greenhouses full of flowers in the springtime. Bauman's is a local supplier to Wegmans. 1 In the summer Bauman's offers pick-your-own strawberries and peas. Strawberry picking generally starts in mid-June and lasts about 4 weeks. The pick-your-own hours are from 7:00AM to 1:00PM (as of Summer 2012). The cost is $2.50 per quart. Pick-your-own peas are $1.65 per pound. In the fall Bauman's provides a fall special such as: 35-ft tall cornstalk teepee, straw maize, miniature goats, Loppy the rabbit, and watch you don't step on the free-range red chickens. Mr. Magic performs every Saturday and Sunday in October from 12-6. They offer preschool and grade-school tours for $2/child; call for more info. 2 In the winter season they have cut-it-yourself Christmas Trees (plus pre-cut for the faint of heart). Notes and References U-Cut Christmas Trees in the Finger Lakes Offer Ola Vida Baklava

Alphabet Murders

The Alphabet Murders is an unsolved serial murder case from 1971 to 1973. Three young girls from Rochester were found raped and murdered in the suburbs. The case is known as the "Alphabet Murders" or the "Double Initial Murders" because the first and last initial of each of the girls was the same as the initial of the town they were found in. To wit: Carmen Colon, 10, disappeared November 16, 1971 and her body was found in Churchville two days later Wanda Walkowicz, 11, disappeared April 2, 1973 and her body was found in Webster a day later Michelle Maenza, 11, was reported missing Nov. 26, 1973, and her body was found in Macedon two days later Other similarities and unusual aspects: C, M and W are the 3rd, 13th and 23rd letters of the alphabet All three girls were from poor, Catholic families All three girls did poorly in school It is suspected that Hillside Strangler and Rochester native Kenneth Bianchi may have committed these murders, but there is no direct evidence linking him to the crimes. A movie, The Alphabet Killer, is being filmed in Rochester in January 2007 roughly based on these murders. The official site for the movie is http://alphabetkiller.com. Rochesterians are being hired for small roles and as extras.