![Gilbert Hunt was a trolley and bus operator with Rochester Transit Corporation for 40 years. His collection of transit passes is up for grabs. [IMAGE: From the collection of Gilbert Hunt]](http://www.rochestersubway.com/images/photos/Gilbert-Hunt-1948-02-22_D&C.jpg)
Gilbert Hunt was a trolley and bus operator for Rochester Transit Corporation (the predecessor organization of RTS) from 1907 to 1948. When Gilbert retired in 1948 the Democrat & Chronicle published a story about him and his impressive collection of Rochester transit passes which he amassed over his long career. That collection is now up for grabs…
Rochester History Reflected in Collection of Bus Passes
August 15th, 2017Posted in Rochester History, Rochester Images, Rochester Subway, Rochester Subway Stories, Train/Railroad Stuff, Transit + Infrastructure | 1 Comment »
Tags: Gilbert Hunt, Rochester, Rochester NY, Rochester Transit Corporation, Trolley and Bus Passes
Bike Share and You
January 9th, 2017Posted in Rochester News, Transit + Infrastructure, Urban Development | 3 Comments »
![Map of potential bike share stations [PHOTO: Zagster]](http://www.rochestersubway.com/topics/wp-content/uploads/Bike_share_map.jpg)
As some of you may have heard, bike share
is coming to Rochester. I’ve considered writing about it all sorts of ways. I thought about mentioning how many other cities have it. Or how safe it is. Or even the specific plans for Rochester (warning: PDF). As you may have already guessed, I’m not about to do any of that. Instead, I’d like to discuss what bike share has meant for me over the past decade, and what it might mean for you too.
Tags: Bike share, biking, cycling, High Falls, Matt Denker, Matthew Denker, McCanns, Wegman's, Zagster
Notes from the Fringe 2016: The countdown begins!
December 8th, 2016Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off on Notes from the Fringe 2016: The countdown begins!
![Cirque du Fringe: MIRACLE CURE & Other Wonders from the Vagabond Caravan. [IMAGE: Provide]](http://www.rochestersubway.com/topics/wp-content/uploads/miracle-cure.jpg)
Rochester’s arts and entertainment community is in the final stages of preparation for the 2016 First Niagara Fringe Festival , which takes place Thursday, September 15 to Saturday, September 24, all across Rochester. There will be more than 500 performances at more than 25 venues in and around the city. And 170 of those performances are totally free!
Tags: festivals, First Niagara Rochester Fringe Festival, Fringe Festival, Joanne Brokaw, Rochester, Rochester Fringe Festival, Rochester NY
Be Generous with Your Garden Pt. 2
November 22nd, 2016Posted in Reader Submitted Stories | No Comments »
![Gloria Gardening [PHOTO: Gloria Grattan]](http://www.rochestersubway.com/topics/wp-content/uploads/Gloria_Gardening1.jpg)
If you haven’t noticed, it’s now mid-November, and your garden is probably all generous-ed out (see Part 1). I understand! But don’t let that discourage you from helping all the same. Read on to see what you can do to stay involved.
Tags: Be Generous With Your Garden, charity, Gloria Grattan, Open Door Mission, public good
RocLinks 10/29/16
October 29th, 2016Posted in Architecture, Art + Culture, Rochester News, Urban Development | 10 Comments »
![Rendering of Parcel 5 Proposal by Fraser Smillie [PHOTO: DeWolff Partnership Architects]](http://www.rochestersubway.com/topics/wp-content/uploads/Midtown_Parcel_5_Dewolff_Rendering.jpg)
50 Shades of Eh?
Somewhat unexpectedly, a fifth proposal for Midtown Parcel 5 was submitted. Spoiler alert, it’s, how to be polite about this, different. Ok, fine, it’s terrible. It’s bad. It’s terribad. It might even be a false flag operation to make the submitted proposals look better. I don’t know, but inexplicably it’s being taken seriously by parts of the city which is creating unrest with other parts of the city. I’d be calling for the popcorn if this weren’t the future of the middle of our town on the line.
Read on for more of this week’s RocLinks…
Tags: Charlotte Square, Matt Denker, Matthew Denker, Midtown Parcel 5, New Businesses, RocLinks, The Bests
Rochester 1982
October 19th, 2016Posted in Rochester History, Rochester Images | 13 Comments »
![Downtown Rochester from the Cascade District [PHOTO: Rochester City Hall]](http://www.rochestersubway.com/topics/wp-content/uploads/Downtown_From_Cascade.jpg)
While poking around the Rochester Image Database that the Monroe Public Library so lovingly maintains, I bumped into a series of 24 aerial photographs taken in 1982. That in and of itself wouldn’t be the most interesting thing ever, except the images portray Rochester in the middle of an incredible transition to be much closer to the city we know now than the one anyone might have recognized from before.
Tags: BCBS, Can of Worms, Charlotte, Convention Center, Corn Hill, Corn Hill Commons, County Offices, High Falls, Hotel Rochester, implosion, Inner Loop, Lower Falls, Matt Denker, Matthew Denker, North Chestnut Street, Rochester Aerial Photography, South Wedge, Strong
RocLinks 10/15/16
October 15th, 2016Posted in Opinion, Rochester News | 5 Comments »
Baby Steps
If you spend any amount of time looking at real estate in Rochester, you might discover that there are a non-zero number of vacant properties (although not as many as you might think). Others have noticed too, and a report on them has been written by Monroe County. While some of their solutions are laudable, it seems that access to capital for renovations isn’t there. This is one of the biggest problems, whether it’s for home owners themselves or investors.
Read on for more of this week’s RocLinks…
Tags: Black Button Distillery, campus safety, Goodman and Monroe, guns, Matt Denker, Matthew Denker, Pet store, RocLinks, University of Rochester, vacant homes
RocLinks 10/8/16
October 8th, 2016Posted in Art + Culture, Other | No Comments »
![Donuts Delite Ad. [PHOTO: Rochester Democrat and Chronicle 8/29/60]](http://www.rochestersubway.com/topics/wp-content/uploads/Donuts_Delite.jpg)
Yum Part 1
It’s that time of year again. Fried cakes are in. And here are a bunch of delicious sounding ones.
Read on for more of this week’s RocLinks…
Tags: Balsam Bagels, Branca, Capron Lofts, Food, fried cakes, Matt Denker, Matthew Denker, Midtown, Midtown Tower, RocLinks, Tower280, Vesper Kitchen and Bar
RocLinks 10/1/16
October 1st, 2016Posted in Architecture, Events, Urban Development | 2 Comments »
![Unbuilt SOM design for Riverside North of Main Street. [PHOTO: Rochester Democrat and Chronicle 4/3/66]](http://www.rochestersubway.com/topics/wp-content/uploads/SOM_Riverside_Towers.jpg)
The Other Other Other Shoe
Gallina and Dutton showed off their proposal for Parcel 5. It’s a pretty flashy mid-rise proposal with some open space to boot. Color me intrigued.
Read on for more of this week’s RocLinks…
Tags: Bike share, Dutton, EMMA, Gallina, Home Leasing, Matt Denker, Matthew Denker, Midtown, Parcel 5, Rochesteriat, RocLinks, Zagster
Filling In: re:Main Social
September 25th, 2016Posted in Architecture, Opinion, Urban Development | 8 Comments »
![Overhead view of Main Street from Clinton to St. Paul [PHOTO: RPL Local History Division]](http://www.rochestersubway.com/topics/wp-content/uploads/Street_Scene_1898.jpg)
Today’s Filling in is just a little bit different than usual. Instead of looking at one building or one site, we’re going to take a look at a whole block. Namely, Main Street from Clinton to St. Paul. If you hadn’t already heard, there is a huge event called The re:Main Social taking place there on October 1st. I hope all of you are able to make it. In the lead up to it, let’s discuss some short to long term visions for the area.
Tags: CGI, Chase Tower, Clinton Avenue, downtown, Filling In, Hilton Garden Inn, Hyatt, Main Street, Matt Denker, Matthew Denker, National Clothing Building, Neisner's, preservation, re:Main Social, The Alliance Building, The Atrium Building, The Gateway Building, The Granite Building, The Metropolitan
RocLinks 9/17/16
September 17th, 2016Posted in Architecture, Events, Urban Development | 8 Comments »
![490 and Inner Loop Progress [PHOTO: Rochester Democrat and Chronicle 5/26/57]](http://www.rochestersubway.com/topics/wp-content/uploads/Inner_Loop_Construction.jpg)
Don’t Call it a Loop
The City announced the Inner Loop RFP winners. The three proposals that won aren’t bad. No Great Wolf Lodge, at least. One of the sites is being held for a future RFP. Best of luck to all the winning proposals.
Read on for more of this week’s RocLinks…
Tags: Casino, Coffee, Inner Loop, Matt Denker, Matthew Denker, Midtown, Parcel 5, Rochester Fringe Festival, RocLinks, Wilmorite
Park(ing) Day is Tomorrow
September 15th, 2016Posted in Art + Culture, Events, Reader Submitted Stories, Rochester News, Transit + Infrastructure, Urban Development | 4 Comments »
![For Park(ing) Day is tomorrow. [IMAGE: Provided]](http://www.rochestersubway.com/images/photos/parking-day-2016-01.jpg)
The following is a guest post submitted by Daniel Speciale.
Submit your story today.
I don’t know of anyone in the world who loves parking—except maybe Lorraine Baines—but that’s not exactly the kind of parking I’m talking about here…
I’m talking about the hassle of cruising up and down the rows of a Wegmans parking lot, trying to squeeze in next to the hummer who decided he needed an extra couple of spaces, fighting the nine other drivers who won’t even entertain the thought of walking an extra twenty feet to pay $5 for a bottle of water.
Tags: Daniel Speciale, Park(ing) Day, parking, parking lots, public art, Rochester, Rochester NY
Not In My Front Yard
September 11th, 2016Posted in Opinion, Rochester Images, Rochester News, Transit + Infrastructure | 6 Comments »
![Some neighbors who live along this road in Irondequoit would like sidewalks. Others would not. [IMAGE: RochesterSubway.com]](http://www.rochestersubway.com/images/photos/no-sidewalk-sign-01.jpg)
When Andrea Chervenak received a letter earlier this year from the Town of Irondequoit notifying her that a sidewalk was being proposed for her street, she was thrilled. Unfortunately for Andrea, her neighbors’ front lawns are more important than her children’s safety. To hammer this nonsensical point home, some people even made lawn signs…
Tags: Active Transportation, Andrea Chervenak, Irondequoit, Oakridge Drive, Rochester NY, Safe Routes to School, sidewalks, suburbs, West Irondequoit School District
RocLinks 9/10/16
September 10th, 2016Posted in Architecture, Events, Urban Development | 1 Comment »
![Get in on the Geneseecret [PHOTO: Genesee Ad from 1962]](http://www.rochestersubway.com/topics/wp-content/uploads/The_Geneseecret.jpg)
Brew Harder!
Cuomo was in town to announce a sizable expansion of the Genesee Brewery. More details here. This is exciting for Genny and the region in general. One other small plug for a local firm – the design is being done by Pardi.
Read on for more of this week’s RocLinks…
Tags: Andrew Cuomo, Erie PA, Genesee Brewery, Matt Denker, Matthew Denker, Midtown, Parcel 5, Quantum Physics, Rochester Fringe Festival, RocLinks, University of Rochester
RocLinks 9/3/16
September 3rd, 2016Posted in Architecture, Art + Culture, Events, Rochester News, Urban Development | 3 Comments »
![Excerpt of full page ad showing the soon to be completed Lincoln Tower downtown [PHOTO: Rochester Democrat & Chronicle 1/25/1970]](http://www.rochestersubway.com/topics/wp-content/uploads/Space_Odyssey_1970.jpg)
From local development to just plain news of the weird, here are your RocLinks for this past week…
Tags: City Paper, Hilton NY, Lincoln Tower, Matt Denkr, Matthew Denker, RocLinks, Seisenbach Rail Interiors Inc., The Bests, The Price is Right, Tower280
Inside RG&E Beebee Power Plant – Just Before (and during) Demolition
August 30th, 2016Posted in Architecture, Reader Submitted Stories, Rochester History, Rochester Images, Transit + Infrastructure, Urban Exploration | 26 Comments »
![RG&E Beebee power station prior to demolition. Rochester, NY. Summer 2016. [IMAGE: Anonymous]](http://www.rochestersubway.com/images/photos/rochester-rge-beebee-station-00.jpg)
The following is a guest post submitted by an anonymous source. Submit your story today.
RG&E’s Beebee power plant was one of the most formidable structures in Rochester. For half a century, this cluster of buildings covered an 8 acre site along the floor of the High Falls gorge – climbing up the west rock wall and looming hundreds of feet in the air over Platt Street and the neighborhood below…
Tags: abandoned, abandoned places, abandoned power plant, demolition, High Falls, infrastructure, power plant, RG&E Beebee Station, Rochester, Rochester Gas & Electric (RG&E), rochester images, Rochester NY, rochester photos, urban exploration
Filling In: Midtown Parcel 5 (Revisited)
August 29th, 2016Posted in Opinion, Urban Development | 18 Comments »
![2008 Conceptual plan for Midtown by the City of Rochester [PHOTO: City Hall Photo Lab Contemporary Collection]](http://www.rochestersubway.com/topics/wp-content/uploads/Original_Conceptual_Plan.jpg)
Welcome back, readers! In this edition of Filling In, let’s take another look at Parcel 5. Before we get started, quickly refresh by scouting the last time we discussed this site. I apologize in advance that this article probably isn’t going to cover much more about what I think should be done with the site, rather, what should probably not be done, and why…
Tags: City of Rochester, Midtown Commons, Midtown Parcel 5, Midtown public space, Rochester, Rochester NY, This Is Not A Park
RocLinks 8/27/16
August 28th, 2016Posted in Uncategorized | 6 Comments »
![Never built Voyager Towers at the site of the award-winning RTS Bus Terminal [PHOTO: Rochester Democrat & Chronicle 8/15/1965]](http://www.rochestersubway.com/topics/wp-content/uploads/Voyager_Towers.jpg)
From local development to just plain news of the weird, here are your RocLinks for this past week…
From the Mailbag: Zweigle’s and Grandma Brown’s Baked Beans
August 23rd, 2016Posted in Opinion, Reader Submitted Stories, Rochester History | 6 Comments »
Every once in a while we like to share fun stuff from the Rochester Subway mailbag. Here’s an email from a Rochester expatriate now living in New England. John Zicari is keeping tabs on his old home town by following sites like ours, while longing for some of the finer things in life. John writes…
Tags: Grandma Brown's Baked Beans, Rochester, Rochester NY, Zweigle's
RocLinks 8/20/16
August 20th, 2016Posted in Architecture, Art + Culture, Events, Rochester News, Urban Development | 4 Comments »
![Lincoln Rochester Trust Branch [PHOTO: Rochester Daily Record 6/9/1958]](http://www.rochestersubway.com/topics/wp-content/uploads/Lincoln_Rochester_Trust_Inner_Loop_Branch.jpg)
From local development to just plain news of the weird, here are your RocLinks for this past week…
Tags: 585 Brewer's Collective, First Methodist Episcopal Church, Flour City Brewer's Fest, Genesee County, Inner Loop, Lincoln Rochester Trust, Matt Denker, Matthew Denker, MO, RocLinks, St. Louis, Subsidies, Susan B. Anthony, urban decay, Urban Highways
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