![The Powers Building at Main & State Streets, 1968. [PHOTO: Winters, via Library of Congress]](https://www.rochestersubway.com/images/photos/powers-building-rochester-1968.jpg)
Check out this great photo of the Powers Building from 1968. Notice the workmen up on the ledge of the Mansard roof. Down at street level a shiny new, streamlined façade as been awkwardly forced on top of this 1869 building…
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Powers Building, Main & State Streets, 1968
Friday, February 28th, 2014Tags: Crossroads Building, downtown Rochester, Elwood Building, First National Bank, Four Corners, Fun Foto Friday, Main Street, Main Street Four Corners, Monroe County Savings Bank, old photos, old photos of Rochester, old photos of Rochester NY, Powers Building, Powers Hotel, Rochester, Rochester NY, State Street
Posted in Rochester History, Rochester Images, Transit + Infrastructure, Urban Development | 8 Comments »
The Big Plans for RG&E Beebee Station
Monday, February 24th, 2014![RG&E Beebee Station [PHOTO: RochesterSubway.com]](https://www.rochestersubway.com/images/photos/rge-beebee-station-rochester-00.jpg)
The following is a guest post submitted by Joel Helfrich.
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I was saddened to learn last week about Rochester Gas and Electric Corp’s shortsighted proposal to demolish Beebee Station. If the plans are carried out, Rochester will have a tremendous hole at the center of the city: High Falls. What is most important to realize is that there is another, alternative way forward…
Tags: adaptive reuse, Bankside Power Station, Battersea Power Station, demolition, downtown Rochester, Gasometer City, High Falls, Joel Helfrich, RG&E Beebee Station, Rochester, Rochester Gas & Electric (RG&E), Rochester NY, rochester photos, Tate Modern art museum
Posted in Reader Submitted Stories, Rochester Images, Transit + Infrastructure, Urban Development | 45 Comments »
Filling In: 93 Marsh Street
Thursday, February 20th, 2014![Matthew Denker ponders the possibilities at his new property at 93 Marsh Street. [IMAGE: Google Streetview]](https://www.rochestersubway.com/images/photos/filling-in-marsh-street-01.jpg)
The following is a guest post submitted by Matthew Denker.
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Imagine you are the new owner of a giant, underutilized parking lot*. What would you do with it? Would you leave it as is? Tear out the pavement and start a community garden? What if there was an apartment building next to it. Would you tear it down and build a skyscraper? These are all excellent ideas. We here at filling in solicited input from a variety of fellow RochesterSubway.com contributors, and it’s clear that we all have different ideas about what to do…
*Disclaimer – I am a new part owner of a giant, underutilized parking lot. This one, in fact.
Tags: City of Rochester, development plans, Filling In, Genesee Street, Matthew Denker, Rochester, Rochester NY, vacant lot
Posted in Opinion, Reader Submitted Stories, Urban Development | 11 Comments »
Stadiumville
Tuesday, February 18th, 2014
The Rochesterian has blogged several times about the need to create a link 
between Frontier Field and Sahlen’s Stadium… and how Rochester needs someone like Buffalo Sabres owner Terry Pegula to invest in a Harbor Center type of development centered around Rochester’s sports arenas. I don’t disagree. Rochester’s stadiums (and the neighborhoods around them) could, and should be a much bigger draw.
Last April a local businessman named Jerry DeCarolis sent me a concept plan he put together called “Stadiumville.” I was impressed. But this plan was so ambitious, and so broad-sweeping, I wasn’t quite sure how seriously to take it. And so I ended up sitting on the document – until now…
Tags: Buckingham Properties, development plans, downtown Rochester, Frontier Field, infill development, Jerry DeCarolis, LeChase Construction, Mark IV Construction, Mayor Patrick Duffy, Rochester, Rochester NY, Sahlen’s Stadium, Stadiumville, urban development, Wilmorite
Posted in Rochester Destinations, Urban Development | 31 Comments »
Dan “Donuts” Delite and the Milkmaid?
Friday, February 14th, 2014![An Art-Deco style milkmaid is depicted in the floor of Donuts Delite, Rochester NY. [PHOTO: RochesterSubway.com]](https://www.rochestersubway.com/images/photos/donuts-delite-milkmaid-rochester.jpg)
If you’re a true Rochesterian you’ve probably taken many trips to Donuts Delite. And if you’ve sat in the dining room (and looked down past your doughnut-filled belly) you may have noticed a cute little milkmaid hauling her yoke and buckets full of milk across the floor.
I was curious to know how she got there and what her significance was. Of course I know milk is an ingredient in doughnuts, but it just seemed like an odd symbol to be used to represent doughnuts. There must be a story behind it…
Tags: Donuts Delite, doughnut shop, Jim Malley, Salvatore's Old Fashioned Pizzeria
Posted in Rochester Destinations, Rochester History, Rochester Images | 6 Comments »
A Collection of Rochester Matchbooks for Sale
Thursday, February 6th, 2014
Here’s a neat little collection of Rochester memorabilia. Matchbooks! Remember when you could buy cigarettes out of a vending machine like soda pop, and just about every business had it’s own matchbooks? Ah, those were the days * COUGH * COUGH * WEEZE * EHK! EHK! HEM… HEEEM!
These were sent to me by a reader. He says he’s not a smoker, but he’s collected them since he was a kid. And now he’d like to sell them. So if you’re interested in local oddities like this, drop me an email and we’ll hook you up with one… or the entire set.
Some of the matchbooks date from the late 1950s and early 1960s. But we think most of them are 1970s & 80s. Check them out for yourself. If you’ve lived in Rochester for any length of time you’ll probably recognize most of these businesses…
Tags: 2 Vine, Aero Industries, Amsden Mitchell Insurance, Blossom Liquor Store, Burgundy Catering, California Brew Haus, Carusos Restaurant, Cdk Soda Fountain, Central Trust Company, Christopher Williams Agency, Don And Bob, Eddies Chop House, Edwards, Faris Beauty Studio, Filling Station, First Federal Savings And Loan, Flowers By Stephanie, Gallery Cafe, Gerber Rochester Federal Credit Union, Grill At Waterstreet, Hotel Cadillac, Howe And Bassett, Independent Gasoline And Oil, Jays Pastries, Jen And Joes Delicatessen, Jim Runds Seafood, Just For Laughs, Kodacolor Film, Kodak, Lincoln Trust Company, Marine Midland Trust Company, matchbook collection, matchbooks, Midtown Plaza Hotel, Milestones, Monroe County Savings Bank, Monroe Pharmacy, Niagara Restaurant, Oak Hill Country Club, Ontario Golf Club, Passport Restaurant Lounge, Pg Drug Store, Polish Falcons, Rio Bamba, Rochester, Rochester Asphalt Materials, Rochester NY, Rochester Savings Bank, Rocks Barber Shop, Security Trust Company, Shakeys Pizza, Sibley Tower Restaurant, Simplicity, South Pacific Restaurant, Specks Restaurant, St. John Fisher College, Steak Stockade, Strathallan, The Commons, The Dickens, University Club Of Rochester, Vince Armand, vintage, vintage matchbooks, Wegman's, WK, WRVM Radio
Posted in Art + Culture, Reader Submitted Stories, Rochester History | 2 Comments »
The VERY Tall Tale of Jack & His Beanstalk… Now at the Sibley Building
Tuesday, February 4th, 2014!['Balloon Manor: The Very Tall Tale of Jack & His Beanstalk' at the Sibley Building, Rochester, NY. [PHOTO: RochesterSubway.com]](https://www.rochestersubway.com/images/photos/jack-and-the-beanstalk-balloon-sculpture-00.jpg)
Local balloon artists Larry Moss and Kelly Cheatle are hard at work right now constructing an enormous, 5-story tall beanstalk entirely out of balloons in the atrium of Rochester’s landmark Sibley Building.
Unlike previous haunted “Balloon Manors” you may remember at area shopping malls, admission is completely free for the public to come and enjoy this one. Balloon Manor: The VERY Tall Tale of Jack and his Beanstalk is due to be completed today, and open for viewing thru Sunday, February 9…
Tags: Airigami, art, Balloon Manor, balloon sculpture, downtown Rochester, Joseph Eddy, Kelly Cheatle, Larry Moss, Martha Stewart, Rochester, Rochester NY, Sibley Building, Sibley's, The Very Tall Tale of Jack & His Beanstalk, Winn Development
Posted in Art + Culture, Events, Rochester Destinations, Rochester News, Video | 3 Comments »
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