![Grab your nose plugs. Today we're going inside Frank E. Van Lare Wastewater Treatment Facility. [PHOTO: RochesterSubway.com]](https://www.rochestersubway.com/images/photos/van-lare-water-treatment-plant-rochester-00.jpg)
Joe Henderson (34) was an earth science teacher at Rush Henrietta Central School District before graduating last year from University of Rochester with a Ph.D. in Education – with a focus on environmental education. Joe has taken many 8th graders on field trips to Frank E. Van Lare Wastewater Treatment Facility 
. And today, he’s arranged to bring all of you, RocSubway friends…
Archive: March, 2015...
Frank E. Van Lare Wastewater Treatment Facility Tour
Monday, March 30th, 2015Tags: Bill Putt, chlorine solution, Combined Sewer Overflow Abatement Program (CSOAP), Frank E. Van Lare Wastewater Treatment Plant, gravity thickener, infrastructure, Josephine Guarino, Lake Ontario, Mill Seat Land Fill, Monroe County, Monroe County Pure Waters, Monroe County Water Authority, Rochester, Rochester NY, sewage, sewer, sludge, sludge cake, sodium hypochlorite, urban exploration, water treatment
Posted in Rochester Images, Transit + Infrastructure, Urban Exploration | 17 Comments »
RocLinks 3/28/15
Saturday, March 28th, 2015![View from Roc Brewing Co. [PHOTO: Innovationtrail/Flickr]](https://www.rochestersubway.com/images/photos/denker/links/Roc-Brewing.jpg)
From local development to just plain news of the weird, here are your RocLinks for this past week…
Tags: bars, Henrietta, Henrietta Active Transportation Plan, Red Fern, Rochester, Rochester NY, Strathallan, Syracuse, vegan garbage plate
Posted in Rochester News | 4 Comments »
Orchard Street Brownfield Site Reimagined by RIT Architecture Students
Thursday, March 26th, 2015![RIT Architecture grad students have designed a plan for the former Sykes Datatronics brownfield site on Orchard and Whitney Streets. [PHOTO: Anonymous]](https://www.rochestersubway.com/images/photos/abandoned-rochester-sykes-datatronics-exterior-03.jpg)
Last week we paid a final visit to the abandoned Sykes Datatronics building on Orchard Street . This week we take a look at recent work submitted by RIT Architecture students that reimagines this former industrial site as a new and robust community center…
Tags: architecture, brownfield development, Candace Jiang, Cibele Eller Rodrigues, City of Rochester, community center, community recreation center, Jim Fugate, Lis Cavalcante, Lu Engineers, Mary Scipioni, Orchard Street, Rochester, Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT), Rochester NY, Sykes Datatronics, urban parks, Whitney Street, yellowfields
Posted in Architecture, Reader Submitted Stories, Rochester News, Urban Development | 2 Comments »
What Do Rochester’s Young Professionals Really Want?
Wednesday, March 25th, 2015![RocCity Coalition wants to know what's important to Rochester's young professionals. [PHOTO: Nate McBean, Flickr]](https://www.rochestersubway.com/images/photos/university-of-rochester-graduation-nate-mcbean-01.jpg)
The following is a guest post submitted by Clement Chung, chair of
RocCity Coalition’s Advisory Committee.
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This week, RocCity Coalition launched a survey to gather critical information about the state of the region’s young professional community. We encourage you to take the survey and share it with as many of your friends, family and colleagues as possible…
Tags: RocCity Coalition, Rochester, Rochester Business Alliance, Rochester NY, Rochester Young Professionals, survey, United Way, Vision 2025 Project
Posted in Reader Submitted Stories | No Comments »
Filling In: Wegmans Plaza
Sunday, March 22nd, 2015
It has come to my attention that there are some pretty stalwart fans of Tops Friendly Markets out there! That means this is the Filling In for you (as opposed to this one).
Tags: East Avenue, East Avenue Wegmans, Filling In, grocery store, Matthew Denker, Rochester, Rochester NY, Top's Friendly Market, Wegman's, World Trade Center
Posted in Architecture, Urban Development | 27 Comments »
RocLinks 3/21/15
Saturday, March 21st, 2015![Midtown Plaza [PHOTO: Thomas Belknap/flickr]](http://rochestersubway.com/images/photos/denker/links/Midtown_Plaza.jpg)
Sorry for leaving everyone high and dry on the link front last week. Ironically enough, I was in Rochester, which complicated writing a RocLinks so much that I was unable to do so. That said, it was wonderful seeing/meeting so many of you, and my deepest apologies to any readers I missed while in town.
And now, from local development to just plain news of the weird, here are your RocLinks for this past week…
Tags: Corning Museum of Glass, Explore Rochester, Fuego, Matthew Denker, Midtown, Performing Arts Center, Public Market, Rooftop, Strath, Strathallan
Posted in Rochester Destinations, Rochester News | 12 Comments »
Checking In With WAYO 104.3 FM
Thursday, March 19th, 2015
In 2012, four individuals came together to bring something new to Rochester’s airwaves – a community run, free-form radio station that would reflect the voices and vision of the citizens of Rochester. Johanna Buran, Genevieve Waller, Matt Werts, and Mike Yates have now put most of the pieces in place to begin broadcasting this June.
RocSubway recently caught up with Mike Yates to find out what still needs to be done to make this dream a reality, and what listeners can expect when they tune in to the new WAYO 104.3 FM…
Tags: interview, Mike Yates, WAYO, WAYO 104.3 FM, WAYO radio
Posted in Art + Culture, Interviews, Rochester News | 2 Comments »
Wear to Where #5 … Lock 33
Tuesday, March 17th, 2015![It is almost impossible to imagine a project like the canal ever being built in today’s political climate and maybe that is not such a good thing. In this edition of Wear to Where we stop by Lock 33 and ask, 'What’s the big idea?' [PHOTO: Clarke Condé]](https://www.rochestersubway.com/images/photos/rochester-fashion-wear-to-where-erie-canal-lock-33-01.jpg)
By Clarke Condé
At a cost to the New York taxpayer of just about half that of the Louisiana Purchase fourteen years earlier, “Clinton’s Ditch” faced the ageless and indestructible rancor of the New York State Legislature and the animosity of the press statewide. It is hard to overstate the impact the investment taxpayers made in building the canal had on the development of Rochester and New York State. Now, it is almost impossible to imagine a project like the canal ever being built in today’s political climate and maybe that is not such a good thing. In this edition of Wear to Where we stop by Lock 33 and ask, “What’s the big idea?”…
Tags: Clarke Conde, Clinton’s Ditch, DeWitt Clinton, Erie Canal, Erie Canal Lock 33, Erie Canalway Trail, Lock 33, Martin Van Buren, Natasha Elaine, New York state, Rochester, Rochester NY, Tammany Hall, Thread, Wear to Where, Wrapped
Posted in Art + Culture, Rochester Destinations, Rochester Images, Transit + Infrastructure | 4 Comments »
Filling In: Aldi
Monday, March 16th, 2015
Welcome back, readers. As you know, we’ve previously discussed things to do with Tops should Aldi be built at Winton Road and Blossom Road. There’s also been a discussion about how the construction of Aldi went in Irondequoit. Today, I’d like to take a look at a few reasonably simple changes that would completely change the tenor of the proposed development…
Tags: Aldi, biking, Blossom Road, Bus Stops, Development News, Filling In, grocery store, Matthew Denker, North Winton Village, Tops, urban planning, Wegman's
Posted in Architecture, Rochester News, Urban Development | 23 Comments »
Return to Sykes
Thursday, March 12th, 2015![Abandoned Sykes Datatronics building on Orchard Street. Demolition work has been going on since the fall. [PHOTO: Anonymous]](https://www.rochestersubway.com/images/photos/return-to-abandoned-sykes-datatronics-building-04.jpg)
About a year and a half ago we shared some photos from inside the abandoned Sykes Datatronics building on Orchard Street (south of Lyell Ave). That building was part of a complex that was home to many different companies from 1915 until Sykes Datatronics (a computer company) left in 1992. Demolition crews have been slowly deconstructing the property since the fall…
Tags: abandoned, abandoned places, building collapse, City of Rochester, Delco Appliance, demolition, Lyell Avenue, Northeast Electric Company, Orchard Street, Riley Park, Rochester, Rochester NY, rochester photos, Sahlen’s Stadium, Sykes Datatronics, Whitney Street
Posted in Architecture, Reader Submitted Stories, Rochester History, Rochester Images, Rochester News, Urban Exploration | 8 Comments »
Clearing Rochester’s Sidewalks of Snow is Not a Problem, It’s an Opportunity
Wednesday, March 11th, 2015![When a lot of people are living in a small area, and all of those people own cars, we run out of places to put them. A winter like this one just makes us feel the pain a little more. [PHOTO: Joseph Crescente]](https://www.rochestersubway.com/images/photos/alexander-street-snow-rochester.jpg)
The following is a guest post submitted by Jim Mayer, Rochester NY.
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Density of people is good for cities. Density of cars is not . More people create more demand for local shops and services, which, in return, attract more people. Businesses seeking talent are attracted as well, and the city benefits from increased sales and property tax revenue and by increased utilization of its existing infrastructure. On the other hand when a lot of people are living in a small area, and all of those people own cars, we run out of places to put them. A winter like this one just makes us feel the pain a little more…
Tags: City of Rochester, infrastructure, pedestrian safety, Rochester, Rochester NY, sidewalks, snow, transportation
Posted in Opinion, Transit + Infrastructure | 8 Comments »
Filling In: Philosophy
Wednesday, March 11th, 2015![[Detail of Genesee Crossroads Planning Map [PHOTO: Monroe County Image Library]](http://rochestersubway.com/images/photos/denker/philosophy/Genesee_Crossroads_South_detail.jpg)
I’ve been writing Filling in Columns for over 2 years now (starting with this one on Exchange Street), and I’ve realized that it’s high time to have a discussion about my vision for the column, what I write, and why I write it…
Tags: 34 King Street, 37 Eagle Street, 759 Park Ave, 93 Marsh Street, 933 University, Exchange Street, Filling In, infill development, Matthew Denker, Meta blogging, Midtown, Rochester, Rochester NY, Tops, urban development, Wegman's
Posted in Opinion, Urban Development | 10 Comments »
Greentopia Film Festival Returns March 17 – 21
Tuesday, March 10th, 2015
The following is a guest post submitted by Greentopia.
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GREENTOPIA | FILM, a documentary film festival that lives at the intersection of Art and Ideas, is back for a fourth year. In partnership with Monroe Community College, the festival’s documentaries hale from around the globe and illuminate sustainability in its most wide-ranging sense. The films empower audiences to discuss the important topics of today and create sustainable changes in their own lives and communities. Screenings during the five-day festival, March 17th-21st, will be preceded by artistic performances from local buskers and followed by lively panel discussions with filmmakers from across the nation or local experts…
Tags: A Will for the Woods, Beginning With The End, Greentopia, Greentopia Festival, Greentopia Film, Maidentrip, Pandora's Promise, Rochester, Rochester NY, The Immortalists, Tiny, Walking Under Water
Posted in Art + Culture, Events, Rochester Destinations, Rochester News | No Comments »
A Tower to Rival Eiffel’s Designed in Rochester NY?
Monday, March 9th, 2015
The Atlantic’s CityLab recently posted some late nineteenth-century designs for a Great Tower of London. The first one in the stack was a 1,355 foot sky scraping behemoth designed in Rochester USA…
Tags: architecture, Emily Morry, England, G.T. Otis, G.T. Otis and C.F. Crandall, General Elwell Stephen Otis, Great Tower in London, London, M.T. Otis, North Clinton Avenue, Otis Day, Otis Elevator Company, Rochester, Rochester NY, Rochester Public Library, Scientific American, Spanish-American War, YWCA, YWCA building
Posted in Architecture, Rochester History | 7 Comments »
RocLinks 3/7/15
Saturday, March 7th, 2015![Rochester Lower Falls at Night in the Snow [PHOTO: RocPx.com]](http://rochestersubway.com/images/photos/denker/Lower_Falls_in_Snow.jpg)
From local development to just plain news of the weird, here are your RocLinks for this past week…
Tags: Benrus, Buckingham, Dominic Pane, Lower Falls, Monroe Avenue, Mr. Dominic's, Union Street, Water Street Music Hall, Wegman's
Posted in Rochester News | 7 Comments »
Aldi Store Hailed as Model of 21st-Century Urban Planning
Thursday, March 5th, 2015
You may remember an article I posted more than a year about new plans for an Aldi store in Irondequoit on Hudson Ave. At that time I suggested the building should front the street/sidewalk, instead of being set back behind the parking lot. I thought the result would have been a development that would be more accessible to people who might choose to walk in off the street.
My suggestion was met with all kinds of wisdom from the project architect who has since set me straight. I now understand why it is better community planning to put your buildings in the middle of parking lots…
Tags: Aldi, Aldi's, APD Architects, APD Architects and Engineers, Blossom Road, development plans, Hudson Avenue, Irondequoit, North Winton Village, pedestrian safety, planning, Steve Cleason, urban development, urban planning, Winton Road
Posted in Architecture, Rochester News, Transit + Infrastructure, Urban Development | 37 Comments »
Protected Bike Lanes for the Full Length of Main St.
Wednesday, March 4th, 2015![Harvey Botzman, a local cycling advocate, is calling for protected bike lanes for the full length of Main Street in Rochester. [PHOTO: J. Stephen Conn, Flickr]](https://www.rochestersubway.com/images/photos/main-street-protected-bike-lanes-01.jpg)
The following is a guest post submitted by Harvey Botzman.
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Protected bike lanes for the full length of Main Street. This was the request from local cycling advocate Harvey Botzman in an email late last week to City officials and other cycling advocates. The east end of Main Street in downtown Rochester is about to undergo a complete reconstruction, but bike lanes aren’t part of the plan. Additionally, the City is working on a plan to improve pedestrian connections and enhance the stretch of East Main Street between the Public Market and Neighborhood Of The Arts.
So with Main Street under the microscope, now is the time for all of us to demand, not ask, for a healthier mix of transportation options and amenities for Main Street. Harvey is leaving no gray area. He’s calling for “protected bike lanes for the full length of Main St. from Winton Rd. to Mt. Read Blvd.” and here’s why…
Tags: bike, bike lanes, cycling, East Main Street, Harvey Botzman, infrastructure, Main Street, protected bike lanes, Rochester, Rochester NY, transportation, urban planning
Posted in Opinion, Reader Submitted Stories, Transit + Infrastructure, Urban Development | 9 Comments »
Filling In: Main St. Bus Shelters
Monday, March 2nd, 2015![A local collective of artists/illustrators known as Hope Mountain is Kickstarting to produce a new book and put some artwork on Main Street. [Image: Peter Lazarski]](https://www.rochestersubway.com/images/photos/hope-mountain-02.jpg)
A local collective of artists/illustrators known as Hope Mountain have been publishing art books in Rochester for the past 4 years. Now they’re in the middle of Kickstarting this year’s Volume 5 and they’re asking for our help…
Tags: art, bus shelter, City of Rochester, Filling In, Hope Mountain, Kickstarter, Main Street, Rochester, Rochester NY
Posted in Art + Culture, Transit + Infrastructure | No Comments »
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