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.
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Rochester 1982
Wednesday, October 19th, 2016Tags: 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
Posted in Rochester History, Rochester Images | 14 Comments »

RocLinks 9/17/16
Saturday, September 17th, 2016Don’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
Posted in Architecture, Events, Urban Development | 8 Comments »

RocLinks 8/20/16
Saturday, August 20th, 2016From 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
Posted in Architecture, Art + Culture, Events, Rochester News, Urban Development | 4 Comments »

RocLinks 4/16/16
Saturday, April 16th, 2016From local development to just plain news of the weird, here are your RocLinks for this past week…
Tags: Bird Watching, Counterfeit Goods, CPB, Downtown Casino, Inner Loop, Matt Denker, Matthew Denker, Mayor Lovely Warren, RocLinks, Times Square Building, University of Rochester
Posted in Architecture, Rochester News, Transit + Infrastructure, Urban Development | 5 Comments »

Inner Loop Redevelopment Recommendations
Wednesday, July 1st, 2015Yesterday we took a bike ride down inside the Inner Loop with Matthew Ehlers to see how Rochester’s “big fill” was progressing. Quite nicely I’d say. But once filled, the next question becomes, what will fill the void.
RocSubway reader Ben Voellinger pointed us to a recent document posted to the City’s website that outlines recommendations for future development(s) along the new Union Street. Thanks Ben! Let’s take a look…
Tags: Charlotte Street, City of Rochester, East Ave, Great Wolf Lodge, infill development, Inner Loop, Inner Loop East Reconstruction Project, Manhattan Square Park, Martin Luther King Jr. Park, parking, parking garage, parking lots, Philip Michael Brown Studio, Pitkin Street, Rochester, Rochester NY, Rotterdam, Stantec, Strong National Museum of Play, Union Street, urban development
Posted in Architecture, Rochester Destinations, Rochester News, Transit + Infrastructure, Urban Development | 33 Comments »

RocLinks 4/11/15
Saturday, April 11th, 2015From local development to just plain news of the weird, here are your RocLinks for this past week (and WOW, what a week for development here in Rochester)…
Tags: 50 Chestnut Street, brownfield development, Charlotte Street, development, DHD Ventures LLC, First Church of Christ Scientist, infill development, Inner Loop, Inner Loop East Reconstruction Project, Inner Loop fill webcam, Knights of Columbus Building, Orchard-Whitney industrial site, Rochester, Rochester Lyrics Opera, Rochester news, Rochester NY, RocLinks, Sykes Datatronics
Posted in Rochester News | 6 Comments »

RocLinks: 12/13/14
Saturday, December 13th, 2014Ignoring how awesome today’s date is, we’re looking to start bringing RochesterSubway readers more content. And thanks to the glory of our hyperlinked internet, we can do that with other people’s content! Look for weekly Rochester links every Saturday from here on out, and if there’s ever any topic you’d like to see us hit more aggressively in these links, let us know. Also, feel free to use the comments thread of these posts as open discussion for anything in the links…
Tags: 13 month calendar, 300 Alexander Street, Christmas light display, Christmas lights, East High School, holiday lights, holiday windows, Inner Loop, Mark IV, Pittsford Westport Crossing, Rochester, Rochester NY, RocLinks, web sites
Posted in Rochester News | No Comments »

See Ya Later Inner Loop. Hello, Inner Horseshoe?
Thursday, December 11th, 2014Google Maps updated their view of Rochester this week. Notice anything different? Let’s zoom in on that visual a bit…
Tags: downtown Rochester, Google, Google Maps, I-490, Inner Horseshoe, Inner Loop, Inner Loop East Reconstruction Project, maps, Rochester, Rochester NY
Posted in Opinion, Rochester Images, Rochester News, Transit + Infrastructure, Urban Development | 21 Comments »

Wear to Where #1 . . . . . . The Inner Loop
Sunday, November 30th, 2014
By Clarke Condé
Welcome to the first in a new series blending geography and fashion with a focus on this place we call Rochester. We are fortunate to have host of boutiques and makers that bring a homegrown sense of Rust Belt chic to the varied spaces here. This series is an exploration of those spaces, many of which would otherwise not even get a second glance…
Tags: Carrie George, Clarke Conde, clothing, Emma Rusa, fashion, Inner Loop, Rochester, Rochester fashion, Rochester NY, Rust Belt chic, Thread, urban exploration, Wear to Where
Posted in Art + Culture, Rochester Images, Transit + Infrastructure, Urban Exploration | 5 Comments »

Filling In: Charlotte Street
Thursday, November 13th, 2014It’s kind of amazing we haven’t looked at Charlotte Street already, but better late than never. Also, the RFP from the city is out, so there’s that. You can read the details here
. Let’s just say the city is much more open minded about this proposal than the one for Midtown Parcel 5.
This proposal, in case you’re curious, is due December 5th. It’s going to be a busy few weeks for you if you’re trying to submit for this and Site 5…
Tags: 2 Vine, 40 Mercer, Charlotte Square, Charlotte Street, Christa Development, development, Filling In, Haags Alley, Hart's Local Grocers, Inner Loop, Jean Nouvel, Little Bakery, Pitkin Street, Rochester, Rochester NY
Posted in Transit + Infrastructure, Urban Development | 30 Comments »

Inner Loop Informational Meeting Tonight
Wednesday, August 28th, 2013
Reconnect Rochester has alerted us to an important informational meeting tonight about the Inner Loop’s future (or lack thereof). As we wait to find out whether or not this project will be a recipient of a USDOT TIGER grant, the City is moving forward with plans to scale down a large portion the underutilized 12-lane highway. Ultimately that will mean greater connectivity between downtown and the neighborhoods to the east, and lower road maintenance costs in the long run. If there was ever a big road project to support, this is it.
Read what Reconnect Rochester has to say about the project and attend the meeting tonight to learn more… 6-8pm on the third floor of City Hall
.
Tags: Anderson Park, City of Rochester, East Avenue, Inner Loop, Inner Loop East Reconstruction Project, Main Street, Reconnect Rochester, Rochester, Rochester NY, Union Street, USDOT TIGER grant
Posted in Events, Opinion, Rochester News, Transit + Infrastructure, Urban Development | 7 Comments »

Inner Loop Officially ‘Dead Man Walking’
Friday, September 9th, 2011
It’s no secret that I am wholeheartedly in favor of removing Rochester’s Inner Loop roadway which encircles downtown and chokes it off from the surrounding neighborhoods like an ever tightening noose. What we didn’t know until today was that City Council and Mayor Tom Richards feel the same…
Tags: Carla Palumbo, Carolee Conklin, Democrat & Chronicle, Democrat and Chronicle, downtown Rochester, highway, highways, I-490, infrastructure, Inner Loop, New York, Rochester, Rochester City Council, Rochester NY, transportation, WXXI, Zack Seward
Posted in Rochester News, Transit + Infrastructure, Urban Development | 5 Comments »

Think Before You Defend Rochester’s Inner Noose
Tuesday, July 20th, 2010
A recent story in the City Newspaper, “Glamming Rochester’s Gateways” touched on the idea that filling in part of the Inner Loop would help reconnect certain neighborhoods with downtown and improve Rochester’s eastern gateways. Then came the raging comments from readers who blindly defended the inner loop and its many blessings.
One letter sent in from James R. Boehler went like this…
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Tags: Alaskan Way, Buffalo, City Newspaper, downtown Rochester, FDR Drive, highway, highways, I-490, infrastructure, Inner Loop, James R. Boehler, Kensington Expressway, New York, Rochester, Rochester NY, Seattle, transportation
Posted in Opinion, Rochester News, Transit + Infrastructure, Urban Development | 14 Comments »

Rochester Finally Shows Up
Monday, March 22nd, 2010If you were at the Circulator Study Public Meeting tonight, THANK YOU! Turn out was good. It could’ve been even better… but there were plenty of people there asking questions and giving input and the room had a constant buzz. Even the media
thought enough to make an appearance. There will be another public meeting in June/July to share the preliminary findings of the study so stay tuned and continue to share this story with friends and neighbors. We’ll need even more of you at the next meeting.
Tags: bike lanes, bike racks, Center City Circulator Study, City of Rochester, commuter survey, Erik Frisch, Inner Loop, public input, public meeting, Rochester, Rochester NY, RTS, shuttle bus, streetcar, transit, transportation
Posted in Events, Rochester News, Transit + Infrastructure | 5 Comments »
