The corner of Averill Avenue and Ashland Street is buzzing as a major renovation takes place at Calvary St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Parish
. The winter of 2014, which brought ice dams and water damage to the historic structure, also brought an insurance settlement and a generous benefactor to restore the building to its original luster…
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Renovation Underway for South Wedge Landmark
Sunday, July 27th, 2014Tags: Alex Estremera, Ashland Street, Averill Avenue, Calvary St. Andrew’s, Calvary St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Parish, Connie Ehindero, Foodlink, Old School Painting, Pastor Sam Picard, preservation, renovation, Richard M. Upjohn, Robert Lauterbach, Rochester landmark, Saint Andrews Church, South Wedge, St. Andrew's Church, Trinity Church
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Hope for Pulaski Library
Monday, July 22nd, 2013
Last winter the City of Rochester made a Hail Mary pass to save the historic Pulaski Library. They posted an offer to sell the vacant building for a thousand dollars to anyone with a serious plan to fix it up. I’m not sure how many proposals were submitted, but I’ve learned that Providence Housing Development Corporation
has been given the green light.
[ Take a look inside Pulaski… ]
Providence Housing has worked on similar adaptive reuse projects such as Paul Wolk Commons on State Street, and the Holy Rosary Apartments on Dewey. Although Pulaski may be smaller, it could prove to be a much bigger challenge…
Tags: adaptive reuse, Designated Building of Historic Value, historic preservation, history of Rochester, Hudson Avenue, New York State Historic Preservation Office, Norton Avenue, preservation, Providence Housing Development Corporation, Pulaski Library, Rochester, Rochester history, Rochester landmark, Rochester NY, Rochester Public Library, urban exploration
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