{"id":12414,"date":"2016-05-21T11:38:04","date_gmt":"2016-05-21T15:38:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/topics\/?p=12414"},"modified":"2016-05-21T11:38:04","modified_gmt":"2016-05-21T15:38:04","slug":"roclinks-52116","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/topics\/2016\/05\/roclinks-52116\/","title":{"rendered":"RocLinks 5\/21\/16"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"Looking West from Downtown [PHOTO: Author]\" rel=\"lightbox-roclinks20162105\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/topics\/wp-content\/uploads\/Looking-West.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin-bottom:6px\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/topics\/wp-content\/uploads\/Looking-West.jpg\" border=\"1\" alt=\"Looking West from Downtown [PHOTO: Author]\" width=\"100%\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<small><i>By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/topics\/2009\/01\/contributors\/#about-matthew-denker\">Matthew Denker<\/a><\/i><\/small><\/p>\n<p>From local development to just plain news of the weird, here are your RocLinks for this past week&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h3>Send More Coffee<\/h3>\n<p>After a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.boomtowntable.com\/the-man-behind-the-cart\/\" target=\"_new\">long and sordid affair,<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"external link\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/images\/icon_link.gif\" width=\"15\" height=\"11\" border=\"0\"><\/a> Ugly Duck Coffee <a href=\"http:\/\/www.democratandchronicle.com\/story\/lifestyle\/rocflavors\/2016\/05\/18\/ugly-duck-coffee-opens-east-end\/84537834\/\" target=\"_new\">has finally made the leap<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"external link\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/images\/icon_link.gif\" width=\"15\" height=\"11\" border=\"0\"><\/a> to brick and mortar. Go visit them in the former Little Bakery location, then get a breakfast sandwich from Hart&#8217;s. I&#8217;ll try not to slobber on my keyboard too much in the meantime.<\/p>\n<h3>Ongoing<\/h3>\n<p>Remember that little I-Square blowup? We talked about it <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/topics\/2016\/03\/roclinks-32616\/\">previously.<\/a> Well it&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rbj.net\/article.asp?aID=228423\" target=\"_new\">still blowing up. <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"external link\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/images\/icon_link.gif\" width=\"15\" height=\"11\" border=\"0\"><\/a> I&#8217;m a bit surprised, considering there are far larger projects that have appeared far more corrupt *cough* <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2006\/08\/21\/nyregion\/21ferry.html?ref=labor\n\" target=\"_new\">fast ferry<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"external link\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/images\/icon_link.gif\" width=\"15\" height=\"11\" border=\"0\"><\/a> *cough* that have had far less fallout. Go figure.<\/p>\n<h3>Do Something<\/h3>\n<p>After dragging its heals for 5 years now, UofR has decided to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rochestercitynewspaper.com\/rochester\/downtown-development-misses-prime-parcel\/Content?oid=2801947\" target=\"_new\">beg the city <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"external link\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/images\/icon_link.gif\" width=\"15\" height=\"11\" border=\"0\"><\/a> for another 3-5 years to do something at Block F. Apparently all of Rochester&#8217;s developers are too busy right now (despite all submitting for the new Inner Loop land). I must say that my college experience there would have been much easier if I could have used this same argument while in school. &#8220;But Professor, I waited until the last minute to write my paper, and then the library was full! Can I have a few more weeks?&#8221; Oh, and apparently there&#8217;s not enough parking in this part of town anymore. <a href=\"http:\/\/usa.streetsblog.org\/2014\/04\/09\/rochester-wins-2014-parking-madness-title-and-claims-the-golden-crater\/\" target=\"_new\">Really? <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"external link\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/images\/icon_link.gif\" width=\"15\" height=\"11\" border=\"0\"><\/a> (and yes that&#8217;s Block F on the right).<\/p>\n<h3>Excellent Timing<\/h3>\n<p>To coincide with cocktail revival week (surely), Gov. Cuomo  <a href=\"http:\/\/news10.com\/2016\/05\/19\/cuomo-allow-liquor-sales-in-ny-state-before-noon-on-sundays\/\" target=\"_new\">announced a plan<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"external link\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/images\/icon_link.gif\" width=\"15\" height=\"11\" border=\"0\"><\/a> to allow liquor sales before noon on Sunday. I&#8217;ve only seen that this was announced at a &#8216;Rochester brewery,&#8217; so if anyone knows which one, do please comment.<\/p>\n<h3>Be Literate<\/h3>\n<p>And finally, the Central Library has <a href=http:\/\/www.therochesteriat.com\/blog\/central-library-mural-makeover target=\"_new\">received a nice visual upgrade. <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"external link\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/images\/icon_link.gif\" width=\"15\" height=\"11\" border=\"0\"><\/a> The use of word art on a library is clever, to say the least. Be sure to go check it out, and maybe eat your lunch outside while you&#8217;re at it.<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align:center;margin:20px 0px 20px 0px\">\u2022 \u2022 \u2022<\/div>\n<p>As always, use the comments below as open discussion for anything in these links \u2013 or let us know if there\u2019s a topic you\u2019d like to see us hit more aggressively in future RocLinks. 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