{"id":2944,"date":"2011-11-08T15:49:23","date_gmt":"2011-11-08T19:49:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/topics\/?p=2944"},"modified":"2014-07-15T22:05:50","modified_gmt":"2014-07-16T02:05:50","slug":"genesee-brewery-to-demolish-this-building","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/topics\/2011\/11\/genesee-brewery-to-demolish-this-building\/","title":{"rendered":"Genesee Brewery to Demolish This Building"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/chn.ge\/uLPdM6\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border:none; margin-bottom:8px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/images\/photos\/button-cataract-petition.gif\" border=\"1\" title=\"Sign the Petition to Save 13 Cataract Street\" alt=\"Sign the Petition to Save 13 Cataract Street\" width=\"100%\" height=\"120\" border=\"0\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Genesee Brewery getting set to demolish this building. That would be a great loss. [Flickr Photo: Zeus-the-Ferret]\" rel=\"lightbox-breweryDemo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/images\/photos\/genesee-brewery-Zeus-the-Ferret.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin-bottom:8px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/images\/photos\/genesee-brewery-Zeus-the-Ferret.jpg\" border=\"1\" alt=\"Genesee Brewery getting set to demolish this building. That would be a great loss. [Flickr Photo: Zeus-the-Ferret]\" width=\"100%\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nRocSubway has word from good sources this afternoon that Genesee Brewery will submit an application today to demolish this building at the eastern end of the High Falls pedestrian bridge at 13 Cataract Street.  This will likely be going to the Zoning Board hearing on Dec 15. Obviously, if true, this would be a great architectural and historical loss for Rochester. If you know anyone with deep pockets, now is a great time to buy! <\/p>\n<p><!--more--><a title=\"The building as it was in 1899. [PHOTO: Rochester Public Library]\" rel=\"lightbox-breweryDemo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/images\/photos\/genesee-brewery.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin-bottom:8px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/images\/photos\/genesee-brewery.jpg\" border=\"1\" alt=\"The building as it was in 1899. [PHOTO: Rochester Public Library]\" width=\"100%\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nA view of the Standard Brewing Company (above) located at 13 Cataract Street at Platt Street. Standard Brewing Company was incorporated in 1899, but suspended production during the prohibition era in 1924. In 1933, production resumed until Standard Brewing Company merged with Rochester Brewing Company in 1956 to form Standard Rochester Brewing Company.<\/p>\n<p>According to the <a href=\"http:\/\/geo.cityofrochester.gov\/detail.asp?RECID=1066213400#\" target=\"_new\">property detail<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"position:relative; top:2px;\" alt=\"external link\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/images\/icon_link.gif\" width=\"15\" heigth=\"11\" border=\"0\"><\/a> on the City&#8217;s web site, the property is assessed at $187,900.<\/p>\n<p>The Brewery has had the building up for sale with several developers showing interest at one time or another; but no buyers. Genesee Brewery has not yet responded to my request for comment. Stay tuned! And if you have ideas for this building please leave a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/topics\/2011\/11\/genesee-brewery-to-demolish-this-building\/#respond\">comment below<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a name=\"how-you-can-help\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>How You Can Help:<\/h3>\n<p>Plan to attend and speak at the Zoning Board&#8217;s meeting on Thursday, December 15, 2011.  The start time for the Public Hearing is 9:30 AM in City Council Chambers, Room 302A, City Hall, 30 Church Street.  Cases 1-5 will be heard beginning at 9:30 AM. The Genesee Brewery Application is Case #5 and will begin at 11:30 AM.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/217281558349895\/\">Share this event on Facebook<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Please sign the <a href=\"http:\/\/chn.ge\/uLPdM6\" target=\"_new\">petition<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"position:relative; top:2px;\" alt=\"external link\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/images\/icon_link.gif\" width=\"15\" heigth=\"11\" border=\"0\"><\/a>, which was started by fellow blogger <a href=\"http:\/\/www.schiffner.com\/index.php\/2011\/11\/19\/preserve-rochester-history-save-13-cataract-street\/\" target=\"_new\">Christopher Schiffner<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"position:relative; top:2px;\" alt=\"external link\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/images\/icon_link.gif\" width=\"15\" heigth=\"11\" border=\"0\"><\/a>, so we can let them know we&#8217;d like our history preserved&#8230; <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/chn.ge\/uLPdM6\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border:none; margin-bottom:8px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/images\/photos\/button-cataract-petition.gif\" border=\"1\" title=\"Sign the Petition to Save 13 Cataract Street\" alt=\"Sign the Petition to Save 13 Cataract Street\" width=\"100%\" height=\"120\" border=\"0\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\nSee also:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/topics\/2011\/11\/genesee-brewery-to-demolish-this-building\/\">Genesee Brewery to Demolish This Building<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/topics\/2011\/11\/genesee-brewery-inspiration-from-baltimore\/\">Dear Genesee Brewery: Inspiration From Baltimore<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/topics\/2011\/11\/north-american-breweries-unveils-official-plan-to-demolish-historic-building\/\">Brewery Unveils Official Plan<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/topics\/2011\/11\/the-truth-about-genesee-brewery-visitor-center\/\">Help Save Brewing Landmark<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/topics\/2011\/11\/imagine-rochesters-historic-brewery-square\/\">Imagine, Rochester&#8217;s Historic Brewery Square<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.13wham.com\/news\/local\/story\/Landmark-Society-Urges-Brewery-to-Rethink\/it7Vkeb6TECjVaJoFM_ArQ.cspx\">Landmark Society Urges Brewery to Rethink Demolition<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/topics\/2011\/10\/prohibition-in-rochester\/\">Prohibition in Rochester<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>RocSubway has word from good sources this afternoon that Genesee Brewery will submit an application today to demolish this building at the eastern end of the High Falls pedestrian bridge at 13 Cataract Street. This will likely be going to the Zoning Board hearing on Dec 15. Obviously, if true, this would be a great [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10396,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[114,79],"tags":[60,1058,1042,271,53,1045,151,1046],"class_list":["post-2944","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-rochester_news","category-urban_development","tag-architecture","tag-genesee-brewery","tag-genesee-brewing-company","tag-high-falls","tag-rochester","tag-rochester-brewing-company","tag-rochester-ny","tag-standard-brewing-company"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/topics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2944","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/topics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/topics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/topics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/topics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2944"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/topics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2944\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8743,"href":"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/topics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2944\/revisions\/8743"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/topics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10396"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/topics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2944"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/topics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2944"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/topics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2944"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}