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RochesterSubway. com : Exploring the Caves of Rochester, NY I remember seeing the cave there when I fished down there, but wasn’t big on caves back then If my memory serves me well, I do remember a medium sized cave on the east side of the gorge, just south of the VA bridge You have another goat trail that goes down on the north side of the bridge then crosses under to the south
RochesterSubway. com : History of Seabreeze Amusement Park Penny Arcade was one of buildings fronting the Greyhound on west side; destroyed by 1933 fire along with adjoining Dodgem, Cave of the Winds, Shooting Gallery (Liquid Gas Range), Shuffle Board, and Archery (see 1932 blueprint) Sanborn map of 1924 shows a Penny Arcade at the west edge of the park along the trolley tracks north of the MG-R
Inside Rochester’s Deep Rock Tunnel Network By Mike Governale A few weeks ago we took you on a trip to Van Lare Wastewater Treatment Facility to see where Rochester’s dirty water goes to get cleaned up It was there that we learned of an extensive deep rock tunnel system that that captures major storm runoff until it can be treated Known as the Combined Sewer Overflow Abatement Program, or CSOAP, this system saves over 1 billion
RochesterSubway. com : Exploring the Caves of Rochester, NY Rochester NY's source for lost history and new ideas The Rochester Subway may be gone, but these old Rochester photos, maps, images and stories bring back pieces of Rochester history few people know about Explore Rochester's past and learn what may be in store for its future
RochesterSubway. com : Neglected Landmarks Need Protection Howard Decker is new to Rochester He moved here last Fall after spending much of his professional life designing transit systems from Chicago to Houston to Washington DC He is a lifelong historic preservationist, an FAIA, architect, urban designer, and former Chief Curator of the National Building Museum As a self-proclaimed “transit-geek” he is now spending time familiarizing himself
RochesterSubway. com : B. Forman Co. For the past few days we’ve been doing some holiday window shopping at the old Sibley’s and McCurdy’s department stores “But, WAIT! What about B Forman’s?…” you say? Well, I searched around a bit, and though I wasn’t able to find many photos of window displays from B Forman Co , fear not… I’ve got something you might like Newspaper ads from December 18 – December 25
RochesterSubway. com : Inside Rochester’s Abandoned Walters Psychiatric . . . Thursday, November 15th, 2012 Tags: Driving Park Bridge, Genesee River, Lower Falls, Rico Cave, Rochester, rochester photos, urban exploration, urban explorers, video Posted in Rochester Destinations, Rochester Images, Urban Exploration, Video | 35 Comments »
RochesterSubway. com : Spencerport Rail Bridge Removed Remember this portrait of Bob Ross we spotted on a rail bridge in Spencerport a while ago? Built in 1924, that bridge once carried freight trains over South Union Street The Democrat Chronicle tells us tractor trailers have been hitting the bridge repeatedly for years So it’s time to come down Sorry Bob Daniel Azzolina has sent in a few photos of the bridge being dismantled Enjoy
RochesterSubway. com : Rochester 1982 By Matthew Denker 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
RochesterSubway. com : The Rochester Landmarks Poster, by Richard Margolis Last week we explored some of the caves in Rochester’s Genesee River gorge While digging around for information about Lower Falls, I came across some great stuff on the nearby Driving Park Bridge The bridge that you know today was built in 1989 But the previous bridge (shown above) had been there for nearly 100 years That’s pretty remarkable when you consider its length of 717 feet