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Rochester, New York
A portion of Rochester's skyline, looking north-northeast along the Genesee River from the Ford Street Bridge.
Flag Seal
Nickname: "The Flour City," "The Flower City," "The World's Image Centre"
Motto: Rochester: Made for Living
Location of Rochester in New York State
Coordinates: 43°9′56″N 77°36′41″W / 43.16556, -77.61139
Country	United States
State	New York
County	Monroe
Government [1]
- Mayor	Robert Duffy (D)
Area
- City	37.1 sq mi (96.1 km²)
- Land	35.8 sq mi (92.8 km²)
- Water	1.3 sq mi (3.3 km²)
Elevation	505 ft (154 m)
Population (2006)
- City	208,123 [1]
- Density	6,132.9/sq mi (2,368.3/km²)
- Metro	1,098,201 [2]
Time zone	EST (UTC-5)
- Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)
ZIP code	146xx (14604=downtown)
Area code(s)	585
FIPS code	36-63000
GNIS feature ID	0962684
Website: www.ci.rochester.ny.us

Rochester is a city in Monroe County, New York State, south of Lake Ontario in the United States. The Rochester metropolitan area is the second largest economy in New York State, behind the New York City metropolitan area.^[2] Known as The World's Image Centre,^[3] it was also once known as The Flour City, and more recently as The Flower City. It is the county seat for Monroe County. Monroe County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. ... Ulster County is a county located in the state of New York, USA. It sits in the states beautiful Mid-Hudson Region of the Hudson Valley. ... Rochester is a town located in Ulster County, New York, United States. ... Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 409 pixelsFull resolution (2560 × 1310 pixel, file size: 555 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) By Brian Stiehler (june 2007). ... 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Rochester's population is approximately 208,000 making it New York's third largest city. It is at the center of a larger Metropolitan Area which encompasses and extends past Monroe County and includes Genesee County, Livingston County, Ontario County, Orleans County and Wayne County. This area, which is part of the Western New York region, had a population of 1,037,831 people in the 2000 Census. As of July 1, 2005, this population rose slightly to 1,039,028. Monroe County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. ... Genesee County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. ... Livingston County is a county located in the state of New York. ... Ontario County is a county located in the state of New York. ... Orleans County is a county located in the state of New York. ... Wayne County is a county located in the state of New York. ... Western New York refers to the westernmost region of New York State. ... The United States Census of year 2000, conducted by the Census Bureau, determined the resident population of the United States on April 1, 2000, to be 281,421,906, an increase of 13. ... is the 182nd day of the year (183rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Rochester was ranked #6 among 379 U.S. Metro areas in the 25th edition of the Places Rated Almanac for Most Livable Cities.^[4] In 2007, Rochester was ranked as the top city in the country by Expansion Management Magazine for quality of life. Expansion Management rated the region's public schools sixth best nationwide among metropolitan areas of a million people or more.^[5]

The current Mayor of Rochester is Robert Duffy, who was the city's Police Chief before being elected mayor. Robert J. Duffy (21 August 1954–) is the mayor of Rochester, New York. ...

Founding and early history

Main article: History of Rochester, New York

An aerial view of downtown Rochester from 1938

On November 8, 1803, a 100 acre (ca. 40 ha) tract in Western New York along the Genesee River was purchased by Colonel Nathaniel Rochester, Major Charles Carroll, and Colonel William Fitzhugh, all of Hagerstown, Maryland. The site was chosen because of three cataracts on the Genesee, offering great potential for water power. Beginning in 1811, and with a population of 15, the three founders surveyed the land and laid out streets and tracts. In 1817, the Brown brothers and other landowners joined their lands with the Hundred Acre Tract to form the village of Rochesterville. This article documents the history of Rochester, New York part of present day New York State. ... is the 312th day of the year (313th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1803 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... A hectare (symbol ha) is a unit of area, equal to 10 000 square metres, commonly used for measuring land area. ... Upper Genesee near Belmont, New York, a series of pools and riffles The Middle Falls of the Genesee in Letchworth State Park The Genesee Rivers name is derived from the Iroquois meaning good valley or pleasant valley. ... Col. ... Charles Carroll is the name of several notable men: Charles Carroll, Barrister (1723-1783), Continental Congress from Maryland Charles Carroll of Carrollton (1737-1832), signed U.S. Declaration of Independence for Maryland Charles H. Carroll (1794-1865), U..S. Congressman for New York There is also: Charles Carroll Sawyer, 19th... William Fitzhugh (August 24, 1741 – June 6, 1809) was an American planter and statesman who served as a delegate to the Continental Congress for Virginia in 1779. ... This article is about a city in the State of Maryland. ... For other uses, see Waterfall (disambiguation). ...

Aqueduct of the Erie Canal as it was built in 1842, replacing the original construction from 1823. In the 1920s, the Broad Street Bridge was erected on top of it.

By 1821, Rochesterville was the seat of Monroe County. In 1823, Rochesterville consisted of 1,012 acres (4 km²) and 2,500 residents, and the Village of Rochesterville became known as Rochester. Also in 1823, the Erie Canal aqueduct over the Genesee River was completed, and the Erie Canal east to the Hudson River was opened. Later, after the advent of railroads, the presence of the canal in the center city became bothersome, and it was re-routed south of Rochester. By 1830, Rochester's population was 9,200 and in 1834, it was re-chartered as a city. ImageMetadata File history File links Download high resolution version (1536x1024, 659 KB) Summary This is the Broad Street Bridge of Rochester, NY, as seen from the south. ... ImageMetadata File history File links Download high resolution version (1536x1024, 659 KB) Summary This is the Broad Street Bridge of Rochester, NY, as seen from the south. ... The Erie Canal (currently part of the New York State Canal System) is a canal in New York State, United States, that runs from the Hudson River to Lake Erie, connecting the Great Lakes with the Atlantic Ocean. ... The Erie Canal (currently part of the New York State Canal System) is a canal in New York State, United States, that runs from the Hudson River to Lake Erie, connecting the Great Lakes with the Atlantic Ocean. ... Upper Genesee near Belmont, New York, a series of pools and riffles The Middle Falls of the Genesee in Letchworth State Park The Genesee Rivers name is derived from the Iroquois meaning good valley or pleasant valley. ... , The Hudson River, called Muh-he-kun-ne-tuk in Mahican, the Great Mohegan by the Iroquois,[1][2][3] or as the Lenape Native Americans called it in Unami, Muhheakantuck, Θkahnéhtati[4] in Tuscarora), is a river that runs through the eastern portion of New York State and... This is the top-level page of WikiProject trains Rail tracks Rail transport refers to the land transport of passengers and goods along railways or railroads. ...

Rochester was first known as "The Young Lion of the West", and then as the "Flour City". By 1838, Rochester was the largest flour-producing city in the United States. Having doubled its population in only ten years, Rochester became America's first "boomtown." A boomtown is a community that experiences sudden and rapid population and economic growth. ...

In 1847, Frederick Douglass founded the abolitonist newspaper The North Star in Rochester. Douglass, a former slave and an antislavery speaker and writer, gained a circulation of over 4,000 readers in the United States, Europe and the Caribbean. The North Star served as a forum for abolitionist views. Frederick Douglass, ca. ... This article is about slavery. ... The North Star was an abolitionist newspaper founded in 1847 by Frederick Douglass in Rochester, New York. ...

In the early 20th century, Rochester became a center of the garment industry, particularly men's fashions. It was home of enterprises such as Fashion Park and Hickey-Freeman. It was home to the pioneer automobile company Cunningham, produced by carriage maker James Cunningham and Sons.^[6] Hickey Freeman is a manufacturer of mens suits. ... Car redirects here. ... Catherine IIs carved, painted and gilded Coronation Coach (Hermitage Museum) George VI and Queen Elizabeth in a landau with footmen and an outrider, Canada 1939 The classic definition of a carriage is a four-wheeled horse drawn private passenger vehicle with leaf springs (elliptical springs in the 19th century...

The population reached 62,386 in 1870, 162,608 in 1900, and 295,750 in 1920. By 1950, population had reached a high of 332,488. It declined to 219,773 by 2000.

Geography and climate

High Falls during the summer

Rochester is at 43°9′56″N, 77°36′41″W (43.165496, -77.611504).^[7] The city is east of Buffalo, west of Syracuse and sits on the southern shore of Lake Ontario. The Genesee River bisects the city. Nickname: Location of Buffalo in New York State Coordinates: , Country State County Erie First Settled 1789 Founded 1801 Incorporated (City) 1832 Government  - Mayor Byron Brown (D) Area  - City 52. ... Nickname: Location of Syracuse within the state of New York Coordinates: , City Government  - Mayor Matthew Driscoll (D) Area  - City 66. ... Lake Ontario, bounded on the north by the Canadian province of Ontario and on the south by Ontarios Niagara Peninsula and by New York State, USA, is one of the five Great Lakes of North America. ... Upper Genesee near Belmont, New York, a series of pools and riffles The Middle Falls of the Genesee in Letchworth State Park The Genesee Rivers name is derived from the Iroquois meaning good valley or pleasant valley. ...

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 37.1 square miles (96.1 km²), of which, 35.8 square miles (92.7 km²) of it is land and 1.3 square miles (3.4 km²) of it (3.42%) is water. The United States Census Bureau (officially Bureau of the Census as defined in Title ) is a part of the United States Department of Commerce. ...

Rochester's geography comes from the ice sheets during the Pleistocene epoch. The retreating ice sheets reached a standstill at what is now the southern border of the city, melting at the same rate as they were advancing, depositing sediment along the southern edge of the ice mass. This created a line of hills, including (from west to east) Mt. Hope, the hills of Highland Park, Pinnacle Hill, and Cobb's Hill. Because the sediment of these hills was deposited into a proglacial lake they are stratified and classified as a "kame delta." A brief retreat and readvance of the ice sheet onto the delta piled unstratified (moraine) material there, creating a rare hybrid structure called a "kame moraine." An ice sheet is a mass of glacier ice that covers surrounding terrain and is greater than 50,000 km² (19,305 mile²).[1] The only current ice sheets are in Antarctica and Greenland; during the last ice age at Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) the Laurentide ice sheet covered much... The Pleistocene epoch (IPA: ) on the geologic timescale is the period from 1,808,000 to 11,550 years BP. The Pleistocene epoch had been intended to cover the worlds recent period of repeated glaciations. ...

The ice sheets also left behind Lake Ontario (one of the five fresh-water Great Lakes), the Genesee River with its waterfalls and gorges, Irondequoit Bay, Sodus Bay, Braddock's Bay, Mendon Ponds, numerous local streams and ponds, the Ridge, and the nearby Finger Lakes. Lake Ontario, bounded on the north by the Canadian province of Ontario and on the south by Ontarios Niagara Peninsula and by New York State, USA, is one of the five Great Lakes of North America. ... The Great Lakes from space The Laurentian Great Lakes are a group of five large lakes in North America on or near the Canada-United States border. ... The Genesee River flows northward from its source in northern Pennsylvania to enter Lake Ontario north of Rochester, New York. ... For other uses, see Waterfall (disambiguation). ... A gorge is a narrow passage between steep mountains or hills. ... Irondequoit Bay is a large body of water located in northeastern Monroe County, New York. ... Sodus Bay is a bay on the south shore of Lake Ontario, one of the Great Lakes. ... Braddocks Bay is located northwest of Rochester, NY on Lake Ontario. ... Mendon Ponds Park is a county park located southeast of Rochester, New York near the town of Mendon. ... The Finger Lakes, a major tourist destination in the west-central section of Upstate New York, are actually eleven in number, but only seven of the largest are commonly identified as such. ...

According to the City of Rochester, the city has 537 miles (864 km) of public streets, 585 miles (941 km) of water mains, 44 vehicular and eight pedestrian bridges, 11 public libraries, two police stations (one for the east side, one for the west), and 16 fire stations. The principal source of water is Hemlock Lake, which, with its watershed, is owned by the city. Other water sources are Canadice Lake and Lake Ontario. The 30-year annual average snowfall is 95.0 inches (241 cm), making Rochester the snowiest large city in the U.S.^[8] The mean July temperature is 71.3°F (21.8°C), and the mean February temperature is 23.6°F (−4.7°C). Hemlock Lake is one of the minor Finger Lakes. ... Canadice Lake is one of the minor Finger Lakes of western New York in the USA. Canadice Lake has a shoreline 6. ... Lake Ontario, bounded on the north by the Canadian province of Ontario and on the south by Ontarios Niagara Peninsula and by New York State, USA, is one of the five Great Lakes of North America. ...

Rochester lies in the Humid continental climate zone, and has four distinct seasons, with often cold and snowy winters. Autumn features brilliant foliage colors, and summer sees comfortable temperatures that usually stay in the low to mid 80s (upper 20s Celsius). Precipitation is plentiful year round. The humid continental climate is a climate found over large areas of land masses in the temperate regions of the mid-latitudes where there is a zone of conflict between polar and tropical air masses. ...

Demographics

In the census^[9] of 2000, there were 219,773 people, 88,999 households, and 47,169 families residing in the city. The population density was 6,132.9 people per square mile (2,368.3/km²). There were 99,789 housing units at an average density of 2,784.7/sq mi (1,075.3/km²). The racial makeup was 48.30% White, 38.55% African American, 0.47% Native American, 2.25% Asian, 0.05% Pacific Islander, 6.58% from other races, and 3.81% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 12.75% of the population. Ancestries include: German (10.9%), Italian (10.0%), Irish (9.6%), English (5.8%), and Polish (2.7%). [4] Image:1870 census Lindauer Weber 01. ... The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ... The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ... The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ... The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ... The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ... It has been suggested that Ethnicity (United States Census) be merged into this article or section. ... The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ... The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ... English Americans (occasionally known as Anglo-Americans) are citizens of the United States whose ancestry originates wholly or partly in England. ...

Rochester has the largest per capita deaf population in the United States.^[10] Rochester is home to internationally recognized programs for the deaf at the National Technical Institute for the Deaf (part of the Rochester Institute of Technology) and at the University of Rochester. The National Technical Institute for the Deaf (NTID) is one of the eight schools comprising Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) in Rochester, New York. ... RIT redirects here. ... The University of Rochester (UR) is a private, coeducational and nonsectarian research university located in Rochester, New York. ...

There were 88,999 households of which 30.0% had children under 18 living with them, 25.1% were married couples living together, 23.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 47.0% were non-families. 37.1% of all households were made up of individuals and 9.2% had someone living alone 65 or older. The average household size was 2.36 and the average family size was 3.19. Matrimony redirects here. ...

The city population was 28.1% under 18, 11.6% from 18 to 24, 32.2% from 25 to 44, 18.1% from 45 to 64, and 10.0% who were 65 or older. The median age was 31. For every 100 females there were 91.6 males. For every 100 females 18 and over, there were 87.3 males.

The median income for a city household was $27,123, and the median family income was $31,257. Males had a median income of $30,521, versus $25,139 for females. The per capita income for the city was $15,588. About 23.4% of families and 25.9% of the population were below the poverty line, including 37.5% of those under age 18 and 15.4% of those age 65 or over. Per capita income means how much each individual receives, in monetary terms, of the yearly income generated in their country. ... Map of countries showing percentage of population who have an income below the national poverty line The poverty line is the level of income below which one cannot afford to purchase all the resources one requires to live. ...

Economy

The Rochester area is home to a number of international businesses, including Fortune 1000 companies Eastman Kodak, Constellation Brands, and Paychex, as well as several national and regional companies. Xerox Corporation was founded in Rochester in 1906 as The Haloid Company^[12], and retains a significant presence in Rochester, although its headquarters are now located in Norwalk, Connecticut. The Gannett newspaper company and Western Union were both founded in the Rochester area by Frank Gannett and Hiram Sibley respectively. Fortune 1000 is a reference to a list maintained by the American business magazine Fortune. ... Kodak redirects here. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Paychex, Inc. ... Xeroxs former headquarters in Stamford (now headquartered in Norwalk) This article is about the company. ... Year 1906 (MCMVI) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Sunday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Norwalk is a city in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. ... Gannett Company, Inc. ... Western Union (NYSE: WU) is a financial services and communications company based in the United States. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Hiram Sibley (1807-1888) was an industrialist, entrepreneur, and philanthropist originally from Massachusetts, and later Rochester, New York. ...

Because of the high prevalence of imaging and optical science among the industry and the universities, Rochester is known as the world capital of imaging. The Institute of Optics of the University of Rochester is ranked number one in the country^{[citation needed]}, and the Rochester Institute of Technology has one of the best imaging science departments in the country^{[citation needed]}. In 2006, the University of Rochester became the largest employer in the Rochester area, surpassing Kodak.^[13] The new Biomedical Engineering-Optics building (left), the Computer Science Building (right) with URMC in the background. ... The University of Rochester (UR) is a private, coeducational and nonsectarian research university located in Rochester, New York. ... RIT redirects here. ...

Food and beverage

A white hot garbage plate.

One food product that Rochester calls its own is the "white hot," a variant of the hot dog made by the local Zweigle's company. Another local specialty is the "garbage plate," first served at Nick Tahou Hots. Rochester was home to French's Mustard, whose address was 1 Mustard Street. Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 574 pixelsFull resolution (1342 × 963 pixel, file size: 255 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 574 pixelsFull resolution (1342 × 963 pixel, file size: 255 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... The White Hot is Rochester, New Yorks variation on the hot dog. ... Categories: Stub ... The White Hot is Rochester, New Yorks variation on the hot dog. ... This article contains a trivia section. ... Zweigles Inc. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ...

Rochester is also home to Wet Planet Beverages, producer of Jolt Cola and other beverages. High Falls Brewing Company, maker of the Genesee beers and JW Dundee's brand (Honey Brown) also calls Rochester home. Arbor Mist wines are produced in nearby Canandaigua, NY by owner Constellation Brands. This article does not cite its references or sources. ... Jolt Cola logo used until 2006 Jolt Cola is a carbonated soft drink produced by Wet Planet Beverages. ... High Falls Brewing Company (High Falls) is an American brewery located Rochester, New York. ... ==The Origin of Arbor Mist== Arbor Mist is the brand name of an alcoholic beverage which blends seasonal wines such as merlot, zinfandel and chardonnay with fruit flavorings. ... Canandaigua is a city in Ontario County, New York, USA, of which it is the county seat. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ...

National frozen food manufacturer Birds Eye is headquartered in suburban Rochester. Heluva Good Cheeses and Seneca Foods are in nearby Wayne County. The Ragú brand of pasta sauce was originally produced in Rochester, and the Francesco Rinaldi pasta sauce is manufactured in Rochester. Barilla has a food manufacturing plant in nearby Livingston County, in the Village of Avon. Birds Eye is a company which operates in the UK making and selling frozen fish, meat and vegetables. ... Seneca Foods Corporation is a food processor headquartered in Marion, NY, USA. The company is the worlds leading producer and distributor of canned vegetables. ... Ragú (with a ú) is a brand of Italian-style sauce brand first sold in 1946—one of many consumer brands in the portfolio of Unilever, an Anglo-Dutch food giant. ... Barilla Spa is one of the major Italian food companies. ...

Other local franchises include: Bill Gray's (a hamburger/hot dog joint that lays claim to having "The World's Greatest Cheeseburger"), Country Sweet (known for their chicken wings and BBQ sauce), Boss Sauce, described as a "tantalizing sweet, spicy-hot gourmet after-sauce," was born from the restaurant Eddie's Chicken Coop, Tom Wahl's, Dibella's, Great Northern Pizza Kitchen, Zebb's, Don's Original, and Abbott's Frozen Custard. Dinosaur Bar-b-que, which originated in Syracuse, also operates their second franchise downtown in the former Lehigh Valley Railroad station on the Genesee River. Bill Grays is a chain of fast-food restaurants based in Rochester, New York, that currently has 15 restaurants opened in the Rochester, Batavia and Buffalo areas in western New York; 6 of these locations also sell Abbotts Frozen Custard. ... Tom Wahls is a chain of fast-food restaurants based in Rochester, New York, that currently has several restaurants around the Rochester/ Finger lakes region in western New York. ... A typical DiBellas storefront Dibellas Old Fashioned Sumbarine shop is a restaurant chain based in Rochester, NY. The company operates sub shops in the Rochester, Buffalo, Pittsburgh, Cleveland, and Ann Arbor, Michigan markets. ... Abbotts Frozen Custard is a ice cream franchise founded and based in Rochester, NY. The francise has stores througout New York State, and two stores in Florida, with plans to expand in the Orlando area. ... Dinosaur Bar-B-Ques Syracuse Location Dinosaur Bar-B-Que is a landmark restaurant, blues venue, and biker bar in Syracuse, New York. ... Clinton Square in Downtown Syracuse Syracuse is an American city in Central New York. ... 1884 map of the Pennsylvania, Reading and Lehigh Valley Railroads The Delaware, Lehigh, Schuylkill and Susquehanna Railroad Company (AAR reporting mark LV) was incorporated April 21, 1846 in Pennsylvania. ... Upper Genesee near Belmont, New York, a series of pools and riffles The Middle Falls of the Genesee in Letchworth State Park The Genesee Rivers name is derived from the Iroquois meaning good valley or pleasant valley. ...

The Rochester area is the birthplace of the Wegmans Grocery store chain, which has locations throughout the Northeast and Northern Virginia. In 2005, Wegmans was ranked the best company in America to work for by Fortune Magazine; it has been ranked the best grocery store in America by Consumer Reports and Food Network. Wegmans Food Markets, Inc. ... Categories: Magazines stubs | Time Warner subsidiaries | Business magazines ... Consumer Reports is an American magazine published monthly by Consumers Union. ... Food Network is an American cable network that airs many specials and recurring (episodic) shows about food. ...

Major shopping centers

• Eastview Mall (Victor, New York)
• The Mall at Greece Ridge Center (Greece, New York)
• Medley Centre (formerly known as Irondequoit Mall) (Irondequoit, New York)
• Midtown Plaza
• The Marketplace Mall (Henrietta, New York)
• Pittsford Plaza (Pittsford, New York)
• Rochester Public Market
• Village Gate Square

Eastview Mall, located in Victor, New York, is an indoor shopping center owned and operated by Wilmorite Properties, Inc. ... Victor, New York is both a town and a village in Ontario County, New York: Village of Victor Town of Victor This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... The Mall at Greece Ridge is a large shopping mall located in Greece, New York near Rochester. ... Greece is a town in Monroe County, New York, USA. As of the 2000 United States census, the town had a total population of 94,141. ... Medley Centre (formerly Irondequoit Mall) is a shopping mall in Irondequoit, New York near Rochester. ... Irondequoit is a town (and census-designated place) in Monroe County, New York, USA. As of the 2000 census, the CDP had a total population of 52,354. ... Midtown Plaza is a shopping mall in downtown Rochester, New York. ... The Marketplace Mall is a shopping mall located on Jefferson Road in Henrietta, New York, south of Rochester. ... Henrietta is a town in Monroe County, New York, United States. ... Location map of Pittsford Pittsford is a town in Monroe County, New York, United States. ...

Tallest Structures

Main article: List of tallest buildings in Rochester

As of February, 2008 the top ten tallest buildings in the city are: ^[14]

• Xerox Tower – 443 feet (135 m)
• Bausch & Lomb Place – 401 feet (122 m)
• Chase Tower – 392 feet (119 m)
• Kodak Tower – 360 feet (110 m)
• First Federal Plaza – 309 feet (94 m)
• One HSBC Plaza – 284 feet (87 m)
• Hyatt Regency Hotel – 271 feet (83 m)
• Times Square Building – 260 feet (79 m)
• Midtown Tower (to be demolished) – 251 feet (77 m)
• St. Michael's Church – 246 feet (75 m)
• Paetec Tower (proposed) – from 200–500 feet (60–150 m)

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Top private employers

As of 2006, the top private employers in Greater Rochester are:^[16]

• University of Rochester/Strong Health—17,199
• Wegmans Food Markets, Inc.—14,461
• Eastman Kodak—14,100
• Xerox—8,250
• ViaHealth/Rochester General Hospital—6,728
• Unity Health System—5,002
• Excellus Blue Cross Blue Shield —4,086
• Rochester Institute of Technology—2,827
• ITT Corporation—2,613
• Tops Markets—2,600

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Companies

The Xerox Tower in downtown Rochester

Wegmans Food Markets are headquartered in Rochester

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• Ambrosia Software - Software firm
• American Specialty Manufacturing Company, Inc. - Creator of Boss Sauce
• Bausch & Lomb - Contact lens care & Eye health
• Bird's Eye - Producer of frozen and packaged foods
• Carestream Health - Health equipment and technology
• Choice One Communications - Telecommunications
• Constellation Brands - Alcoholic beverages, importer of Corona (beer)
• Connection Technology Center - Electronic part manufacturer
• Eastman Kodak Company - Photography and Printing
• eBaum's World - Internet humor website
• Frontier Telephone - Telecommunications
• Gatehouse Media - Owner/Publisher of regional periodicals
• Gleason Corporation - Gear equipment manufacturer
• Harris Interactive - Online surveys
• Hickey-Freeman - hand made suits and clothing, including the Bobby Jones line
• High Falls Brewing Co. (Genesee Brewing Co.)
• Home Properties - Apartment and Properties firm
• Monro Muffler and Brake - Auto care chain
• Nalgene - Maker of Nalgene brand scientific and consumer products
• PAETEC Holding Corp. - Telecommunications
• Paychex - Payroll and human resources
• Pictometry - Oblique aerial photography
• Rochester Midland Corporation - Chemical manufacturing
• Sentry Safe - Security systems
• Sutherland Global Services - Business Process Outsourcing
• Ward's Natural Science- Science educational materials
• Wegmans - Grocery store chain
• Wet Planet Beverages - Creator of Jolt cola

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Many other large companies have a significant presence in Rochester.

• Arch Chemicals - Specialty chemicals to control dandruff, mold, and mildew
• Barilla Group - Pasta production
• CooperVision- Contact Lens manufacturer
• Corning Incorporated - Glass and related products
• Delphi - auto parts manufacturer has a research and development department
• Eastman Chemical Company - Chemical manufacturing and research
• Exxon Mobil - Research and Development
• General Motors - hydrogen powered research and development
• Global Crossing - Telecommunications
• Harris - RF engineers radios and communications equipment
• ITT Corporation - Space Systems Division headquartered here
• Johnson & Johnson's Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics division - Chemical and Pharmaceutical applications
• JPMorgan Chase - Large home equity operations center located downtown
• M&T Bank - largest local banking franchise
• Pactiv - Producer of packaging materials, such as Hefty
• Toshiba - Headquarters of wholly-owned subsidiary, Toshiba Business Solutions - NY
• Thomson Reuters - An office of their Thomson West division, a publisher of law books and the Westlaw online service
• Verizon wireless - Upstate NY call center
• Xerox - Manufacturing and Operations

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Government

Rochester is governed by a mayor and city council consisting of 4 district members and 5 at-large members.

Neighborhood Empowerment Team

Enforcement of property code violations in Rochester is currently handled by the Neighborhood Empowerment Team, or NET. Rather than utilizing a centralized code enforcement office as most cities do, each neighborhood in Rochester is assigned its own NET office, leading to considerable discrepancies in the manner and severity of enforcement. On July 16th, 2008, it was announced that two of the NET offices would be closed, and another one relocated, due to the high cost and low value of operating the decentralized network.^[17]

Cityscape

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Map of the city and surrounding geography

Principal suburbs

Principal suburbs of the city include Brighton, Chili, East Rochester, Fairport, Gates, Greece, Henrietta, Irondequoit, Penfield, Pittsford, Spencerport, Brockport, Victor, and Webster. Brighton is a town in Monroe County, New York, USA. The population was 35,588 at the 2000 census. ... Chili is a town in Monroe County, New York, USA. The population was 27,638 at the 2000 census. ... Coordinates: Country United States State New York County Monroe Settled 1897 (as Despatch) Incorporated 1906 Government  - Mayor David Bonacchi Area  - Town/Village  1. ... Fairport is a village located in the Town of Perinton which is part of Monroe County, New York. ... Gates is a town in Monroe County, New York. ... Henrietta is a town in Monroe County, New York, United States. ... Irondequoit is a town (and census-designated place) in Monroe County, New York, USA. As of the 2000 census, the CDP had a total population of 52,354. ... Penfield is a town in Monroe County, New York, United States. ... Location map of Pittsford Pittsford is a town in Monroe County, New York, United States. ... Spencerport is a village in Monroe County, New York, United States, and a suburb of Rochester, New York. ... Brockport is a village located in the Town of Sweden in Monroe County, New York, USA. As of the 2000 census, the village had a total population of 8,103. ... Victor is a town in Ontario County, New York, USA. The population was 9,977 at the 2000 census. ... Webster is a town in Monroe County, New York, United States. ...

Neighborhoods

Rochester has a number of neighborhoods, as well as popular communities in the inner ring suburbs, Brighton, Irondequoit and Greece. Dewey, Barnard, Browncroft, Mt. Read, Maplewood, Edgerton, Lyell, Otis, Dutchtown, 19th Ward, Southwest, Corn Hill, Cascade District, High Falls District, Grove Place, East End, South Wedge, Marketview Heights, Swillburg, Upper Monroe, Park Avenue, Beechwood, 14621 Community, German Village, University-Atlantic, Charlotte and Cobbs Hill are all primary neighborhoods. For other places with the same name, see Brighton (disambiguation). ... Irondequoit is a town (and census-designated place) located in Monroe County, New York. ...

Park Avenue

The area around Park Avenue in southeast Rochester is considered the Greenwich Village of Rochester.^{[citation needed]} It is a popular area, especially for students and young people. Lining the streets are cafes, shops, pubs and restaurants. In a broader view, the total area surrounding University Avenue is one of the most culture and art-rich sections of the city. Located here are the Village Gate, Memorial Art Gallery, Rochester Museum and Science Center, Rochester Public Market, ArtWalk, George Eastman House and high-end residential streets such as Granger Drive and Oxford Street. The Washington Square Arch Greenwich Village (IPA pronunciation: ), also called simply the Village, is a largely residential area on the west side of downtown (southern) Manhattan in New York City named after Greenwich, London. ... The George Eastman House Motion Picture Collection in Rochester, New York, comprises over 23,000 titles, including features, shorts, documentaries, newsreels, and paper artifacts. ...

East End

The East End is a residential neighborhood in Downtown Rochester but also the main nightlife district. The Eastman Theater and the Eastman School of Music are in the East End, along with the Little Theatre, an independent film theatre and many clubs, bars and high-end restaurants. The Eastman Theatre is a performance space in Rochester, New York at the Eastman School of Music, the professional music school of the University of Rochester. ... The Eastman School of Music of the University of Rochester (also known more simply as The Eastman School, Eastman, or ESM) is a music conservatory located in the United States. ... The Little Theater, now an art house multiplex, is one of the oldest active movie theaters, built specifically to show films, in the United States. ...

South Wedge

The South Wedge neighborhood dates back to 1827, prior to the incorporation of Rochester Village.^[18]. The area is bordered by Marshall and Main streets in the north, Goodman St. and the town of Brighton on its east and south sides, and St. Paul St. on the west. This economically distressed neighborhood is one of the few in Rochester undergoing the process of gentrification, partially due to a recent increase in homeownership in the area. The South Wedge has a large concentration of Rochester's gay population and is home to the only specifically gay-friendly coffee shop in the city.^[19]

Swillburg

This pie-shaped piece of the city is bordered by S. Clinton, Field St, and 490. ^[20] The neighborhood received its moniker when a 19th century Rochester pig farmer utilized the area to collect swill for his swine. The neighborhood association humorously honors its roots by using street signs featuring the Swillburg Pig.^[21] The area has one of the highest rates of homeownership in the city.

Corn Hill

The Corn Hill neighborhood near downtown is one of the nation's best preserved Victorian neighborhoods and a center for art. It is undergoing renovation and construction for residential buildings along the Genesee River, and the Corn Hill Art Festival is one of the city's most popular gatherings for art display. Upper Genesee near Belmont, New York, a series of pools and riffles The Middle Falls of the Genesee in Letchworth State Park The Genesee Rivers name is derived from the Iroquois meaning good valley or pleasant valley. ...

Charlotte

Charlotte (shar-LOT) is a lake front community in Rochester bordering Lake Ontario. It is home to Ontario Beach Park, commonly known as Charlotte Beach, which is a popular summer destination for Rochesterians. Charlotte is a neighborhood in Rochester, New York. ... Lake Ontario, bounded on the north by the Canadian province of Ontario and on the south by Ontarios Niagara Peninsula and by New York State, USA, is one of the five Great Lakes of North America. ...

Colleges and Universities

Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School

Education is one of Rochester's primary economic areas. The city and its suburbs are home to a number of colleges and universities: Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2379x1987, 2004 KB)Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School, Rochester, New York Image copyleft: Image taken by me, released under GFDL Pollinator 03:55, Nov 9, 2004 (UTC) ( ) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2379x1987, 2004 KB)Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School, Rochester, New York Image copyleft: Image taken by me, released under GFDL Pollinator 03:55, Nov 9, 2004 (UTC) ( ) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version... Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School is theological school of Baptist origins. ... A __ B -- C -- D -- E __ F -- G -- H -- I __ J -- K -- L -- M __ N -- O -- P -- Q __ R -- S -- T -- U __ V -- W -- X -- Y __ Z The alphabetical listing is based on Christina DeMellos pages at http://www. ...

• Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School
• Monroe Community College
• Nazareth College
• Roberts Wesleyan College
• Rochester Institute of Technology
• Saint John Fisher College
• St. Bernard's School of Theology and Ministry
• SUNY Brockport
• University of Rochester (including the Eastman School of Music)

Together with Alfred University, SUNY Alfred, Empire State College, Finger Lakes Community College, SUNY Geneseo, and Hobart and William Smith Colleges, each within an hour of Rochester, these institutions comprise the Rochester Area Colleges consortium. Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School is theological school of Baptist origins. ... Monroe Community College is a college located in Monroe County, New York with two campuses, one located in the Town of Brighton (a suburb of Rochester, New York) and another, the Damon City Campus, in the city of Rochester. ... For other colleges with the same name, see Nazareth College. ... Roberts Wesleyan College is a private, Christian, liberal arts college located in North Chili, New York, 10 miles southwest of the City of Rochester. ... RIT redirects here. ... St. ... St. ... Categories: University stubs | Monroe County, New York | State University of New York ... The University of Rochester (UR) is a private, coeducational and nonsectarian research university located in Rochester, New York. ... The Eastman School of Music of the University of Rochester (also known more simply as The Eastman School, Eastman, or ESM) is a music conservatory located in the United States. ... Alfred University (Alfred) is a small, comprehensive university in the Village of Alfred in western New York State, USA, an hour south of Rochester and two hours southeast of Buffalo. ... Alfred State College is a State University of New York college located in Alfred, USA in Allegany County. ... Empire State College, a State University of New York university college, is a multi-site institution that offers higher education to students all over the State of New York as well as the rest of the world. ... Finger Lakes Community College is a two-year college affiliated with the State University of New York. ... The State University of New York at Geneseo, also known as SUNY Geneseo or the State University of New York College at Geneseo is located in Geneseo, Livingston County, New York. ... Hobart and William Smith Colleges, located in Geneva, New York, are together a liberal arts college. ... The Rochester Area Colleges is a consortium of higher education institutions in the Rochester, New York metropolitan area. ...

University of Rochester

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River Campus of the University of Rochester

The University of Rochester (U of R), consistently ranked among the top 35 universities in the nation^{[citation needed]} and deemed "one of the new Ivies,"^[22] has some of the best undergraduate programs in the country when it comes to the arts, sciences, and engineering,^{[citation needed]} and the medical school has top ranked research programs and one of the best primary care curricula in the nation.^{[citation needed]} The business school is also at the top of its class in many categories.^{[citation needed]} Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (3072 × 2304 pixel, file size: 2. ... Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (3072 × 2304 pixel, file size: 2. ... The University of Rochester (UR) is a private, coeducational and nonsectarian research university located in Rochester, New York. ... The University of Rochester (UR) is a private, coeducational and nonsectarian research university located in Rochester, New York. ...

The University of Rochester's Laboratory For Laser Energetics (LLE) is home to the highest energy laser in the world, the OMEGA laser.^[23] OMEGA is capable of emitting light at a power 100 times the electrical power output of the country in less than one billionth of a second. The LLE is currently constructing the OMEGA EP laser, which will be 50 times more powerful than OMEGA and will be the most powerful laser in the world, able to manifest power densities high enough to examine hawking radiation-like phenomena in the laboratory. The U of R's Laboratory for Laser Energetics is important now, because it serves at the US's main laser fusion program while the Department of Energy is building the National Ignition Facility. "The Laboratory for Laser Energetics has played a leading, national role in efforts to develop nuclear fusion as a reliable energy source and in the nation's nuclear weapons stockpile stewardship program," says University President Joel Seligman.^{[citation needed]} The Laboratory for Laser Energetics (LLE) is a scientific research facility which is part of the University of Rochesters south campus, located in Rochester, New York. ... For other uses, see Laser (disambiguation). ... In physics, Hawking radiation (also known as Bekenstein-Hawking radiation) is a thermal radiation thought to be emitted by black holes due to quantum effects. ... The United States Department of Energy (DOE) is a Cabinet-level department of the United States government responsible for energy policy and nuclear safety. ... A construction worker inside NIFs 10 meter target chamber. ... A Peacekeeper missile warhead is subjected to a wall of fire to determine how its aging components would react if used today. ... Joel Seligman is the current President of the University of Rochester, in Rochester, New York, and is one of the leading authorities on securities law in the U.S.. Seligman was named the tenth president of the University of Rochester on December 1, 2004. ...

The University of Rochester is home to the Eastman School of Music, which in 2004 was ranked the number one music school in America.^[24] The Eastman School of Music of the University of Rochester (also known more simply as The Eastman School, Eastman, or ESM) is a music conservatory located in the United States. ... See also: 2004 in music (UK) Musical groups established in 2004 Record labels established in 2004 2000s in music. ...

Rochester Institute of Technology

The Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) was founded in 1829 and is the tenth largest private university in the country in terms of full-time students. It is internationally known for its science, computer, engineering, and art programs, as well as for the National Technical Institute for the Deaf, a leading deaf-education institution. RIT has leased 60 acres of the campus to Wilmorite Properties, a real estate company based in Rochester, to build an enterprise called Park Point at RIT. It will be open to not just RIT but the Rochester community as well. The project is scheduled to be complete by August 2008.^[25] RIT redirects here. ... The National Technical Institute for the Deaf (NTID) is one of the eight schools comprising Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) in Rochester, New York. ... Wilmorite Properties, Inc is a commercial real estate company based in Rochester, New York. ...

Monroe Community College

Monroe Community College (MCC) has highly ranked soccer and basketball teams. MCC is home to the Mercer Gallery where students and artists from all over the country exhibit work, located on MCC's Brighton Campus. Monroe Community College is a college located in Monroe County, New York with two campuses, one located in the Town of Brighton (a suburb of Rochester, New York) and another, the Damon City Campus, in the city of Rochester. ...

Roberts Wesleyan College

Roberts Wesleyan was ranked the third-best value private college in the U.S. by the Princeton Review in 2007—the only school in New York State ranked in the top 10.^{[citation needed]} It is also Rochester's only college affiliated with the Council for Christian Colleges & Universities.^{[citation needed]} The Princeton Review (TPR) is a for-profit U.S. company that offers private instruction and tutoring for standardized achievement tests, in particular those offered by the Educational Testing Service (ETS), such as the SAT, GRE, LSAT, GMAT, and MCAT. The company was founded in 1982 and is based in... The Council for Christian Colleges and Universities is an organization designed to help Christian institutions of higher education communicate with one another. ...

Culture and recreation

Rochester is home to a large number of cultural institutions considering its population. These include the world-renowned Garth Fagan Dance, the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra, George Eastman House International Museum of Photography and Film, Memorial Art Gallery, Rochester Contemporary Art Center, Rochester Museum & Science Center, Strong - National Museum of Play, the A|V Room, the Strasenburgh Planetarium, and numerous arts organizations. Rochester's Geva Theatre Center is the city's largest professional theatre. Garth Fagan (1940 -) Modern dance choreographer. ... The Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra is an American orchestra based in Rochester, New York. ... The George Eastman House International Museum of Photography is located in Rochester, New York. ... Strong - National Museum of Play in Rochester, New York is a museum founded in 1982 that documents the history of play in American culture. ... The Strasenburgh Planetarium is located in the city of Rochester, NY. This is a Stub for further updating. ... Geva Theatre Center is Rochesters leading professional theatre and the most attended regional theatre in New York State. ...

The Little Theatre on East Avenue

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Nightlife

Rochester has several districts containing bars and nightspots but the primary area is the East End District in the southeast part of downtown. Restaurants, bistros, and nightclubs can also be found in the St. Paul Quarter, Monroe Avenue (and Upper Monroe), as well as Park Avenue. The South Wedge neighborhood boasts a wine bar, a British-style pub, an Irish pub, a honky-tonk cajun bar-b-que joint and numerous other restaurants and bars.

Park lands

The city's Victorian era Mt. Hope Cemetery includes the final resting place of Susan B. Anthony, Frederick Douglass, and George Baldwin Selden. Other scenic cemeteries are Holy Sepulchre and its neighbor the Riverside Cemetery. Rochester is also known for its parks, including the Highland Park, Cobb's Hill Park, Durand-Eastman Park, Genesee Valley Park, Maplewood Park, Edgerton Park, Seneca Park and Ontario Beach Park. Mount Hope Cemetery in Rochester, New York, founded in 1838, is the United States first municipal Victorian cemetery. ... For other uses, see Susan B. Anthony (disambiguation). ... Frederick Douglass, ca. ... George B. Selden, born September 14, 1846 in Clarkson, New York, died January 17, 1922 in Rochester, New York, was a lawyer and inventor who was granted the first U.S. patent for an automobile. ... Stairway in the north-eastern side of Highland Park The Highland Botanical Park is an arboretum, or tree garden. ... Durand-Eastman Park is a large urban park north of Rochester, New York. ...

Lamberton Conservatory from 1911 in the Highland Park

The city has 13 full-time recreation centers, 19 swimming programs, 3 artificial ice rinks, 66 softball/baseball fields, 47 tennis courts, 5 football fields, 7 soccer fields, and 43 outdoor basketball courts. As a legacy of its time as "The Flower City", Rochester hosts a Lilac Festival for ten days every May, when nearly 400 varieties of lilacs bloom, and 100,000 visitors arrive. ImageMetadata File history File links Download high resolution version (1536x1024, 826 KB) Summary Description: Lamberton Conservatory from 1911 in the Highland Park of Rochester, NY. Source: self-made in 2001 Photographer: Andreas F. Borchert Licensing File links The following pages link to this file: History of Rochester, New York ... ImageMetadata File history File links Download high resolution version (1536x1024, 826 KB) Summary Description: Lamberton Conservatory from 1911 in the Highland Park of Rochester, NY. Source: self-made in 2001 Photographer: Andreas F. Borchert Licensing File links The following pages link to this file: History of Rochester, New York ... Stairway in the north-eastern side of Highland Park The Highland Botanical Park is an arboretum, or tree garden. ... Lilac Festival 2005 at the Highland Park Lilac Festival is an art, music, food and flora festival hosted annually in early May in the Highland Park in Rochester, New York. ...

Highland Park

Mumford, a hamlet in the town of Wheatland southwest of Rochester, is home to the Genesee Country Village and Museum, a combination of a model village, where examples of local architecture are preserved; sporting art and carriage museums; a nature center; and model gardens. Stairway in the north-eastern side of Highland Park The Highland Botanical Park is an arboretum, or tree garden. ... The Genesee Country Village and Museum (more than 600 acres) is located in Mumford, New York, about 20 miles from Rochester, New York, USA. It is open to the public, for a fee, every day except Monday. ...

To Rochester's south is the scenic Letchworth State Park, the so-called "Grand Canyon of the East", with its river gorge and waterfalls. Also to the south and southeast is the glacially-formed Finger Lakes Region, with its numerous lakes and waterfalls. Letchworth State Park is a state park located 35 miles (56 km) south of Rochester, New York. ... The Finger Lakes, a major tourist destination in the west-central section of Upstate New York, are actually eleven in number, but only seven of the largest are commonly identified as such. ...

Festivals

The Lilac Festival

Rochester has a number of festivals, many of which occur in late spring and throughout the summer. These include the Rochester International Jazz Festival, established in 2002; the Corn Hill Festival (arts, crafts, and food in this Third Ward neighborhood); the Rochester-High Falls International Film Festival (held at the George Eastman House's Dryden Theatre and the Little Theatre downtown); ImageOut, The Rochester Lesbian & Gay Film & Video Festival (also held at the Little Theatre); Clothesline Art Festival (artists from the region display their works on the grounds of the Memorial Art Gallery); Park Avenue Merchants Festival; Lilac Festival at Highland Park; St. Patrick's Day parade (March); Rose Festival at Maplewood Park; Irish festival (September); two Greek festivals - one on East Avenue (in June) and one on South Avenue (in September); Gay Pride Festival (July); Puerto Rican Festival(August); Rochester Music Festival; and the Cold Rush Winter Celebration (celebrating winter sports in the Rochester area). Lilac Festival 2005 at the Highland Park Lilac Festival is an art, music, food and flora festival hosted annually in early May in the Highland Park in Rochester, New York. ... Established in 2002, the Rochester International Jazz Festival takes place in June of each year, in Rochester, New York. ... The Rochester-High Falls International Film Festival is an annual film festival held in Rochester, New York. ... The George Eastman House Motion Picture Collection in Rochester, New York, comprises over 23,000 titles, including features, shorts, documentaries, newsreels, and paper artifacts. ... There are very few or no other articles that link to this one. ... The Little Theater, now an art house multiplex, is one of the oldest active movie theaters, built specifically to show films, in the United States. ... The Memorial Art Gallery in Rochester, New York, is an art museum of the University of Rochester and also a community art gallery for the city of Rochester founded in 1913. ... Lilac Festival 2005 at the Highland Park Lilac Festival is an art, music, food and flora festival hosted annually in early May in the Highland Park in Rochester, New York. ... Stairway in the north-eastern side of Highland Park The Highland Botanical Park is an arboretum, or tree garden. ...

During the summer, and especially on the Fourth of July, downtown after dark is lit with fireworks and a laser show at the High Falls venue. These fireworks over the Washington Monument are typical of Fourth of July celebrations In the United States, Independence Day, also called the Fourth of July, is a federal holiday celebrating the adoption of the Declaration of Independence in 1776. ... The name High Falls may refer to— one of two cities located in New York, U.S.A. and Ontario, Canada. ...

Vernacular

In the Greater Rochester Area, hotdogs can be called "red hots" or "white hots" to distinguish the common (red) hotdog from its local white hotdog variant which includes veal and powdered milk in its ingredients. A banquet facility is known as a "party-house".

The nearby town of Chili is pronounced with long "i"s: "CHY-lye". The neighborhood of Charlotte is pronounced with the accent on the second syllable: "shar-LOT". The suburbs of Riga and Lima, are pronounced "RYE-ga" and "LIE-ma. The suburb of Bergen is pronounced "BER-jin". Chili is a town in Monroe County, New York, USA. The population was 27,638 at the 2000 census. ... Charlotte is a neighborhood in Rochester, New York. ... Riga is a town located in Monroe County, New York. ... Lima, New York refers to two locations south of the City of Rochester, New York in Livingston County, New York. ... Bergen, New York is the name of two places in Genesee County, New York: Village of Bergen Town of Bergen For other places with a similar name, see Bergen. ...

Accent

A "Rochester accent" can be described as a form of Inland Northern American English, like a Chicago or Detroit accent. It has been described as nasal, recognized by the vocalization of the short "a" (æ) sound: "and" is closer to "i-uhnd" ([ˈɪənd]). The Inland North Dialect of American English was the standard Midwestern speech that was the basis for General American in the mid-20th Century, though it has been recently modified by the northern cities vowel shift. ... // Trap-bath split The trap-bath split is a vowel split that occurs mainly in southern varieties of English English (including Received Pronunciation), in the Boston accent, and in the Southern Hemisphere accents (Australian English, New Zealand English, South African English), by which the Early Modern English phoneme was lengthened...

It is often described as including the pronunciation of the city itself as "Rach'str" ([ˈɹatʃ.stɚ]).

Media

Rochester has one daily newspaper, the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle; there are also free weekly publications such as "City" newspaper and the "Freetime" entertainment magazine. The Democrat and Chronicle is the primary daily newspaper that serves the Rochester, NY area. ...

Rochester has seven broadcast television stations:

• CBS: WROC 8 (cable 8)
• NBC: WHEC 10 (cable 10)
• ABC: WHAM 13 (cable 13)
• PBS: WXXI 21 (cable 11)
• FOX: WUHF 31 (cable 7)
• MyNetworkTV: WBGT 40/26 (cable 18)
• CW CW-WHAM (13-2) (cable 16)

Rochester also has several radio stations, both AM and FM including: WXXI (Public Radio) WCMF (Rock and Roll) WDKX (Urban Contemporary Radio) WHAM (News and Talk Radio) This article is about the broadcast network. ... WROC-TV is the CBS affiliate in Rochester, New York. ... This article is about the television network. ... WHEC-TV (News 10NBC) is a television station in Rochester, New York. ... The American Broadcasting Company (ABC) is an American television network. ... WHAM-TV (13 WHAM) is the ABC network television affiliate in Rochester, New York. ... Not to be confused with Public Broadcasting Services in Malta. ... WXXI is a public television station which operates on Channel 21 in Rochester, New York, and is the PBS member station for that city and the surrounding metro area. ... FOX redirects here. ... WUHF is a broadcast television station in Rochester, New York, affiliated with the FOX network. ... MyNetworkTV (sometimes written My Network TV, and unofficially abbreviated MyNet, MyTV, MYN-TV, MNT, or MNTV) is a television network in the United States, owned by the Fox Broadcasting Company, a division of News Corporation. ... WBGT-CA is the MyNetworkTV affiliate for Rochester, New York. ... The CW Television Network, normally abbreviated to The CW, also known as The New CW in its first season of the network, is a television network in the United States launched during the 2006 television season. ... CW-WHAM is the branding of a digital television station operating out of Rochester, New York. ...

Rochester's cable television provider is Time Warner Cable, which provides R News, a 24-hour local news channel. Cable TV redirects here. ... Time Warner Cable (NYSE: TWC) is an American national cable television company that operates in 27 states and has 31 operating divisions. ... R News is a 24-hour newscast broadcasted in Rochester, New York on Time Warner Cable Channel 9 and avalible elsewhere on Channel 14. ...

Points of interest

The George Eastman House International Museum of Photography and Film, the World's oldest photography museum

The Eastman Theatre

Strasenburgh Planetarium, Rochester Museum & Science Center

• Blue Cross Arena at the War Memorial
• Cobbs Hill Park and Reservoir
• Ellwanger Garden
• Genesee Country Village and Museum, about 20 miles (32 km) away
• George Eastman House International Museum of Photography and Film
• Geva Theatre Center
• Hamlin Beach State Park
• High Falls and the High Falls Entertainment District
• Highland Park
• Kodak Park
• Liberty Pole
• Little Theatre, one of the oldest art-house movie theaters in the country
• Maplewood Park Rose Garden
• Mendon Ponds Park
• Midtown Plaza, the nation's first downtown shopping mall
• Mount Hope Cemetery, Rochester, the nation's first Victorian cemetery
• Nick Tahou Hots
• Ontario Beach Park and the Port of Rochester at Charlotte
• The Rochester Auditorium
• Rochester Institute of Technology
• Rochester and Genesee Valley Railroad Museum
• Rochester Riverside Convention Center
• SeaBreeze amusement park.
• Seneca Park Zoo, one of the top three family attractions in the area
• Strong - National Museum of Play, nation's second-largest children's museum housing the National Toy Hall of Fame
• Strasenburgh Planetarium, part of the Rochester Museum & Science Center
• Susan B. Anthony House
• Times Square Building, noted for its "Wings of Victory" statue.
• University Avenue and Park Avenue Artistic Districts
• University of Rochester
• University of Rochester Arboretum
• University of Rochester's Eastman School of Music and Eastman Theatre
• Water Street Music Hall

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Sports

Rochester was named the top minor league sports market in the country by Street & Smith's Sports Business Journal in July 2005; and the number 10 "best golf city" in America by Golf Magazine in 2007.^[26]

Professional sports

Rochester has eight professional sports teams:^[27]

Among cities in North America with at least seven current professional teams, Rochester is the only one whose teams all have cumulative winning regular season records.^[28] Class-Level Triple-A (1929-Present) Minor League affiliations International League North Division Major League affiliation Minnesota Twins (2003-Present) Baltimore Orioles (1961-2002) St. ... This article is about the sport. ... The International League (IL) is a minor league baseball league which operates in the eastern United States and Canada. ... Frontier Field is a baseball stadium located at One Morrie Silver Way in downtown Rochester, New York. ... The Rochester Americans are an ice hockey team in the American Hockey League. ... Ice hockey, known simply as hockey in areas where it is more common than field hockey, is a team sport played on ice. ... The American Hockey League (AHL) is a professional ice hockey league in North America, that serves as the primary developmental circuit for the National Hockey League (NHL). ... The Blue Cross Arena is a multi-purpose indoor arena located in Rochester, New York. ... The Rochester Knighthawks are a professional lacrosse team in the National Lacrosse League. ... Victoria Shamrocks vs Peterborough Lakers, Mann Cup 2005. ... NLL redirects here. ... The Blue Cross Arena is a multi-purpose indoor arena located in Rochester, New York. ... The Rochester Raging Rhinos are a USL First Division professional soccer team in Rochester, New York. ... Soccer redirects here. ... The United Soccer Leagues First Division (often referred to as simply, USL-1) is a professional mens soccer league in North America. ... PAETEC Park is a soccer-specific stadium currently being constructed in Rochester, New York for the Rochester Raging Rhinos soccer team of the USL First Division. ... The Rochester Rattlers are a lacrosse team based in Rochester, New York. ... For other uses, see Lacrosse (disambiguation). ... Major League Lacrosse is a professional outdoor Lacrosse league that is made up of teams within the United States. ... PAETEC Park is a soccer-specific stadium currently being constructed in Rochester, New York for the Rochester Raging Rhinos soccer team of the USL First Division. ... The Rochester Razorsharks are an American Basketball Association team based in Rochester, New York. ... This article is about the sport. ... The Premier Basketball League is a new league scheduled to begin play in Fall 2007. ... The Blue Cross Arena is a multi-purpose indoor arena located in Rochester, New York. ... The Rochester Raiders are a charter member of the Continental Indoor Football League. ... Indoor football is a variation of American football with rules modified to make it suitable for play within ice hockey arenas. ... The CIFLs 2007 game ball The Continental Indoor Football League (CIFL) is a new indoor football league based along the Northeastern United States region. ... The Blue Cross Arena is a multi-purpose indoor arena located in Rochester, New York. ... Victoria Shamrocks vs Peterborough Lakers, Mann Cup 2005. ...

The Rochester Red Wings baseball club, the AAA affiliate of the Minnesota Twins, play in the International League. The Rochester Americans ice hockey team, the AHL affiliate for the NHL Florida Panthers, are known as the "Amerks". The Rochester Rhinos soccer club play in the USL First Division, which is the second-highest level American soccer league. Class-Level Triple-A (1929-Present) Minor League affiliations International League North Division Major League affiliation Minnesota Twins (2003-Present) Baltimore Orioles (1961-2002) St. ... Major league affiliations American League (1901–present) Central Division (1994–present) Current uniform Retired Numbers 3, 6, 14, 29, 34, 42 Name Minnesota Twins (1961–present) Washington Nationals/Senators (1901-1960) Other nicknames The Twinkies Ballpark Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome 1982-present Metropolitan Stadium (1961-1981) Griffith Stadium (1911-1960... The International League (IL) is a minor league baseball league which operates in the eastern United States and Canada. ... The Rochester Americans are an ice hockey team in the American Hockey League. ... Ice hockey, known simply as hockey in areas where it is more common than field hockey, is a team sport played on ice. ... The American Hockey League (AHL) is a professional ice hockey league in North America, that serves as the primary developmental circuit for the National Hockey League (NHL). ... NHL redirects here. ... For the animal species by this name, see Florida Panther. ... The Rochester Raging Rhinos are a USL First Division professional soccer team in Rochester, New York. ... Soccer redirects here. ... The United Soccer Leagues First Division (often referred to as simply, USL-1) is a professional mens soccer league in North America. ...

Frontier Field, including the Rochester skyline to the southeast.

There are two top tier professional lacrosse teams in Rochester. Rochester Knighthawks play box lacrosse in the National Lacrosse League during winter and spring. In summer, the Rochester Rattlers play field lacrosse in the Major League Lacrosse organization. Also during the summer months, the Rochester Greywolves play box lacrosse in the CanAm Lacrosse League. The team was brought back to life after a 2 decade hiatus and is comprised almost entirely of local talent. Both the Knighthawks and Rattlers play at the highest level of professional lacrosse, the Greywolves play at second-highest level of box in America. Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 789 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (2800 × 2128 pixel, file size: 1. ... Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 789 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (2800 × 2128 pixel, file size: 1. ... Frontier Field is a baseball stadium located at One Morrie Silver Way in downtown Rochester, New York. ... For other uses, see Lacrosse (disambiguation). ... The Rochester Knighthawks are a professional lacrosse team in the National Lacrosse League. ... Victoria Shamrocks vs Peterborough Lakers, Mann Cup 2005. ... NLL redirects here. ... The Rochester Rattlers are a lacrosse team based in Rochester, New York. ... ... Major League Lacrosse is a professional outdoor Lacrosse league that is made up of teams within the United States. ... Victoria Shamrocks vs Peterborough Lakers, Mann Cup 2005. ...

PAETEC Park

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The Rochester Americans

Rochester is home to the Empire State Roar, a semi-pro team in the league known as the Women's Professional Football League, and the Rochester Rhinos women's team of the W-League, an advanced amateur tier of the United Soccer Leagues. The Rochester Americans are an ice hockey team in the American Hockey League. ... The Empire State Roar is a football team in the Womens Professional Football League. ... The Womens Professional Football League (WPFL) is the original and longest operating womens professional American football league in the United States. ...

Professional golf regularly comes to Rochester. The PGA Championship and the US Open have been held at Oak Hill Country Club, as was the 1995 Ryder Cup. The Xerox Classic Tournament on the Nationwide Tour comes every August. The Wegmans LPGA tournament is yearly in June at Locust Hill Country Club. This article is about the game. ... The PGA Championship (often referred to as the U.S. PGA Championship outside of North America) is an annual golf tournament conducted by the Professional Golfers Association of America as part of the PGA Tour. ... The United States Open Championship, commonly known as the U.S. Open, is the annual open golf tournament of the United States. ... Oak Hill Country Club, located in Pittsford, New York, a suburb of Rochester, has a rich history of great golf. ... The 31st Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Oak Hill Country Club in Rochester, New York. ... The Xerox Classic is a regular golf tournament on the Nationwide Tour. ... // Golfs Nationwide Tour is the developmental tour for the U.S. based PGA Tour, and features professional golfers who have either failed to score well enough at that levels Qualifying School (the main tours qualifying tournament, popularly referred to as Q-School) to earn their PGA Tour... The Wegmans LPGA is an annual golf tournament for professional female golfers on the LPGA Tour. ... Locust Hill Country Club is a championship golf club located in Pittsford, New York, a suburb six miles southeast of downtown Rochester, New York. ...

While Rochester currently has no teams at the top level of the major American sports, the city does host training camp for the NFL's Buffalo Bills each summer since 2000 at St. John Fisher College in the suburban of Pittsford. The absence of a major pro sports team has not always been the case. From 1920–1925, Rochester was home to the Rochester Jeffersons, a charter member of the National Football League. From 1948–1957, the Rochester Royals played in the National Basketball Association, winning the NBA championship in 1951. In soccer, the Rochester Lancers played from 1970–1980 in the top-level North American Soccer League. NFL logo For other uses of the abbreviation NFL, see NFL (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Buffalo Bills (disambiguation). ... Saint John Fisher College is a Catholic college in Rochester, Monroe County, New York. ... Pittsford is the name of some places in the United States of America: Pittsford, Michigan Pittsford, New York Pittsford village Pittsford town Pittsford, Vermont This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Rochester Jeffersons from Rochester, New York played in the National Football League from 1920 to 1925. ... NFL redirects here. ... The Sacramento Kings are a National Basketball Association team based in Sacramento, California. ... NBA redirects here. ... The Rochester Lancers were a soccer team based out of Rochester, New York that played in the American Soccer League from 1967 until 1969 and the North American Soccer League from 1970 to 1980 at Holleder Memorial Stadium. ... North American Soccer League or (NASL) was a professional soccer league with teams in the United States and Canada that operated from 1968 to 1984. ...

Since 1877, 29 teams in eight professional sports have represented Rochester, according to The Rochester Sports Project by local sports historian Douglas Brei. In spring 2006, Brei showed that Rochester's professional sports teams were collectively approaching 25,000 games played. That game was played on June 16, 2006, when Red Wings hosted the Indianapolis Indians at Frontier Field. He also reports that only six active franchises in the history of North American professional sports have played in the same city and same league continuously and uninterrupted since the 1800s: Chicago Cubs, Cincinnati Reds, Philadelphia Phillies, Pittsburgh Pirates, St. Louis Cardinals, and Rochester Red Wings. To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article may require cleanup. ... is the 167th day of the year (168th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... League International League Division West Division Year founded 1902 Major League affiliation Pittsburgh Pirates Home ballpark Victory Field Previous home ballparks Perry Stadium City Indianapolis, Indiana Current uniform colors red, black Previous uniform colors Logo design A Native American design in red with white and black details with a black... Major league affiliations National League (1876–present) Central Division (1994–present) Current uniform Retired Numbers 10, 14, 23, 26, 42 Name Chicago Cubs (1902–present) Chicago Orphans (1898-1901) Chicago Colts (1890-1897) Chicago White Stockings (1870-1871, 1874-1889) (a. ... For other uses, see Cincinnati Reds (disambiguation). ... Major league affiliations National League (1883–present) East Division (1969–present) Current uniform Retired Numbers 1, 14, 20, 32, 36, 42 Name Philadelphia Phillies (1884–present) Philadelphia Quakers (1883-1889) (Also referred to as Blue Jays 1943-1945 despite formal name remaining Phillies) Other nicknames The Phils, The Phightin Phils... This article is about the baseball team. ... Major league affiliations National League (1892–present) Central Division (1994–present) Current uniform Retired Numbers 1, 2, 6, 9, 14, 17, 20, 42, 42, 45, 85 Name St. ... Class-Level Triple-A (1929-Present) Minor League affiliations International League North Division Major League affiliation Minnesota Twins (2003-Present) Baltimore Orioles (1961-2002) St. ...

The city has two independent pro-wrestling leagues: Next Era Wrestling and NWA Upstate which operate in and around the city.

Rochester is home territory of the Buffalo Bills and the Buffalo Sabres. The Sabres are further tied to Rochester through their owner, Rochester billionaire Tom Golisano. For other uses, see Buffalo Bills (disambiguation). ... {{NHL Team | team_name = Buffalo Sabres | bg_color = #002D62 | text_color = #FDBB30 | logo_image = Sabres. ... Blaise Thomas Tom Golisano (born 1942) is the billionaire founder of Paychex, the second-largest payroll processor in the United States, and owner of the Buffalo Sabres hockey team. ...

College sports

Almost all area college sports are played at the NCAA Division III level. An exception is the RIT men's ice hockey team, which moved up to the Division I level in 2005. Hobart College, an hour away from Rochester in Geneva, has a Division I men's lacrosse team. Division III (or DIII) is a division of the National Collegiate Athletic Association of the United States. ... RIT redirects here. ... Hobart and William Smith Colleges, located in Geneva, New York, are together a liberal arts college. ... Geneva is a city in Ontario County, New York, USA. The population was 13,617 at the 2000 census. ...

Among junior colleges, MCC is dominant in NJCAA Division II sports. Monroe Community College is a college located in Monroe County, New York with two campuses, one located in the Town of Brighton (a suburb of Rochester, New York) and another, the Damon City Campus, in the city of Rochester. ... The National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) is an association of community college athletic departments throughout the United States of America. ...

Club Sports

Rochester is home to two men's rugby teams, the Rochester Aardvarks and the Rochester Colonials:[5]. Both have long histories, with the Aardvarks celebrating their 40th anniversary in 2006, and the Colonials celebrating 25 years in 2005. The Aardvarks are one of the few rugby teams in the country to own its own pitch: Aardvark Park in Henrietta, New York. The Aardvarks and the Colonials both have hosted local and state-wide tournaments and the Colonials hosted the 2007 USA Rugby National Collegiate All-Star Championships. Both teams thrive on local college and university players. The Rochester Bicycling Club [6] is a social and fitness bicycling club. For other uses, see Rugby (disambiguation). ... The Rochester Aardvarks are a talented rugby club representing the City of Rochester, New York in the sport nationally since 1966. ... Henrietta is a town in Monroe County, New York, United States. ...

Transportation

Barges on the Genesee River

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Maritime transport

There is marine freight service at the Port of Rochester on Lake Ontario, which is connected to the Atlantic Ocean via the St. Lawrence Seaway. Lake Ontario, bounded on the north by the Canadian province of Ontario and on the south by Ontarios Niagara Peninsula and by New York State, USA, is one of the five Great Lakes of North America. ... The Saint Lawrence Seaway in its broadest sense (see Great Lakes Waterway) is the system of canals that permits ocean-going vessels to travel from the Atlantic Ocean to the Great Lakes as far as Lake Superior. ...

A short-lived, high-speed passenger/vehicle ferry Spirit of Ontario I, nicknamed The Breeze, linked Rochester to Toronto, Ontario across Lake Ontario. It operated between June 17, 2004, and December 12, 2005, and cost the city $42.5 million. It was sold to Forde Reederei Seetouristik, a German company, for $30 million. The ferryboat Dongan Hills, filled with commuters, about to dock at a New York City pier, circa 1945. ... Spirit of Ontario I is a high-speed catamaran passenger-vehicle ferry currently operating an 82 nautical mile (96 km) service on Lake Ontario linking the ports of Rochester, New York and Toronto, Ontario. ... Template:Hide = Motto: Template:Unhide = Diversity Our Strength Image:Toronto, Ontario Location. ... is the 168th day of the year (169th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 346th day of the year (347th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Air transport

Rochester is served by the Greater Rochester International Airport. Daily scheduled air service is provided by Air Canada / Air Georgian, AirTran Airways, American, Continental, Delta, JetBlue, Northwest, United, and US Airways. For the airport in Minnesota, see Rochester International Airport. ... Air Canada (TSX: AC.A, TSX: AC.B) is Canadas largest airline and flag carrier. ... Air Georgian is an airline based in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. ... AirTran Airways is a low-cost airline that is a Delaware corporation with headquarters in Orlando, Florida, USA and is a subsidiary of AirTran Holdings. ... Continental Airlines (NYSE: CAL) is a U.S. certificated air carrier. ... Delta Air Lines, Inc. ... jetBlue Airways (NASDAQ: JBLU) is an American low-cost airline. ... Northwest Airlines, Inc. ... United Airlines is a major airline of the United States. ... US Airways is a low-cost carrier[2][3] owned by US Airways Group, Inc. ...

Mass transit

See also: Rochester (Amtrak station)

Amtrak (passenger) and freight lines provide rail service to Rochester. Rochester has intercity and transcontinental bus service via Greyhound and Trailways. To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Vermonter at the Brattleboro, Vermont, station, 18 March 2004. ... This article is about the US bus line. ... The Trailways Transportation System is a group of 63 independent bus companies that have entered into a franchise agreement. ...

Local bus service in Rochester and its county suburbs is provided by the Rochester-Genesee Regional Transportation Authority (RGRTA) via its Regional Transit Service (RTS) subsidiary. RTS also provides suburban service outside the immediate Rochester area and runs smaller transportation systems in outlying counties, such as WATS (Wayne Area Transportation System). The Rochester-Genesee Regional Transportation Authority (RGRTA) is a public benefit organization which provides transportation services in the area in and around Rochester, New York. ...

From 1927 to 1957, Rochester had a light rail underground transit system called the Rochester Subway. It was the smallest city in the world to have one. There are proposals to put in a new system, possibly using some of the old tunnels. One includes converting the Broad Street bridge tunnel—the former canal aqueduct—into an underground pedestrian walkway, which would also include a Rochester Transportation Museum, and a tram system. This article is about light rail systems in general. ... The city of Rochester New York once had an underground rapid transit system, called the Rochester Subway. ...

The Broad Street Aqueduct was used as a subway tunnel

The former canal and subway tunnels have become a source of controversy. Many city homeless use the tunnels for shelter, and a few areas near tunnel entrances have gained the reputation as being dangerous. The city has considered multiple solutions for the space including recreating a canal way, putting the subway system back in or filling the tunnels entirely. The plan to fill the tunnels in has generated criticism as the cost of filling would be comparable to restoring the subway^{[citation needed]}.

The Broad Street bridge over the Genesee that the subway used still retains the lower track level.

Main Street looking east

Major Highways and Roads that serve the Greater Rochester Area

There are three exits off the New York State Thruway (Interstate 90) that serve Rochester. Rochester has an extensive freeway (expressway) system which connects all parts of the city and the city with the Thruway. During the Thruway's construction, a disagreement between the governor of New York and mayor of Rochester resulted in a bypass of downtown Rochester, leaving the city struggling for growth.^{[citation needed]} The New York State Thruway (officially the Governor Thomas E. Dewey Thruway) is a limited-access toll highway in the U.S. state of New York. ... Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Interstate 90 Interstate 90 (abbreviated I-90) is the longest interstate highway in the United States at nearly 3,100 miles (5,000 kilometers). ... For specific systems, such as the Autobahns of Germany, see list of highway systems with full control of access and no cross traffic. ... A typical expressway in Santa Clara County, California. ...

Rochester's expressway system, conceived in the 1950s, was designed as two concentric circles with feeder expressways from the west, south and east. The system allows for quick travel within the metropolitan area and a lack of the traffic gridlock typically found in cities of comparable size; in part this is because the system was designed to accommodate an anticipated year-2000 metro population of 5 million, whereas the present-day population is just over one million.

The Outer Loop circles just outside the city limits while the Inner Loop circles around the immediate downtown area within the city proper. From the west are Lake Ontario State Parkway, NY-531 and I-490; Interstate 390 feeds from the south; and NY-104, NY-441, and I-490 approach from the east. Junction Location From NY-104 Counterclockwise NY-104 0. ... The Inner Loop is an expressway that encloses downtown Rochester, New York, acting primarily as a traffic artery, but also creating a division, both physically and mentally, between downtown and the rest of the city, and defining a definite center for Rochester. ... The Lake Ontario State Parkway is a parkway along the south shore of Lake Ontario in New York, USA. The western end of the parkway is in Lakeside Beach State Park in Orleans County and the eastern end of the parkway is at Lake Avenue in the city of Rochester... Junction Location NY-31 0. ... Interstate 490 (abbreviated I-490) is an 37. ... Interstate 390 an Interstate Highway that is located entirely in the state of New York. ... New York State Route 104 is a 182-mile (292. ... Junction Location Monroe NY-96 (WT) 0. ... Interstate 490 (abbreviated I-490) is an 37. ...

Four Interstate Highways run through the Greater Rochester area: Interstate Highways in the 48 contiguous states. ...

Interstate 90 (New York State Thruway) Image File history File links I-90. ... Interstate 90 (abbreviated I-90) is the longest interstate highway in both the United States and world at nearly 3,100 miles (5,000 kilometers). ... The New York State Thruway (officially the Governor Thomas E. Dewey Thruway) is a limited-access toll highway in the U.S. state of New York. ...

• I-90 runs from Seattle to Boston. I-90 connects to I-390 and I-490 to serve the Greater Rochester Area.

Interstate 390 (Genesee Expressway) City nickname Emerald City City bird Great Blue Heron City flower Dahlia City mottos The City of Flowers The City of Goodwill City song Seattle, the Peerless City Mayor Greg Nickels County King County Area   - Total   - Land   - Water   - % water 369. ... Nickname: City on the Hill, Beantown, The Hub (of the Universe)1, Athens of America, The Cradle of Revolution, Puritan City, Americas Walking City Location in Massachusetts, USA Counties Suffolk County Mayor Thomas M. Menino(D) Area    - City 232. ... Image File history File links I-390. ... Interstate 390 (abbreviated I-390) is an interstate highway spur route that is located entirely in the state of New York. ...

• I-390 runs south-north, crossing I-90 (exit 46) and routing north through Rochester's western suburbs. Its northern end is at I-490, however it continues north as NY-390 until it merges into the Lake Ontario State Parkway. South of I-90, I-390 runs to Avoca, New York, where it meets up with U.S. Highway 15 and the Southern Tier Expressway, I-86.

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• I-490 runs west-east through Rochester, starting at Le Roy, New York and ending in Victor, New York. It interchanges with the two other Interstates in Rochester: I-390 at the western city limit and I-590 at the eastern limit, as well as connecting at both ends with the Thruway, I-90 (exits 47 and 45). In July 2007, a new bridge over the Genesee River was completed and named the Frederick Douglass-Susan B. Anthony Memorial Bridge.

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• I-590 runs south-north through Rochester's eastern suburbs. Its southern end is at I-390, while the northern end is at I-490; the highway continues north to the shore of Lake Ontario as NY-590.

• In decreasing usage is the term "Can of Worms", referring to the previously dangerous at-grade intersection of Interstate 490 and expressway NY-590 on the eastern edge of the Rochester city limits, bordering the suburb of Brighton. In the 1980s, a multimillion dollar project created a system of overpasses and ramps that reduced the danger but resulted in the loss of certain exits.

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New York State Route 104 (Irondequoit-Wayne County Expressway, West Ridge Road) Image File history File links NY-104. ... New York State Route 104 is a 182-mile (292. ...

• NY 104 - Just east of the NY 590 interchange, NY 104 becomes the Irondequoit-Wayne County Expressway and crosses the Irondequoit Bay Bridge. On the other side of the Bay Bridge, in the town of Webster, NY 104 has exits before returning to an at-grade highway at Basket Road.

New York State Route 390 Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... Junction Location Monroe I-390 (ST) 76. ...

• NY 390 is an extension of Interstate 390 from the I-390/I-490 interchange in Gates. The northern terminus is at the Lake Ontario State Parkway in Greece, less than a mile from the Lake Ontario shoreline.

New York State Route 531 (Spencerport Expressway) Image File history File links NY-531. ... Junction Location NY-31 0. ...

• NY 531 serves as a connector between the northwestern suburbs of Rochester and Interstate 490.

New York State Route 590 Image File history File links NY-590. ... Junction Location I-590 (ST) 5. ...

• NY 590 is a limited-access extension of Interstate 590 at runs from an interchange between Interstate 490 and I-590 on the Brighton/Rochester border. The northern terminus is at Culver Road in Irondequoit, near Sea Breeze (the western shore of Irondequoit Bay at Lake Ontario).

New York State Parkways:

Lake Ontario State Parkway Image File history File links Lake_Ontario_State_Parkway. ... The Lake Ontario State Parkway is a parkway along the south shore of Lake Ontario in New York, USA. The western end of the parkway is in Lakeside Beach State Park in Orleans County and the eastern end of the parkway is at Lake Avenue in the city of Rochester...

• Lake Ontario State Parkway travels from Lakeside Beach State Park in Carlton, Orleans County. The eastern end is at Lake Avenue in the city of Rochester in Monroe County.

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Notable citizens

See List of people from Rochester, New York

Rochester, New York in the United States is or has been home to many famous people from past and present times. ...

Sister cities

Rochester has ten sister cities, as designated by Sister Cities International. They are all dedicated by a branched concrete walkway over the Genesee River, dubbed the Sister Cities Bridge (known as the Frank and Janet Lamb Bridge since October 2006)^[29]: Sign denoting twin towns of Neckarsulm Town twinning or sister cities is a concept whereby towns or cities from geographically and politically distinct areas are paired, with the goal of fostering human contact and cultural links. ... Sister Cities International is a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting and fostering town twinning, especially between cities in the United States and cities in other countries. ...

• Bamako, Mali
• Caltanissetta, Italy
• Hamamatsu, Japan
• Kraków, Poland
• Novgorod, Russia
• San Felipe de Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic
• Rehovot, Israel
• Rennes, France
• Waterford, Ireland
• Würzburg, Germany

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Coordinates: 43°9′56″N, 77°36′41″W Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...

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