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Landmark Society News & Events
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Don't miss
this exclusive look inside some of Rochester's most innovative and unique
properties
The 2008 Inside Downtown Tour will be held Friday, Sept. 19, 2008 &
Saturday, Sept. 20, 2008 in Rochester's historic East End District.
NEW!
2008 Map and Tour Guide available online!
The Landmark Society continues our celebration of urban
living with this year’s Inside Downtown Tour, showcasing Rochester’s
historic Grove Place Neighborhood and the East End. As the demand for downtown
housing continues to grow, both historic structures and new development alike
are being utilized to meet the need, and the stops on this year’s tour will
highlight them both.
The Grove Place Neighborhood may be one of the best kept secrets in
Rochester. Tree-lined streets and the successful blend of historic structures
with new development characterize this neighborhood. Many residences have tiny
gardens and patios, offering a pleasant mix of brick and flowers, which helps to
earn Grove Place the reputation of being “a quiet neighborhood of renaissance.”
Both residential and cultural destinations in the neighborhood, all within
walking distance of each other, will be available for 2008 Inside Downtown
tour-goers.
Tour Headquarters
this year will be Rochester Contemporary Art Center (RoCo), 137 East Avenue. An
opening night reception for the tour will be held at RoCo on Friday, September
19. More information to follow! You can read about RoCo, and their outstanding
exhibit "State of the City," here.
This tour is self-guided and sites can be visited in any order. A two-day
Tour Pass allows entrance to all tour stops during both days of the tour. The
tour begins Friday, September 19 from 5:30-8:30 p.m. and concludes on Saturday,
September 20 from 11:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m. Tour tickets are $18 ($15 for Landmark
Society members). Inside Downtown tickets may be ordered online using our secure
server; by phone at 546-7029 x10; purchased at The Landmark Society at 133
S. Fitzhugh St.; at Parkleigh at 215 Park Avenue; or at Borders Books at 1000
Hylan Drive. Landmark Society Members must purchase their tickets through The
Landmark Society to get the member ticket price.
Read more about this year's tour here.
Special thanks to this year's tour sponsors: City
Newspaper; Gar
Lowenguth; Halo Lofts;
The City of Rochester;
Morgan Stanley and RoCo
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NEW!
Whatever you want, we can help. (How great is that?)
Do you have an old house that is starting to show its age or needs to be more
energy efficient? Or maybe you've always been interesting in learning to compost
or repair your wood windows yourself. Whatever the issue, our new fall workshop
series - Your Old House - is here to lend a hand!
Come join our "old home experts" for a fun and informational
workshop series, held on a series of Tuesdays at the Stone Tolan House Museum.
Topics include visual inspections and energy efficiency, winter preparation,
composting, window repair, plaster, drywall and painting. Your Old House
workshops begin September 30 and run through October 21.
Special thanks to sponsor Historic
Houseparts for all their help with making these workshops possible.
Click
here or call 585.546.7029 x10 for more information and to qualify for a
multi-workshop discount. Space is limited so sign up today!
The workshop schedule is as follows:
Tuesday, September 30th, 6 p.m. - Jerry Ludwig of Ludwig Associates
Home Inspectors and Consultants and Virginia Searl of Bero Architecture will
join us for a lesson on visual inspections and energy efficiency for your home
in preparation for the winter.
Tuesday, October 7th, 6 p.m. - Beverly Gibson, The Landmark Society’s
horticulturist, will introduce attendees to composting, including instructions
on building your own home composter.
Tuesday, October 14, 6 p.m. - Steve Jordan, former Landmark Society
staff and current Preservation Consultant, will talk about window repair for
older homes.
Tuesday, October 21, 6 p.m. - Steve Jordan will discuss plaster,
drywall repair and painting.
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NEW!
Your own personal Rochester tour guide whenever you want one - right on
your cell phone
Bring us along on a Central City, 100-Acre Tract or Court Street Crawl
tour - a great, inexpensive way to get outside this summer!
July 2008 - Yes, it's true. Tours highlighting some of Rochester's most unique
architecture and historical highlights are available at your fingertips at
any time of day. Our cell phone walking tours let you work this fun
activity into your schedule on your terms.
How does it work? Simple directions and call-in numbers are found here.
Simply call the phone number for the
tour of your choice, and be ready with a credit card. Each tour costs
$4.95. Once you purchase the tour, you may access it for 48 hours.
Whether you want to go at 6 a.m. on a beautiful Sunday morning, split
the tour between the afternoon and post-dinnertime, or follow the route
backwards and skip every other site, it's fine by us. We just hope you'll
give it a try!
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NEW! Action needed re: Recent Past Architecture Survey
July 2008 -
The
American Institute of Architects and The Landmark Society needs your immediate
input for the ongoing Recent Past Architecture survey. The survey, once
completed, will serve as the basis of proactive preservation work for more modern buildings to be protected.If you have a favorite mid-century building in the area or know of
a landmark in your neighborhood that was built between 1930 and 1970,
please speak up!
In order for this preservation work to happen, we need you to log into
www.aiaroch.org/archipedia/
and participate.
In addition to serving as the basis for future preservation work, the survey
results will allow the AIA to create a searchable database
for those doing research on Rochester architecture or planning as well as
serve as a platform for possible nominations to the National, State and/or Local
historic registers.
So, if you find yourself getting excited by that retro-ranch on your street or
you have a “thing” for the funky old gas station or drive-through
on your commute, you’re exactly the kind of person we need to get
involved.
Read more about The
Landmark Society's work on recent past architecture (including our statement on
Midtown Plaza) here.
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Welcome
to the home of historic tours
We have many outstanding adventures planned for 2009. Whether it
be for the day or for an extended motor coach journey, we welcome you to
join us on one or more of our superb tours.
It’s a great time to plan your 2009 vacation with The Landmark
Society. We’re proud to continue our strong tradition of visiting
memorable locations, and we hope you'll come experience history with us.
Our ever-popular Frank Lloyd Wright Heritage Tour of Buffalo and the
Canoe and Kayak excursion on Irondequoit Creek both return in 2009, and
we'll also take day tours to Linwood Gardens, Lockport, NY, and
Wellsboro, PA. Extended motor coach journeys include Cape May, NJ;
Montreal and Quebec City; and Philadelphia, PA. Please click
here for a full listing of dates and registration information.
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Score with historic preservation!
Historic preservation touches your life, and the lives of everyone in our
community, every day.
Whether you sip coffee and read your paper at Spot Coffee in the Hallman
Building (one of Rochester's best examples of Art Deco architecture), ride the
1905 Denzel Carousel at Ontario Beach Park, or relish a martini at Restaurant
2Vine (built around the turn of the 20th century as an ambulance garage), please
know that your support of The Landmark Society is doing
its work.
Save buildings, avoid fouls!
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Shedding Some Light on Midtown Issues
Recent
journalistic coverage on the pending re-development of the
Midtown
Plaza
site has
prompted many calls and emails to our offices asking for information on our
involvement with the project. As part of our mission of education and advocacy,
we’d like to answer some of the most common questions asked and shed some
light on this complex process.The
Landmark Society is engaged in productive discussions with key planners and
decision makers regarding the Midtown project and others currently on the table,
and we have brought attention to the tremendous opportunities to incorporate
existing, historically significant elements of
Midtown
Plaza into new
design plans. As this multifaceted project moves ahead, we look forward to
continuing to work alongside the designers and developers, lending our knowledge
of Midtown’s history as we all seek the best possible outcome for this complex
site.Please
click here for a Q&A and more information.
For a printable .pdf version of Peter Seigrist's Synopsis of Mall Maker: Victor Gruen, Architect of an American Dream,
previewed in the March 2008 Landmarks newsletter, please
click here. You may also read the article in its entirety in the Preservation
section of our website
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Make a significant impact on the future development of our cities, neighborhoods and rural areas.
Join The Landmark Society Director’s Circle.
Your commitment. Your dedication. Your faithful support. These are the foundation of all we do. The attributes you bring to The Landmark Society
are the backbone of our focus on the future of the organization, as well as for the future of our historic resources -- especially in the context of planning for new development.
For this reason, the trustees of The Landmark Society of Western New York cordially invite you to join a very special group of preservation champions –
The Landmark Society Director’s Circle.
Director’s Circle members will play a crucial role in achieving our mission. With your leading support, we will face the pending challenges of redefining our cities, neighborhoods and rural areas.
Please join The Landmark Society Director’s Circle, enjoy the special privileges offered to this exclusive group of benefactors, and, most importantly, make a positive impact on the future of our communities. For more information on
the unique benefits designed exclusively for Director's Circle members, please
visit our enrollment
site or call Susan Latoski, Director of Development at 585-546-7027 x29.
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