Rochester Free Academy–Transformed
posted by Wayne Goodman, Executive Director If you haven’t noticed, the Rochester Free Academy, located at 13 South Fitzhugh Street in downtown Rochester, is transforming – and that transformation is
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Palmyra Community Library
posted by Caitlin Meives, Preservation Planner Photo courtesy Bero Architecture, PLLC I recently had the pleasure of attending a meeting with other preservationists and planners from around the region at
Preservation Commission Workshop (Fall 2012)
As part of our free Spring and Fall Workshop series for members of area Preservation Boards and Commissions, we met up last week at the Morgan-Manning House (headquarters for the
Award of Merit: “Mama Bear” Municipal Building
The Landmark Society’s 2012 Preservation Awards will be presented this year at a special event on Sunday, November 4 at 3:00 p.m. in Rochester’s historic City Hall, the spectacular Richardsonian
Award of Merit: Hose 22 Firehouse Grill
The Landmark Society’s 2012 Preservation Awards will be presented this year at a special event on Sunday, November 4 at 3:00 p.m. in Rochester’s historic City Hall, the spectacular Richardsonian
Award of Merit: Annex, The Mills at High Falls
The Landmark Society’s 2012 Preservation Awards will be presented this year at a special event on Sunday, November 4 at 3:00 p.m. in Rochester’s historic City Hall, the spectacular Richardsonian
Germanow-Simon Rehab
Germanow-Simon Corp., a local company that operates G-S Plastic Optics and Tel-Tru Manufacturing Co., recently held a ribbon-cutting ceremony to celebrate the completion of a $3.25 million upgrade to the
Reinventing the Jonathan Child House
Landmark Society staff were recently treated to a tour of an ongoing project at the Jonathan Child House in downtown Rochester. Painters and planners were hard at work sprucing up
From Eyesore to Opportunity: Partners Building
Transforming Buildings & Neighborhoods Recent discussions about the fate of the 120 year-old brewhouse at 13 Cataract Street got us thinking. Those in favor of demolishing the building say it’s
From Eyesore to Opportunity: Parazin Building
Transforming Buildings & Neighborhoods Parazin Building 208 Mill Street Originally constructed as a two-story building (c.1826), this is one of the city’s oldest buildings and the first in Brown’s Race.
