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Downtown ROCs November 2025 Update

  • Nov 29, 2025

Our November Update

  • Downtown ROCs Inc

What we were up to this November in Downtown Rochester
Downtown ROCs October 2025 Update

  • Oct 31, 2025

Our October Update

  • Downtown ROCs Inc

What we were up to this October in Downtown Rochester
Downtown ROCs September 2025 Update

  • Sep 30, 2025

Our September Update

  • Downtown ROCs Inc

What we were up to this September in Downtown Rochester
Downtown ROCs August 2025 Update

  • Aug 28, 2025

Our August Update

  • Downtown ROCs Inc

What we were up to this August in Downtown Rochester
Downtown ROCs July 2025 Update

  • Jul 31, 2025

Our July Update

  • Downtown ROCs Inc

What we were up to this July in Downtown Rochester
Downtown ROCs June 2025 Update

  • Jun 30, 2025

Our June Update

  • Downtown ROCs Inc

What we were up to this June in Downtown Rochester
Downtown ROCs May 2025 Update

  • May 29, 2025

Our May Update

  • Downtown ROCs Inc

What we were up to this May in Downtown Rochester
Downtown ROCs April 2025 Update

  • Apr 26, 2025

Our April Update

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What we were up to this April in Downtown Rochester
The Hole in the Wall

  • Mar 31, 2025

The Hole in the Wall

  • Geoffrey Zeiner

I love tiny places. Small buildings, itty-bitty cafes, pubs and bars, wee ickle shops and teensy pocket parks. I saw one such tiny place that tickled my fancy in the Albert R. Stone negatives.
Rochester: The Pipe Cleaner City

  • Feb 4, 2025

Rochester: The Pipe Cleaner City

  • Geoffrey Zeiner

Who would have ever thought there was a connection between the manufacture of the pipe cleaner in downtown Rochester and the formation of IBM?
Rochester sundial

  • Dec 14, 2024

The Old Sun-dial

  • Geoffrey Zeiner

The first public timepiece in Rochester was a sun-dial which stood in the yard between the Presbyterian church and the first court house, on the east side of Fitzhugh Street.
Downtown ROCs October 2024 Update

  • Oct 3, 2024

Our October Update

  • Downtown ROCs

What we were up to this Fall in Downtown Rochester

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