Title: Broad Street overhaul to spread to Exchange
Post by: Lou on 04-Apr-10, 11:13:25 AM
Article in today's D&C:
http://tinyurl.com/ygpgeeh
Lou
http://tinyurl.com/ygpgeeh
Lou
Title: Re: Broad Street overhaul to spread to Exchange
Post by: Dot_Forrester on 04-Apr-10, 11:50:10 AM
Is this area close to the nest boxes? Will it affect Archer and Beauty or the watchers trying to park nearby? My Rochester geography is very limited. :stupid:
Dot in PA
Dot in PA
Title: Re: Broad Street overhaul to spread to Exchange
Post by: Dumpsterkitty on 04-Apr-10, 12:06:43 PM
Is this area close to the nest boxes? Will it affect Archer and Beauty or the watchers trying to park nearby? My Rochester geography is very limited. :stupid:
Dot in PA
Dot in PA
Dot-the 2nd picture in the article shows the nest box building on the far left...as to where exactly the digging is, I'm not clear-
edit 12:16 Just looked at the map...I think I'm mistaken...the digging is behind the Times Square building a few blocks when looking at the nest box (east) side.
Title: Re: Broad Street overhaul to spread to Exchange
Post by: birdlover on 04-Apr-10, 02:58:37 PM
Parking for everyone will be a challenge. There is still the lot directly under the nest box, and a few more surrounding it, but downtown overall has a major parking problem.
Title: Re: Broad Street overhaul to spread to Exchange
Post by: Dumpsterkitty on 04-Apr-10, 03:06:50 PM
I was puzzling over the article, not knowing much Rochester history. So I did some digging and I found this old map of Rochester on an Erie Canal history site. Looking at the path of the canal right through the middle of downtown it now makes sense-Broad St. was constructed over the Erie Canal-the canal even crossed the Genesee right where the Broad St. bridge is currently. I added the pink arrows along the path of the canal-the far left one is where I believe the demolition is starting.
The red star is where the Times Square building is now-corner of Exchange & Broad. One other interesting note-a lot of the streets have new names...the lower end of State St. was Carrol St. at the time.
The red star is where the Times Square building is now-corner of Exchange & Broad. One other interesting note-a lot of the streets have new names...the lower end of State St. was Carrol St. at the time.
Title: Re: Broad Street overhaul to spread to Exchange
Post by: Joyce on 05-Apr-10, 12:44:08 PM
Did you see there was a Sulphur Bath down the street from Times Square Building? Also noticed the Burying Ground. Wonder if it is still there?