Is It Still OK To Get Excited About Your City?
With the pandemic and the Black Lives Matter movement, the infrastructure and history of American cities are rightfully being questioned more than ever. Can we still get excited about their future?
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Revisiting Rochester’s Identity: The “Flour” City?
The Flower City used to be The Flour City… it’s time to reclaim our industrial past as the world’s largest producer of flour
Parcel 5 in Rochester: Here We Go Again
There’s a new “mixed use” idea for Rochester’s most talked about plot of land. What should we look out for as these plans unfold?
The Real Problem With E-Scooters? Cars!
Every e-scooter share problem could be resolved if cars weren’t exclusively prioritized
A Beautiful Spring Evening In Rochester
On the first beautiful spring night, Rochester shows its true colors
Is Rochester Leading The Way?
Rochester is the clear leader on the urban innovation curve in Upstate New York
540WMain: A Consistent Voice For Community Education & Change
A small local organization is tackling some of Rochester’s most vital conversation
Small Cities Have It All
Small cities give us the flexibility we’re hungry for
The Beautiful Bones of High Falls, Rochester
A short iPhone photo tour of Rochester’s High Falls area
Rochester’s Employment Sprawl Strains Transit Effectiveness And Opportunity
When jobs move away from our city centers, it makes efficient transit nearly impossible
Residential Moats: Greater Rochester’s Elmwood Avenue
A harsh look at one of Greater Rochester’s most ridiculous roads
Rochester’s Little Bike Highway
The Union Street Cycle Track is a welcomed addition to Rochester’s growing bike transit network
The Failure Of “Just Add Water” Urbanism
Mixed use developments in inhospitable environments shows is an example of just how one dimensional our concept of urban prosperity really is
I Met My Wife On A Bike
Last weekend I married the love of my life… a love that never would have happened if I was driving
“I Think I See The Entire City Differently”
An interview with two of Rochester’s newest cyclists