In your article about Joni Monroe and the Rochester Regional Community Design Center, Monroe and their recent project, you cite her examples of "good design in action," and the "not so good." And you write that Monroe thinks the Brooks Landing...
EDUCATION: MCC’s search for a downtown campus
John Klofas obviously knows many things, but his notion that better security around the Sibley Building would improve safety for students is not convincing ("MCC: Fight or Flight?"). The deeper issue with the crowds that gather there is not only...
EDUCATION: Transforming Rochester’s school district
For years, the Rochester school district has attempted to help students become more effective members of society. Despite the fact that its efforts have produced minimal results, the new superintendent search provides the district with a...
HEALTH-CARE: Restore ban on drug ads
I was encouraged by the long overdue effort to require drug manufacturers to divulge any action they take to promote their wares. I only hope that these reforms will address the root cause of these abuses: allowing the advertising of...
ENVIRONMENT: ‘Facts were missing from fracking story’
Regarding Jeremy Moule's "Gas Well Impacts Add Up": I agree with the headline. Jobs will be created in record number. New York will prosper with renewed economic vitality. We'll see a construction boom with new homes, hotels, restaurants, and...
PRESERVATION: The Cataract buildings are worth saving
The Genesee Brewing Company owns three landmark buildings on Cataract Street, and they want to demolish two of them. Your recent editorial confessing ambivalence about their preservation and reuse is, at best, puzzling (Urban Journal, December...
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Recent Comments
Adrian said:
Yes, who WOULDN'T want the 19th Ward to look like a never-ending pothole-strewn sidewalk-less ocean of strip malls and car dealerships? Only...
in DEVELOPMENT: Design in Henrietta
Mike said:
Betty, I think we all know what Joni Monroe was implying... Brooks Landing looks like a Homewood Suites motel or any other suburban development...
in DEVELOPMENT: Design in Henrietta
Wayne Shipman said:
Good points by Mr. Decker... Funny, the family that owned the buildings long ago also created Genesee Country Museum , and they dedicated huge...
in PRESERVATION: The Cataract buildings are worth saving
Adam said:
I couldn't agree more. The fact that two offers have come in on this property is simply a GAME CHANER. We need to hear more on this. Why were the...
in PRESERVATION: The Cataract buildings are worth saving
R said:
John left out a few facts too... Fact: John Holko and Lenape Resourses stand to make a lot of money should hydrofracking be allowed in New...
in ENVIRONMENT: ‘Facts were missing from fracking story’