AROUND ROCHESTER (ROC)

Consider spending some additional time here in Rochester to visit with family and friends.  Information about places of interest....remembering the "old Rochester" and discovering the "new ROC" is included in this link.

SPECIAL NOTE:  Please be sure to also view the '50th Reunion Details', the 'How to R.S.V.P.' and the 'Lodging' links located on the left side navigation menu on our website.

Have a fun time around ROC......

                  PLACES OF INTEREST AROUND ROCHESTER                              

- Visit Wegman’s at Pittsford Plaza on Monroe Avenue.  The rich and famous have made it a stop during their visits to Rochester. It really is a grocery store experience like few others around the country.

- Visit  Strong Museum of Play and the Butterfly Conservatory.

- Visit the Memorial Art Gallery on University Avenue, the Rochester Museum of Science/Planetarium, or the George Eastman House, both are located on East Avenue.

-    Check out both The Village Gate in the University Avenue and North Goodman Street area and the Artisan’s Works located near Winton and Blossom Roads.

- Consider stopping at Schoen Place, off Monroe Avenue (Rt. 31) in Pittsford, N.Y.  for unique shopping and dining.

- Stroll the boardwalk or walk along the Genesee River’s edge in
Charlotte.  Then you could top it off with an Abbott’s famous custard ice cream cone across the street.

- Remember Sea Breeze and Don & Bob’s (now Don’s Original) and Vic & Irv’s?  Yes, they are still  around, looking almost thesame as back “then”.

- Are you up for a famous “garbage plate” special at one of the Nick Tahou’s Restaurants around Rochester?

 -Want to cruise the Erie Canal?  The Colonial Belle in Fairport N.Y. is delightful.  Contact www.colonialbelle.com or call (585) 223-9470 for information.

 -Cruise the Genesee River on either The Sam Patch or The Mary Jemison for a scenic view of  the old and new ROC.  Contact www.samandmary.org  or call (585) 662-4758 for information.

-Take a drive-by the renovated Frank Lloyd Wright home located at 16 East Blvd. in Rochester…its exterior restored to the way the home originally looked.