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Broad Street

AlexanderGartley — 2009-06-12T16:21:31Z

added wiki link to Court Street

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- '''Broad Street''' is a main thoroughfare of downtown Rochester. Runs nominally East-West from Court Street to West Main Street, then nominally Northwest-Southeast between West Main Street and ["Lyell Avenue"].	+ '''Broad Street''' is a main thoroughfare of downtown Rochester. Runs nominally East-West from ["Court Street"] to West Main Street, then nominally Northwest-Southeast between West Main Street and ["Lyell Avenue"].

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AlexanderGartley — 2009-06-12T16:20:58Z

edited description intro

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- A main thoroughfare of downtown Rochester. Runs nominally East-West from Court Street to West Main Street, then nominally Northwest-Southeast between West Main Street and ["Lyell Avenue"].	+ '''Broad Street''' is a main thoroughfare of downtown Rochester. Runs nominally East-West from Court Street to West Main Street, then nominally Northwest-Southeast between West Main Street and ["Lyell Avenue"].

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AlexanderGartley — 2008-12-23T15:44:22Z

added wiki link to 1923

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- Like most of downtown Rochester, the history of Broad Street is linked closely with the ["Erie Canal"]. Until 1923, what is now Broad Street between the Erie Canal bed (roughly the intersection of Brown and Broad, near what today is the Route 490 underpass) and Lyell Avenue was known as Magne Street. The remaining portion of Broad Street essentially was the Canal.	+ Like most of downtown Rochester, the history of Broad Street is linked closely with the ["Erie Canal"]. Until ["1923"], what is now Broad Street between the Erie Canal bed (roughly the intersection of Brown and Broad, near what today is the Route 490 underpass) and Lyell Avenue was known as Magne Street. The remaining portion of Broad Street essentially was the Canal.

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TippingPoint — 2008-09-16T16:27:17Z

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- * ["Midtown Plaza"]	+ * ''former location of'' ["Midtown Plaza"]

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AlexanderGartley — 2007-11-14T03:14:47Z

added wiki link to the Erie Canal

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- Like most of downtown Rochester, the history of Broad Street is linked closely with the Erie Canal. Until 1923, what is now Broad Street between the Erie Canal bed (roughly the intersection of Brown and Broad, near what today is the Route 490 underpass) and Lyell Avenue was known as Magne Street. The remaining portion of Broad Street essentially was the Canal.	+ Like most of downtown Rochester, the history of Broad Street is linked closely with the ["Erie Canal"]. Until 1923, what is now Broad Street between the Erie Canal bed (roughly the intersection of Brown and Broad, near what today is the Route 490 underpass) and Lyell Avenue was known as Magne Street. The remaining portion of Broad Street essentially was the Canal.

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DaveMahon — 2007-09-17T15:23:54Z

redirected subway link

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- A main thoroughfare of downtown Rochester. Runs nominally East-West from Court Street to West Main Street, then nominally Northwest-Southeast between West Main Street and ["Lyell Avenue"].	+ A main thoroughfare of downtown Rochester. Runs nominally East-West from Court Street to West Main Street, then nominally Northwest-Southeast between West Main Street and ["Lyell Avenue"].
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- Like most of downtown Rochester, the history of Broad Street is linked closely with the Erie Canal. Until 1923, what is now Broad Street between the Erie Canal bed (roughly the intersection of Brown and Broad, near what today is the Route 490 underpass) and Lyell Avenue was known as Magne Street. The remaining portion of Broad Street essentially was the Canal.	+ Like most of downtown Rochester, the history of Broad Street is linked closely with the Erie Canal. Until 1923, what is now Broad Street between the Erie Canal bed (roughly the intersection of Brown and Broad, near what today is the Route 490 underpass) and Lyell Avenue was known as Magne Street. The remaining portion of Broad Street essentially was the Canal.
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- In 1921, with the canal having relocated South some 15 years earlier, it was decided that a light rail system be located in the former canal bed. With this decision came an opportunity to construct a new bridge over the Genesee River to ease the load of the Court and Main Street Bridges. The former Erie Canal Aqueduct was incorporated into the subterranean portion of the new "["Subway"]", and the roof of the new subway bridge became the ["Broad Street Bridge"], and Broad Street was extended from West Main Street to Court Street. -	+ In 1921, with the canal having relocated South some 15 years earlier, it was decided that a light rail system be located in the former canal bed. With this decision came an opportunity to construct a new bridge over the Genesee River to ease the load of the Court and Main Street Bridges. The former Erie Canal Aqueduct was incorporated into the subterranean portion of the new "["Abandoned Subway" Subway]", and the roof of the new subway bridge became the ["Broad Street Bridge"], and Broad Street was extended from West Main Street to Court Street. +
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JackCalcines — 2005-11-11T18:31:34Z

Got the date

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- [[Thumbnail(c0000179.jpg, right, 254, "Broad Street Looking West From Midtown Plaza")]]	+ [[Image(c0000179.jpg, "Broad Street Looking West From Midtown Plaza", 254, right, thumbnail)]]
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- Like most of downtown Rochester, the history of Broad Street is linked closely with the Erie Canal. Until (Sometime between 1900 and 1921-I'm working on it) what is now Broad Street between the Erie Canal bed (roughly the intersection of Brown and Broad, near what today is the Route 490 underpass) and Lyell Avenue was known as Magne Street. The remaining portion of Broad Street essentially was the Canal.	+ Like most of downtown Rochester, the history of Broad Street is linked closely with the Erie Canal. Until 1923, what is now Broad Street between the Erie Canal bed (roughly the intersection of Brown and Broad, near what today is the Route 490 underpass) and Lyell Avenue was known as Magne Street. The remaining portion of Broad Street essentially was the Canal.

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JackCalcines — 2005-11-11T15:32:26Z

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FarMcKon — 2005-11-10T23:25:26Z

Nice Write-up! Jack, I'm making you this week's DammedHippy for that!

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JackCalcines — 2005-11-10T23:08:33Z

Getting there...

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- A main thoroughfare of downtown Rochester. Runs nominally East-West from Court Street to West Main Street, then nominally Northwest-Southeast between West Main Street and ["Lyell Avenue"]. The roughly 1 mile long portion of Broad Street between Court and West Main was the historic path of the ["Erie Canal"] aqueduct and the underground portion of the Rochester ["Subway"].	+ [[Thumbnail(c0000179.jpg, right, 254, "Broad Street Looking West From Midtown Plaza")]] + A main thoroughfare of downtown Rochester. Runs nominally East-West from Court Street to West Main Street, then nominally Northwest-Southeast between West Main Street and ["Lyell Avenue"].
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	+ Like most of downtown Rochester, the history of Broad Street is linked closely with the Erie Canal. Until (Sometime between 1900 and 1921-I'm working on it) what is now Broad Street between the Erie Canal bed (roughly the intersection of Brown and Broad, near what today is the Route 490 underpass) and Lyell Avenue was known as Magne Street. The remaining portion of Broad Street essentially was the Canal.
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	+ In 1921, with the canal having relocated South some 15 years earlier, it was decided that a light rail system be located in the former canal bed. With this decision came an opportunity to construct a new bridge over the Genesee River to ease the load of the Court and Main Street Bridges. The former Erie Canal Aqueduct was incorporated into the subterranean portion of the new "["Subway"]", and the roof of the new subway bridge became the ["Broad Street Bridge"], and Broad Street was extended from West Main Street to Court Street. + + Notable landmarks of Broad Street include: + * ["Midtown Plaza"] + * The ["Bausch and Lomb Public Library Building"] + * The ["Rundel Memorial Library Building"] + * ["Rochester War Memorial"] + * Gannett Publishing Headquarters + * Times Square + * ["City Hall"] + * The downtown ["Nick Tahou's"] + * The ["Abandoned Subway"] +

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JackCalcines — 2005-11-10T22:05:46Z

Upload of image c0000179.jpg.

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JackCalcines — 2005-11-10T21:40:14Z

A work in progress

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	+ A main thoroughfare of downtown Rochester. Runs nominally East-West from Court Street to West Main Street, then nominally Northwest-Southeast between West Main Street and ["Lyell Avenue"]. The roughly 1 mile long portion of Broad Street between Court and West Main was the historic path of the ["Erie Canal"] aqueduct and the underground portion of the Rochester ["Subway"]. + +