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scotthendler — 2023-09-24T19:53:18Z

+ 260 East Broad Street

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scotthendler — 2016-12-25T18:07:12Z

+ Tower280

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- ["Midtown Plaza"] used to back up to East Broad Street. This is now an active site of ["Midtown Tower" redevelopment].

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EileenF — 2015-05-17T01:21:08Z

clean-up

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- '''Broad Street''' is a main ["Routes" thoroughfare] of ["downtown"] and part of the west side of Rochester. It runs nominally east-west from the Inner Loop near ["Court Street"] to West Main Street, then nominally northwest-southeast between West Main Street and Lyell Avenue. It is divided between East and West Broad Street by ["Exchange Boulevard"] in the ["Four Corners"] neighborhood. The West portion is much bigger and is marked as part of ["Route 31"].	+ '''Broad Street''' is a main ["Routes" thoroughfare] of ["downtown"] and part of the west side of Rochester. It runs nominally east-west from the ["Inner Loop"] near ["Court Street"] to ["West Main Street"], then nominally northwest-southeast between West Main Street and ["Lyell Avenue"]. It is divided between East and West Broad Street by ["Exchange Boulevard"] in the ["Four Corners"] neighborhood. The West portion is much bigger and is marked as part of ["Route 31"].
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- Loosely defined as the portion of Broad Street within the Inner Loop. East Broad Street begins in the ["Manhattan Square Park Neighborhood"] near the traffic roundabout. Continuing west, it travels through the ["Washington Square Neighborhood"], ["Four Corners"], and then the ["Cascade District"]. Important intersections include ["Court Street"], ["Chestnut Street"], ["South Clinton Avenue" South Clinton], ["South Avenue"], ["Exchange Boulevard"]/["Route 383"], and ["Plymouth Avenue" South Plymouth Avenue]. Located here you will find (traveling west):	+ Loosely defined as the portion of Broad Street within the Inner Loop. East Broad Street begins in the ["Manhattan Square Park Neighborhood"] near the traffic roundabout. Continuing west, it travels through the ["Washington Square Neighborhood"], ["Four Corners"], and then into the ["Cascade District"]. Important intersections include ["Court Street"], ["Chestnut Street"], ["South Clinton Avenue" South Clinton], ["South Avenue"], ["Exchange Boulevard"]/["Route 383"], and ["Plymouth Avenue" South Plymouth Avenue]. Located here you will find (traveling west):
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- * 1 Bausch & Lomb : ["Bausch and Lomb Headquarters"] (corner of Broad and B&L) - * ["Cornerstone Park"] (corner of Broad and Stone Street) - * 115 South Ave. : ["Bausch and Lomb Public Library Building"] (corner of Broad and South) - * 115 South Ave. : ["Rundel Memorial Library Building"] (corner of Broad and South) - * ["Tim Hortons"] - * ["Broad Street Bridge"] - Crosses the ["Genesee River] - * 1 War Memorial Square : ["Blue Cross Arena"] (corner of Broad and War Memorial)	+ * ["Cornerstone Park"] - Corner of Broad and Stone Street + * ["Broad Street Bridge"] - Crosses the ["Genesee River"]
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- * 55 Exchange Blvd. : ["Gannett"] (corner of Broad and Exchange)	+ * 65 : ["The Terminal Building"]
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	+ + The following are located along Broad but do not have a Broad Street address. + + * The ["Legacy Tower"] (formerly the Bausch & Lomb headquarters) - Corner of Broad and Bausch & Lomb Street. + * The two buildings of the ["Central Library"] - the ["Rundel Memorial Library Building"] and the ["Bausch and Lomb Public Library Building"] - are on the corner of Broad and South. + * ["Blue Cross Arena"] is located at 1 War Memorial Square but runs along Broad. + * ["Gannett"] is on the corner of Broad and Exchange.

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jgerek — 2014-07-13T14:54:44Z

link Route 383

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- Loosely defined as the portion of Broad Street within the Inner Loop. East Broad Street begins in the ["Manhattan Square Park Neighborhood"] near the traffic roundabout. Continuing west, it travels through the ["Washington Square Neighborhood"], ["Four Corners"], and then the ["Cascade District"]. Important intersections include ["Court Street"], ["Chestnut Street"], ["South Clinton Avenue" South Clinton], ["South Avenue"], ["Exchange Boulevard"], and ["Plymouth Avenue" South Plymouth Avenue]. Located here you will find (traveling west):	+ Loosely defined as the portion of Broad Street within the Inner Loop. East Broad Street begins in the ["Manhattan Square Park Neighborhood"] near the traffic roundabout. Continuing west, it travels through the ["Washington Square Neighborhood"], ["Four Corners"], and then the ["Cascade District"]. Important intersections include ["Court Street"], ["Chestnut Street"], ["South Clinton Avenue" South Clinton], ["South Avenue"], ["Exchange Boulevard"]/["Route 383"], and ["Plymouth Avenue" South Plymouth Avenue]. Located here you will find (traveling west):

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jgerek — 2014-06-07T15:17:10Z

delink Union Street

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- \|\|East - ["Union Street" South Union Street]\|\|	+ \|\|East - South Union Street\|\|

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jgerek — 2014-05-18T13:44:40Z

link Route 31

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- '''Broad Street''' is a main ["Routes" thoroughfare] of ["downtown"] and part of the west side of Rochester. It runs nominally east-west from the Inner Loop near ["Court Street"] to West Main Street, then nominally northwest-southeast between West Main Street and Lyell Avenue. It is divided between East and West Broad Street by ["Exchange Boulevard"] in the ["Four Corners"] neighborhood. The West portion is much bigger.	+ '''Broad Street''' is a main ["Routes" thoroughfare] of ["downtown"] and part of the west side of Rochester. It runs nominally east-west from the Inner Loop near ["Court Street"] to West Main Street, then nominally northwest-southeast between West Main Street and Lyell Avenue. It is divided between East and West Broad Street by ["Exchange Boulevard"] in the ["Four Corners"] neighborhood. The West portion is much bigger and is marked as part of ["Route 31"].

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EileenF — 2014-03-13T20:01:40Z

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- ==History==	+ ===History===
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- ==Located on Broad Street==

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EileenF — 2014-03-13T19:59:50Z

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- [[Image(c0000179.jpg, "Broad Street Looking West From Midtown Plaza", 254, right, thumbnail)]] - '''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"].	+ [[Image(c0000179.jpg, "Broad Street Looking West From Midtown Plaza", 300, right, noborder, thumbnail)]] + \|\|<class="tablehead">'''Location'''\|\| + \|\|Travels north-south through ["downtown"] and the city's west side\|\| + \|\|<class="tablehead">'''Boundaries - Downtown'''\|\| + \|\|East - ["Union Street" South Union Street]\|\| + \|\|West - ["West Main Street"]\|\| + \|\|<class="tablehead">'''Length'''\|\| + \|\|Approx. 1.5 miles\|\| + \|\|<class="tablehead">'''Boundaries - West Side'''\|\| + \|\|North - ["Lyell Avenue"]\|\| + \|\|South - West Main Street\|\| + \|\|<class="tablehead">'''Length'''\|\| + \|\|Approx. 1.1 miles\|\|
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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.	+ '''Broad Street''' is a main ["Routes" thoroughfare] of ["downtown"] and part of the west side of Rochester. It runs nominally east-west from the Inner Loop near ["Court Street"] to West Main Street, then nominally northwest-southeast between West Main Street and Lyell Avenue. It is divided between East and West Broad Street by ["Exchange Boulevard"] in the ["Four Corners"] neighborhood. The West portion is much bigger.
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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 "["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.	+ ==History== + 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 ["Interstate 490" 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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- Notable landmarks of Broad Street include: - * ''former location of'' ["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"]	+ 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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- As of July ["2012"], the intersection with ["Chestnut Street"] and ["Court Street"] is currently the site of a [http://www.cityofrochester.gov/BCC/ construction project] that includes a new traffic roundabout.	+ ==Located on Broad Street== + ===Downtown=== + Loosely defined as the portion of Broad Street within the Inner Loop. East Broad Street begins in the ["Manhattan Square Park Neighborhood"] near the traffic roundabout. Continuing west, it travels through the ["Washington Square Neighborhood"], ["Four Corners"], and then the ["Cascade District"]. Important intersections include ["Court Street"], ["Chestnut Street"], ["South Clinton Avenue" South Clinton], ["South Avenue"], ["Exchange Boulevard"], and ["Plymouth Avenue" South Plymouth Avenue]. Located here you will find (traveling west): + + * 1 Bausch & Lomb : ["Bausch and Lomb Headquarters"] (corner of Broad and B&L) + * ["Cornerstone Park"] (corner of Broad and Stone Street) + * 115 South Ave. : ["Bausch and Lomb Public Library Building"] (corner of Broad and South) + * 115 South Ave. : ["Rundel Memorial Library Building"] (corner of Broad and South) + * ["Tim Hortons"] + * ["Broad Street Bridge"] - Crosses the ["Genesee River] + * 1 War Memorial Square : ["Blue Cross Arena"] (corner of Broad and War Memorial) + * 30 : ["Irving Place"] + * 55 Exchange Blvd. : ["Gannett"] (corner of Broad and Exchange) + * 85 : ["Monroe County Crime Lab"] + * 131 : ["Rochester City School District"] + * 225 : ["Advantage Federal Credit Union"] + + ["Midtown Plaza"] used to back up to East Broad Street. This is now an active site of ["Midtown Tower" redevelopment]. + + ===West Side=== + Once across the Loop, West Broad Street resumes on a northward trajectory through the ["Susan B. Anthony Neighborhood"]. Here you will find an entrance to the ["Rochester Subway" abandoned subway] near Industrial Street. West Broad also crosses ["railroad"] tracks. Once over ["Interstate 490" 490] it forms the border between the ["Northwest Quadrant" northwestern] neighborhoods of ["Brown Square"] and ["JOSANA Neighborhood" JOSANA]. This area is considered part of the ["Crescent of Poverty"], unfortunately. + + This portion of West Broad Street is a mix of light industry, some commercial buildings, and a few residences. ["Sahlen's Stadium"], located at 400 Oak Street, backs up to West Broad and is considered an important part of JOSANA.

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EileenF — 2012-07-07T21:16:00Z

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	+ + As of July ["2012"], the intersection with ["Chestnut Street"] and ["Court Street"] is currently the site of a [http://www.cityofrochester.gov/BCC/ construction project] that includes a new traffic roundabout. + + [[comments]]

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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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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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- 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"]. + +