Corn Hill

Examples of Architecture in Corn Hill (4/2008) - Photo by Tricia Seymour

Location

Southwest of the center of the city along the river

Boundaries

North by I-490, east by Genesee River along Exchange Boulevard, south and west by Ford Street

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Neighborhood Associations

Corn Hill Neighborhood Association

Location

133 S. Fitzhugh St

Hours (as of Aug 2009) 1

Monday & Wednesday: 3:00PM to 7:00PM

Phone

585 262 3142

Email

<chna AT cornhill DOT org>

The area around Corn Hill is the oldest residential neighborhood in the city. Although it is not as popular a settling spot among UR students as neighborhoods in the Park Avenue or South Wedge area, it is a lively urban area offering unique opportunities for dining and entertainment. Additionally, Corn Hill residents participate in community-based projects such as the Corn Hill Tool Library, where residents can pay a $10 yearly fee to borrow from a collection of over 300 tools (shared with the South Wedge Tool Library).

This neighborhood was named for the cornfields that grew the corn to feed the pigs in Swillburg. Corn Hill is one of the most cohesive neighborhoods in the city, with a very active Neighborhood Association. Corn Hill is best known for the massive Corn Hill Arts Festival, which they put on every year.

Corn Hill is also the location where blues musician 'Son' House was living during the period when he stopped making music. It is unknown whether he stopped because he no longer had the blues while living in Corn Hill, or because Corn Hill simply sucked the desire right out of him.

Corn Hill is steadily expanding in the form of Corn Hill Landing.

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