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SchuylerKelley — 2009-10-22T06:13:43Z

The legal wall, while awesome, isn't legal anymore. There's no reason to list it

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AlexanderGartley — 2009-10-05T14:20:03Z

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- * [http://www.43places.com/places/view/106755 Rochester] is just one place at 43 Places, a collaborative travel guide created by the [http://RobotCoop.com/ Robot Co-op], along with 43 Things and 43 People. With leading-edge web-design, it organizes places and reviews in a socially-networked bulletin board. To solicit helpful comments and sometimes fanciful wishes, onto one page it organizes places you have visited along with places others wish to visit. Those particpants' reviews and wishes, once gathered onto a personal page, help participants learn about each other too. Through a single login and identity, it works with [http://43things.com 43 Things], to help people refine their goals and connect them with others who have accomplished those goals, and with [http://43people.com 43 People], to connect participants to people they would like to meet, through places they would like to or have visited, their wishes and goals, and their comments, testimonials, and profiles.	+ * [http://www.43places.com/places/view/106755 Rochester] is just one place at 43 Places, a collaborative travel guide created by the [http://RobotCoop.com/ Robot Co-op], along with 43 Things and 43 People. With leading-edge web-design, it organizes places and reviews in a socially-networked bulletin board. To solicit helpful comments and sometimes fanciful wishes, onto one page it organizes places you have visited along with places others wish to visit. Those participants' reviews and wishes, once gathered onto a personal page, help participants learn about each other too. Through a single login and identity, it works with [http://43things.com 43 Things], to help people refine their goals and connect them with others who have accomplished those goals, and with [http://43people.com 43 People], to connect participants to people they would like to meet, through places they would like to or have visited, their wishes and goals, and their comments, testimonials, and profiles.

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RyanTucker — 2008-12-17T01:47:06Z

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- * ["Betty Meyer's Bullwinkle Cafe"] - Elsewhere there must be several like it, but here in Rochester, Bullwinkle is unique. It's open “only on Saturday nights” for a down-home sing-along featuring songs from the pre-recording era, early recordings, show-tunes, and popular songs.

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AlexanderGartley — 2008-11-12T18:33:52Z

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- * ["Mary Jemison & Sam Patch Tour Boats"] - Scenic tours of the ["Genesee River"] and the ["Erie Canal"]. The Mary Jemison docks at ["Corn Hill Landing"] on ["Exchange Boulevard"] in Rochester and the Sam Patch is located on Schoen Place in Pittsford.	+ * ["Mary Jemison & Sam Patch Tour Boats"] - Scenic tours of the ["Genesee River"] and the ["Erie Canal"]. The Mary Jemison docks at ["Corn Hill Landing"] on ["Exchange Boulevard"] in Rochester and the Sam Patch is located on ["Schoen Place"] in ["Pittsford"].

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AlexanderGartley — 2008-11-12T18:32:22Z

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- * ["Mary Jemison & Sam Patch Tour Boats"] - Scenic tours of the ["Genesee River"] and the ["Erie Canal"]. The Mary Jemison docks at ["Corn Hill Landing"] on Exchange Blvd. in Rochester and the Sam Patch is located on Schoen Place in Pittsford.	+ * ["Mary Jemison & Sam Patch Tour Boats"] - Scenic tours of the ["Genesee River"] and the ["Erie Canal"]. The Mary Jemison docks at ["Corn Hill Landing"] on ["Exchange Boulevard"] in Rochester and the Sam Patch is located on Schoen Place in Pittsford.

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AlexanderGartley — 2008-11-12T18:31:27Z

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AlexanderGartley — 2008-11-12T18:27:10Z

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- * ["Mary Jemison & Sam Patch Tour Boats"] - Scenic tours of the ["Genesee River"] and the Erie Canal. The Mary Jemison docks at Corn Hill Landing on Exchange Blvd. in Rochester and the Sam Patch is located on Schoen Place in Pittsford.	+ * ["Mary Jemison & Sam Patch Tour Boats"] - Scenic tours of the ["Genesee River"] and the ["Erie Canal"]. The Mary Jemison docks at Corn Hill Landing on Exchange Blvd. in Rochester and the Sam Patch is located on Schoen Place in Pittsford.

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AlexanderGartley — 2008-11-12T18:22:47Z

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- * ["Mary Jemison & Sam Patch Tour Boats"] - Scenic tours of the Genesee River and the Erie Canal. The Mary Jemison docks at Corn Hill Landing on Exchange Blvd. in Rochester and the Sam Patch is located on Schoen Place in Pittsford.	+ * ["Mary Jemison & Sam Patch Tour Boats"] - Scenic tours of the ["Genesee River"] and the Erie Canal. The Mary Jemison docks at Corn Hill Landing on Exchange Blvd. in Rochester and the Sam Patch is located on Schoen Place in Pittsford.

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AlexanderGartley — 2008-11-12T18:21:43Z

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- * ["George Eastman House"] - Once the home of George Eastman (founder of Eastman Kodak Company), the house expanded into an adjoining a museum for photography and a world-renowned school for film preservation.	+ * ["George Eastman House"] - Once the home of ["George Eastman"] (founder of Eastman Kodak Company), the house expanded into an adjoining a museum for photography and a world-renowned school for film preservation.

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ChrisBank — 2008-09-11T21:20:23Z

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	+ A good place to start is [http://www.visitrochester.com/ VisitRochester.com] +

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BillBouchard — 2008-06-18T18:50:14Z

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	+ * [http://rochesterny.mobi RochesterNY.mobi], a mobile friendly guide to Rochester (there's also a version for desktop users). The site offers a unique way to get around Rochester when you're visiting or just out and about and need some information on the go. Some of the features of the site include a click-to-call feature (phone numbers clicked from cell phones will dial the number), driving directions to destination from your starting point, plus other information that you would generally find on portals. Please drive responsibly. +

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NarinaSchulz — 2008-06-16T00:13:46Z

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	+ * ["Mary Jemison & Sam Patch Tour Boats"] - Scenic tours of the Genesee River and the Erie Canal. The Mary Jemison docks at Corn Hill Landing on Exchange Blvd. in Rochester and the Sam Patch is located on Schoen Place in Pittsford.

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DaveMahon — 2008-05-26T14:53:09Z

Revert to version 26 (restoring RobertSaurini's grammar corrections - see my comment on JohnLam).

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- * [http://rochester.tribe.net/local Tribe], an useful and powerful site, levers social capital and networking for publishing listings and reviews, and for sharing personal content. Born of San Francisco culture like Craigslist and serving similar needs, but with less anonymity, it works better. It recently split upstate New York into distinct metros and gave Rochester a distinct domain. Now whether by fleshing out our profiles, inviting friends, and reviewing and rating local favorites, making it succeed here is up to us.	+ * [http://rochester.tribe.net/local Tribe], a useful and powerful site, leverages social capital and networking for publishing listings and reviews, and for sharing personal content. Born of San Francisco culture like Craigslist and serving similar needs, but with less anonymity, it works better. It recently split upstate New York into distinct metros and gave Rochester a distinct domain. Now whether by fleshing out our profiles, inviting friends, and reviewing and rating local favorites, making it succeed here is up to us.

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JohnLam — 2008-05-26T06:44:48Z

Revert to version 25 (“An useful”. “Lever” is a verb too. R— please caption your edits.).

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JohnLam — 2008-05-26T06:41:46Z

Revert to version 25 (Robert, please caption your edits. Also, ).

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- * [http://rochester.tribe.net/local Tribe], a useful and powerful site, leverages social capital and networking for publishing listings and reviews, and for sharing personal content. Born of San Francisco culture like Craigslist and serving similar needs, but with less anonymity, it works better. It recently split upstate New York into distinct metros and gave Rochester a distinct domain. Now whether by fleshing out our profiles, inviting friends, and reviewing and rating local favorites, making it succeed here is up to us.	+ * [http://rochester.tribe.net/local Tribe], an useful and powerful site, levers social capital and networking for publishing listings and reviews, and for sharing personal content. Born of San Francisco culture like Craigslist and serving similar needs, but with less anonymity, it works better. It recently split upstate New York into distinct metros and gave Rochester a distinct domain. Now whether by fleshing out our profiles, inviting friends, and reviewing and rating local favorites, making it succeed here is up to us.

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RobertSaurini — 2008-05-25T23:52:13Z

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- * [http://rochester.tribe.net/local Tribe], an useful and powerful site, levers social capital and networking for publishing listings and reviews, and for sharing personal content. Born of San Francisco culture like Craigslist and serving similar needs, but with less anonymity, it works better. It recently split upstate New York into distinct metros and gave Rochester a distinct domain. Now whether by fleshing out our profiles, inviting friends, and reviewing and rating local favorites, making it succeed here is up to us.	+ * [http://rochester.tribe.net/local Tribe], a useful and powerful site, leverages social capital and networking for publishing listings and reviews, and for sharing personal content. Born of San Francisco culture like Craigslist and serving similar needs, but with less anonymity, it works better. It recently split upstate New York into distinct metros and gave Rochester a distinct domain. Now whether by fleshing out our profiles, inviting friends, and reviewing and rating local favorites, making it succeed here is up to us.

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ChristopherLehfeldt — 2007-09-04T19:18:40Z

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- * [http://rochester.tribe.net/local Tribe], an useful and powerful site, levers social capital and networking for publishing listings and reviews, and for sharing personal content. Borne of San Francisco culture like Craigslist and serving similar needs, but with less anonymity, it works better. It recently split upstate New York into distinct metros and gave Rochester a distinct domain. Now whether by fleshing out our profiles, inviting friends, and reviewing and rating local favorites, making it succeed here is up to us.	+ * [http://rochester.tribe.net/local Tribe], an useful and powerful site, levers social capital and networking for publishing listings and reviews, and for sharing personal content. Born of San Francisco culture like Craigslist and serving similar needs, but with less anonymity, it works better. It recently split upstate New York into distinct metros and gave Rochester a distinct domain. Now whether by fleshing out our profiles, inviting friends, and reviewing and rating local favorites, making it succeed here is up to us.

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AlexanderGartley — 2007-07-24T20:33:54Z

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- * ["George Eastman House"] - Once the home of George Eastman (founder of Eastman Kodak Company), the house expanded into an adjoining a museum for photography and a world-reknown school for film preservation.	+ * ["George Eastman House"] - Once the home of George Eastman (founder of Eastman Kodak Company), the house expanded into an adjoining a museum for photography and a world-renowned school for film preservation.
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- * ["Rochester Museum & Science Center"], on a campus of several spawling buidings, combines interactive displays about science and the history of Rochester.	+ * ["Rochester Museum & Science Center"], on a campus of several sprawling buildings, combines interactive displays about science and the history of Rochester.
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- * [http://www.43places.com/places/view/106755 Rochester] is just one place at 43 Places, a collaborative travel guide created by the [http://RobotCoop.com/ Robot Co-op], along with 43 Things and 43 People. With leading-edge web-design, it organizes places and reviews in a socially-networked bulletin board. To solicit helpful comments and sometimes fanciful wishes, onto one page it organizes places you have visited along with places others wish to visit. Those particpants' reviews and wishes, once gathered onto a personal page, help participants learn about each other too. Through a single login and identity, it works with [http://43things.com 43 Things], to help people refine their goals and connect them with others who have accomplished those goals, and with [http://43people.com 43 People], to connect participants to people they would like to meet, through places they would like to or have visited, their wishes and goals, and their comments, testamonials, and profiles.	+ * [http://www.43places.com/places/view/106755 Rochester] is just one place at 43 Places, a collaborative travel guide created by the [http://RobotCoop.com/ Robot Co-op], along with 43 Things and 43 People. With leading-edge web-design, it organizes places and reviews in a socially-networked bulletin board. To solicit helpful comments and sometimes fanciful wishes, onto one page it organizes places you have visited along with places others wish to visit. Those particpants' reviews and wishes, once gathered onto a personal page, help participants learn about each other too. Through a single login and identity, it works with [http://43things.com 43 Things], to help people refine their goals and connect them with others who have accomplished those goals, and with [http://43people.com 43 People], to connect participants to people they would like to meet, through places they would like to or have visited, their wishes and goals, and their comments, testimonials, and profiles.

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DaveMahon — 2007-05-28T23:49:39Z

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AdamDewitz — 2007-05-01T14:53:54Z

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- * ["Strong — National Museum of Play"], formerly ["Strong Museum"] and focused at children, recently grew even more awesome. Founded on the toy collection of Margaret Woodbury Strong, but now targeted to adults as well as children, the museum features interactive galleries, playscapes, and even a small butterfly zoo shaped like a butterfly.	+ * ["Strong National Museum of Play"], formerly ["Strong Museum"] and focused at children, recently grew even more awesome. Founded on the toy collection of Margaret Woodbury Strong, but now targeted to adults as well as children, the museum features interactive galleries, playscapes, and even a small butterfly zoo shaped like a butterfly.

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FarMcKon — 2007-04-13T18:43:12Z

Can advertiser people even *read* ?! Moved 'advert' to proper space. People!

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- * ["Get Outside & Play"] - Footprint Press has published 14 guidebooks that show you where to hike, bike, ski, snowshow, bird watch, backpack, canoe, kayak, explore waterfalls, and generally get outdoors to have fun in the Rochester area. Visit http://www.footprintpress.com to paruse the full selection.
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	+ * [http://www.footprintpress.com Footprint Press] has published 14 guidebooks on the area, from skiing to hiking, and general outdoors guides.

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SueFreeman — 2006-11-03T21:14:24Z

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	+ * ["Get Outside & Play"] - Footprint Press has published 14 guidebooks that show you where to hike, bike, ski, snowshow, bird watch, backpack, canoe, kayak, explore waterfalls, and generally get outdoors to have fun in the Rochester area. Visit http://www.footprintpress.com to paruse the full selection.

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BenMargolis — 2006-07-24T17:27:46Z

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	+ * [http://www.runnersworld.com/article/0,5033,s6-188-193-0-1330,00.html Runner's World]

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BenMargolis — 2006-07-24T17:25:50Z

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BenMargolis — 2006-07-24T17:22:39Z

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	+ + == Other Published Tours == + + * [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C06E7DE153EF935A3575AC0A9649C8B63&sec=travel New York Times]

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PeteB — 2006-07-18T18:41:30Z

Linked New York Wine and Culinary Center

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- * ["New York Wine and Culinary Center"], a recently completed gourmand's delight and gateway for New York agriculture, food and wine, offers a place to taste wines from all over New York. You can compare chardonnays from Long Island and the Finger Lakes, while learning and enjoying what makes each different.	+ * [http://nywcc.com/ New York Wine and Culinary Center], a recently completed gourmand's delight and gateway for New York agriculture, food and wine, offers a place to taste wines from all over New York. You can compare chardonnays from Long Island and the Finger Lakes, while learning and enjoying what makes each different.

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JohnLam — 2006-07-18T17:23:30Z

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- * [http://rochester.tribe.net/local Tribe], an useful and powerful site, levers social capital and networking for publishing listings and reviews, and for sharing personal content. Borne of San Francisco culture like Craigslist and serving similar needs, but with less anonymity, it works better. It recently split upstate New York into distinct metros and gave Rochester a distinct domain. Now whether by fleshing out our profiles, inviting friends, and reviewing and rating local favorites, and make it succeed here is up to us.	+ * [http://rochester.tribe.net/local Tribe], an useful and powerful site, levers social capital and networking for publishing listings and reviews, and for sharing personal content. Borne of San Francisco culture like Craigslist and serving similar needs, but with less anonymity, it works better. It recently split upstate New York into distinct metros and gave Rochester a distinct domain. Now whether by fleshing out our profiles, inviting friends, and reviewing and rating local favorites, making it succeed here is up to us.

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JohnLam — 2006-07-18T17:20:10Z

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- Rochester, in case you don't know, is not the world's most tourist friendly place. Sure, we get visitors and tourists, but due to some "strange quirk" of personality, location, and weather, our fair city is quite reserved. It often takes a few months of living here to find the good places to go, and things to see. '''We at RocWiki aim to change that!'''	+ Rochester, in case you don't know, is not the world's most tourist friendly place. Sure, we get visitors and tourists, but due to some "strange quirk" of personality, location, and weather, our fair city is quite reserved and conventional. Finding the good places to go, and things to see sometimes takes months of living here. '''We at RocWiki aim to change that!'''
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- * ["Artisan Works"] is a gallery and workspace for dozens of local artists. Their slogan, "where art lives" can be experienced firsthand by visiting working artists. - * ["Betty Meyer's Bullwinkle Cafe"] - Unlike any other bar in town, but there must be several like it elsewhere -- it's just that this one is Rochester's. Open ''only on Saturday nights'' for a down-home sing-along featuring songs from the pre-recording era, early recordings, show-tunes, and popular songs. - * ["George Eastman House"] - Home of George Eastman (founder of Eastman Kodak Company) is now a museum of photography and film and a school of film preservation known around the world.	+ * ["Artisan Works"], a gallery and workspace for local artists, shares a winding maze of space networked together with the Metal Museum and Elizabeth Collection, all under (or not under) one roof. Many working artists lease studio space here and become part of the visitor experience. + * ["Betty Meyer's Bullwinkle Cafe"] - Elsewhere there must be several like it, but here in Rochester, Bullwinkle is unique. It's open “only on Saturday nights” for a down-home sing-along featuring songs from the pre-recording era, early recordings, show-tunes, and popular songs. + * ["George Eastman House"] - Once the home of George Eastman (founder of Eastman Kodak Company), the house expanded into an adjoining a museum for photography and a world-reknown school for film preservation.
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- * ["New York Wine and Culinary Center"] a true gateway for NY agriculture + food + wine. The place to taste a chardonnay from Long Island and compare it to a chardonnay from the Fingerlakes, while learning and enjoying what makes each different. A gourmand's delight. - * ["Public Market"] - This market is unique in New York for its size and traffic. - * ["Rochester Museum and Science Center"] is interesting for kids, especially those a bit older than the target audience for Strong Museum. - * ["Strong Museum" Strong (Childrens) Museum] - This is an awsome childrens museum and activity center. I invite my sister (and her kids) up to Rochester just to have an excuse to go in, look around, and play a bit. - * ["Susan B. Anthony House"] - The home of feminist and patriot Susan B. Anthony is being restored and the tour allows you to stand in the very room where the meetings were held and in the room where she was arrested for voting	+ * ["New York Wine and Culinary Center"], a recently completed gourmand's delight and gateway for New York agriculture, food and wine, offers a place to taste wines from all over New York. You can compare chardonnays from Long Island and the Finger Lakes, while learning and enjoying what makes each different. + * ["Public Market"] - On big mornings like Sundays, Thursdays, and especially Saturdays, people come from all over Monroe County and the region to hawk and sell or to buy produce, groceries, plants, and wares, or to sit and relax, gather for coffee, or watch the bustle. + * ["Rochester Museum & Science Center"], on a campus of several spawling buidings, combines interactive displays about science and the history of Rochester. + * ["Strong — National Museum of Play"], formerly ["Strong Museum"] and focused at children, recently grew even more awesome. Founded on the toy collection of Margaret Woodbury Strong, but now targeted to adults as well as children, the museum features interactive galleries, playscapes, and even a small butterfly zoo shaped like a butterfly. + * ["Susan B. Anthony House"] - Currently undergoing restoration, this home of feminist and patriot Susan B. Anthony, is a mecca for women's suffrage. You can stand in the very room where the meetings were held and in the room where she was arrested for voting. + + == Other Collaborative Guides == + Compared to dedicated sites, a wiki sometimes makes a poor format for gathering, organizing, and presenting geography and guides. Here are worthy alternatives. + * [http://www.43places.com/places/view/106755 Rochester] is just one place at 43 Places, a collaborative travel guide created by the [http://RobotCoop.com/ Robot Co-op], along with 43 Things and 43 People. With leading-edge web-design, it organizes places and reviews in a socially-networked bulletin board. To solicit helpful comments and sometimes fanciful wishes, onto one page it organizes places you have visited along with places others wish to visit. Those particpants' reviews and wishes, once gathered onto a personal page, help participants learn about each other too. Through a single login and identity, it works with [http://43things.com 43 Things], to help people refine their goals and connect them with others who have accomplished those goals, and with [http://43people.com 43 People], to connect participants to people they would like to meet, through places they would like to or have visited, their wishes and goals, and their comments, testamonials, and profiles. + * [http://rochester.tribe.net/local Tribe], an useful and powerful site, levers social capital and networking for publishing listings and reviews, and for sharing personal content. Borne of San Francisco culture like Craigslist and serving similar needs, but with less anonymity, it works better. It recently split upstate New York into distinct metros and gave Rochester a distinct domain. Now whether by fleshing out our profiles, inviting friends, and reviewing and rating local favorites, and make it succeed here is up to us.

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AmyElder — 2006-07-15T02:52:09Z

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	+ * ["New York Wine and Culinary Center"] a true gateway for NY agriculture + food + wine. The place to taste a chardonnay from Long Island and compare it to a chardonnay from the Fingerlakes, while learning and enjoying what makes each different. A gourmand's delight.

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AmyElder — 2006-07-15T02:47:44Z

* ["New York Wine and Culinary Center"] - A gateway for agriculture+ food+ wine

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AndrewSerrano — 2006-05-06T20:20:15Z

Susan B Anthony was arrested in her Madison St. home

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- * ["Susan B. Anthony House"] - The home of feminist and patriot Susan B. Anthony is being restored and the tour allows you to stand in the very room where the meetings were held and in the room where she was arrested for voting[[FootNote9( I thought she was arrested in Canandaguia?)]]	+ * ["Susan B. Anthony House"] - The home of feminist and patriot Susan B. Anthony is being restored and the tour allows you to stand in the very room where the meetings were held and in the room where she was arrested for voting

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FarMcKon — 2006-02-02T23:47:31Z

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JasonOlshefsky — 2006-01-07T18:44:51Z

Artisan Works; alphabetize.

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	+ * ["Artisan Works"] is a gallery and workspace for dozens of local artists. Their slogan, "where art lives" can be experienced firsthand by visiting working artists. + * ["Betty Meyer's Bullwinkle Cafe"] - Unlike any other bar in town, but there must be several like it elsewhere -- it's just that this one is Rochester's. Open ''only on Saturday nights'' for a down-home sing-along featuring songs from the pre-recording era, early recordings, show-tunes, and popular songs. + * ["George Eastman House"] - Home of George Eastman (founder of Eastman Kodak Company) is now a museum of photography and film and a school of film preservation known around the world.
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- * ["Susan B. Anthony House"] - The home of feminist and patriot Susan B. Anthony is being restored and the tour allows you to stand in the very room where the meetings were held and in the room where she was arrested for voting.	+ * ["Memorial Art Gallery"] is a great gallery for a city Rochester's size.
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- * ["George Eastman House"] - Home of George Eastman (founder of Eastman Kodak Company) is now a museum of photography and film and a school of film preservation known around the world. - * ["Betty Meyer's Bullwinkle Cafe"] - Unlike any other bar in town, but there must be several like it elsewhere -- it's just that this one is Rochester's. Open ''only on Saturday nights'' for a down-home sing-along featuring songs from the pre-recording era, early recordings, show-tunes, and popular songs.	+ * ["Rochester Museum and Science Center"] is interesting for kids, especially those a bit older than the target audience for Strong Museum.
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- * ["Rochester Museum and Science Center"] is interesting for kids, especially those a bit older than the target audience for Strong Museum. - * ["Memorial Art Gallery"] is a great gallery for a city Rochester's size.	+ * ["Susan B. Anthony House"] - The home of feminist and patriot Susan B. Anthony is being restored and the tour allows you to stand in the very room where the meetings were held and in the room where she was arrested for voting.

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RottenChester — 2006-01-07T13:28:27Z

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- *["Strong Museum" Strong (Childrens) Museum] - This is an awsome childrens museum and activity center. I invite my sister (and her kids) up to Rochester just to have an excuse to go in, look around, and play a bit.	+ * ["Strong Museum" Strong (Childrens) Museum] - This is an awsome childrens museum and activity center. I invite my sister (and her kids) up to Rochester just to have an excuse to go in, look around, and play a bit. + * ["Rochester Museum and Science Center"] is interesting for kids, especially those a bit older than the target audience for Strong Museum. + * ["Memorial Art Gallery"] is a great gallery for a city Rochester's size.

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FarMcKon — 2006-01-07T03:25:03Z

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FarMcKon — 2006-01-07T03:23:18Z

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FarMcKon — 2005-12-31T15:31:37Z

great comments neil, added 'only ' to Bullwikel's cafe

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- * ["Betty Meyer's Bullwinkle Cafe"] - Unlike any other bar in town, but there must be several like it elsewhere -- it's just that this one is Rochester's. Open on Saturday nights for a down-home sing-along featuring songs from the pre-recording era, early recordings, show-tunes, and popular songs.	+ * ["Betty Meyer's Bullwinkle Cafe"] - Unlike any other bar in town, but there must be several like it elsewhere -- it's just that this one is Rochester's. Open ''only on Saturday nights'' for a down-home sing-along featuring songs from the pre-recording era, early recordings, show-tunes, and popular songs.

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NeilBardhan — 2005-12-31T05:58:21Z

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- Rochester, in case you don't know, is not the worlds most tourist firendly place. Sure, we get visitors and tourists, but due to some strange quirk of personality, our fair city is quite reserved, and it often takes a few months of living here to find the good places to go, and things to see. '''We at RocWiki aim to change that!'''	+ Rochester, in case you don't know, is not the world's most tourist friendly place. Sure, we get visitors and tourists, but due to some "strange quirk" of personality, location, and weather, our fair city is quite reserved. It often takes a few months of living here to find the good places to go, and things to see. '''We at RocWiki aim to change that!'''
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- This page is a guide for people visiting Rochester. It won't take you to 5-Star hotels, or dinner at $200 a plate. It will show you the highlights of the city through the eyes of our contributors, who love this city like the back of their hands.	+ This page is a guide for people visiting Rochester. It won't take you to five-star hotels, or dinner at $200 a plate. It will show you the highlights of the city through the eyes of our contributors, who love this city like the back of their hands.
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- * ["Legal Wall"] - Grafitti Paradise - * ["Susan B. Anthony House"] - The home of femminist and patriot Susan B. Anthony is being restored and the tour allows you to stand in the very room where the meetings were held and in the room where she was arrested for voting. - * ["Mount Hope Cemetery"] - A Victorian cemetery that was formerly located south of the city offers retains its original park-like atmosphere. - * ["Public Market"] - This market is unique in N.Y. for it's size, and traffic.	+ * ["Legal Wall"] - Graffiti Paradise + * ["Susan B. Anthony House"] - The home of feminist and patriot Susan B. Anthony is being restored and the tour allows you to stand in the very room where the meetings were held and in the room where she was arrested for voting. + * ["Mount Hope Cemetery"] - The first Victorian cemetery in the country, formerly located south of the city, retains its original park-like atmosphere. + * ["Public Market"] - This market is unique in New York for its size and traffic.
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- * ["Betty Meyer's Bullwinkle Cafe"] - One of those unique establishments scattered around the country. Open on Saturday nights for a down-home sing-along featuring songs from the pre-recording era, early recordings, show-tunes, and popular songs.	+ * ["Betty Meyer's Bullwinkle Cafe"] - Unlike any other bar in town, but there must be several like it elsewhere -- it's just that this one is Rochester's. Open on Saturday nights for a down-home sing-along featuring songs from the pre-recording era, early recordings, show-tunes, and popular songs.

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JasonOlshefsky — 2005-12-31T04:36:56Z

Eastman House and Bullwinkle's; embellished the other entries.

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	+ * ["George Eastman House"] - Home of George Eastman (founder of Eastman Kodak Company) is now a museum of photography and film and a school of film preservation known around the world. + * ["Betty Meyer's Bullwinkle Cafe"] - One of those unique establishments scattered around the country. Open on Saturday nights for a down-home sing-along featuring songs from the pre-recording era, early recordings, show-tunes, and popular songs.

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FarMcKon — 2005-12-30T23:57:29Z

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- -	+ === Sites to Visit === + * ["Legal Wall"] - Grafitti Paradise + * ["Susan B. Anthony House"] - Home of a Femminist and Patriot + * ["Mount Hope Cemetery"] + * ["Public Market"] - This market is unique in N.Y. for it's size, and traffic.

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FarMcKon — 2005-12-30T23:48:39Z

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	+ Tourism Wikicrumbs: ["Tour"] : + = Visiting Rochester = + + Rochester, in case you don't know, is not the worlds most tourist firendly place. Sure, we get visitors and tourists, but due to some strange quirk of personality, our fair city is quite reserved, and it often takes a few months of living here to find the good places to go, and things to see. '''We at RocWiki aim to change that!''' + + == RocWiki Guide to Rochester == + This page is a guide for people visiting Rochester. It won't take you to 5-Star hotels, or dinner at $200 a plate. It will show you the highlights of the city through the eyes of our contributors, who love this city like the back of their hands. + + +