SECR

Subway Erie Canal Revitalization Chill the Fill

The subway was built in the original Erie Canal bed after the Canal was rerouted out of Downtown Rochester.

This is an amazing piece of history that every Rochesterian should see.

Time is quickly running out!

In December, the City will spend $21 million to fill the subway with dirt!

S.E.C.R. is a local grassroots organization formed to try to stop Rochester's Historic Subway/Canal from being buried. We are seeking a moratorium, until the community can come to a consensus about how best to recycle the site.

For more information, upcoming tours & events or to find out how you can get involved please contact

Kristin Perrah-Lewis

<info AT chillthefull DOT org>
(585) 436-7989
http://www.chillthefill.org/

Volunteer to help save Rochester's Historic Subway.

Take a tour and see it for yourself! Bring your voice, ideas and a friend or 10!
We need your help!

Upcoming Events:

Saturday, July 30th, 4 p.m.

Family Tour
Nick Tahou’s back parking lot
320 W Main Street
(corner of Main & Broad)
Please wear good walking shoes.
Cameras are encouraged

July 21st is an important City Council Working Session! The Subway is the Topic! Please make arrangements to attend the Working Session which is OPEN to the PUBLIC from 5:45 pm to 7 pm.

More information:

The thorough and awesome wiki page: Abandoned Subway

The Rochester Subway; Experiment in Municipal Transit by Andrew Lipman: http://www.rochester.lib.ny.us/~rochhist/v36_1974/v36i2.pdf

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2005-05-27 11:35:42   Is this group opposed to the Aqueduct Project? —RobertPolyn

2005-05-27 17:55:33   This group includes them, and like 4 other groups with differnet plans. —FarMcKon

2005-06-06 13:41:27   quick note for SECR folks: the redirect page redirects to itself instead of to the index —HeatherYager

2005-06-06 18:31:11   chill the fill is the worst slogan evar. —FarMcKon

2005-06-06 19:08:13   Do you guys have a mailing list or something? How am I supposed to find out about events? —TobinFricke

2005-07-22 09:13:07   You can get on our mailing list by going here: http://mail.chillthefill.org/mailman/listinfo/newsletters_chillthefill.org —KristinPerrah

2006-06-24 09:15:12   what ever happened to this group? web updates petered out around august 05 and now there is a new group: "Advocates for the Development of Rochester's Canal" listed in D&C article —HeatherYager

2008-10-10 23:09:59   I'm all for doing something with the Aqueduct. Anything! A restored subway line would be sweet. Look at this subway map. Shows the original line and a few others that never happened. —MichaelGovernale