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Gilbert McCurdy

Gilbert McCurdy was the son of John C. McCurdy, who founded McCurdy's in 1901 and who operated a department store at 285 Main Street East in Rochester. Gilbert took over the business, expanded it and attracted fame by co-developing the Midtown Plaza with Maurice Forman and making McCurdy's Department Store a key player in the plaza. Gilbert McCurdy was extremely active in the First Baptist Church of Rochester being responsible for the commission of the "McCurdy Cross" which graces the sanctuary.

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Gardens of First Unitarian Church

The Gardens of First Unitarian Church is a beautiful seven-acre park in the Cobbs Hill Neighborhood that is owned by First Unitarian Church of Rochester. It was founded in the 1960s by master gardner Madlyn Evans out of a jumble of overgrown forest. Today, the garden is maintained by a group of volunteers coordinated by the church's horticulturalist. Located at the back of First Unitarian's property, the garden is best accessed from Nunda Boulevard. In Their Own Words But the Garden is more than just the plantings themselves. Its many pathways guide church-school and pre-school students as they explore and learn the importance of nature. You’ll find benches for resting; Peace Cairns that mark and memorialize loss; a Labyrinth for walking meditation; a Memorial Wall with the inscription "To Live in Hearts that Love is not to Die" marking the area where the remains of over one hundred church members are scattered; a stone Council Ring for small group meetings; a Monarch Butterfly Waystation; a Community Vegetable Garden and flowering backdrops for weddings and other occasions. Photo Album

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Greatest Community Garage Sale

Greatest Community Garage Sale is a popular community garage sale series located at the Rochester Public Market. The sales, which feature a mixture of dealers, community and church groups, and just plain folks cleaning out, have become an institution in our community. Garage Sales are scheduled for the following dates in 2008: Sundays 8:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. April 20, 27, May 4, June 15, 22, 29, July 6, 13, 20, 27, August 3, 10, 17, 24, September 7, 14, 28, October 12. You folks might be interested in using these pages for forming a Friends of the Public Market community on the internet: http://rocpublicmart.blogspot.com/ Thanks and enjoy.

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Brighton Presbyterian Church

Brighton Presbyterian Church is a church in the city's Culver University East neighborhood, close to the border with Brighton, and across the street from the East Ave Wegmans. It is part of the Evangelical Presbyterian Church. It is committed to Gospel-centered preaching and teaching, caring and praying for one another and the community, and invites all to experience the presence, healing and hope of God in its midst. The church is committed to supporting groups like Alcoholics Anonymous and Heroin Anonymous as part of its mission as a spiritual hospital. Ministries Christian Education for children and adults (Sunday mornings during the service for BPCkids and BPCteens; 11 am for adults). Wednesdays: PrayerHour, 6 pm; Bible study, 7 pm; both in the Historical Room. Supporting Bethel Express Heroin Anonymous Living Hope Schools in West Bengal, India Rochester Classical Academy Embracing Options Young Life in Belarus and Baltics.

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Hudson Avenue

Hudson Avenue is a major north-south route between the City of Rochester and the suburb of Irondequoit. Starting just north of downtown in Upper Falls, it enters the Group 14621 neighborhood at Clifford Avenue, continues into the LeFrois Street Area, and then Irondequoit at East Ridge Road. This part of the town is the district of West Irondequoit. Other major intersections are Upper Falls Boulevard, Norton Street, the Keeler Street Expressway, and Titus Avenue. Hudson Avenue also crosses railroad tracks near Skuse Street in the city. According to VintageViews.org, Hudson Avenue was the first street not located within the City of Rochester to be fully paved in 1898. Located on Hudson Avenue Traveling north. City of Rochester Hudson Avenue in Rochester is impoverished and occasionally dangerous. Especially to the south, it is marred by abandoned buildings, vacant lots, and slumlord housing. Indeed, the homeless shelter House of Mercy serves some of the city's most downtrodden residents. Hudson nevertheless has some active clusters of retail, mostly corner stores, beauty salons, and cell phone places. Several establishments attest to the area's rich history of Eastern and Central European immigration. 180 : UNeedA Tire Shop 211 : Cube Smart 226 : R Community Bikes 292 : First Genesis Baptist Church 390 : Hudson Ave Smoke Shop 393 : Urban Voice 471 : Coalition of NorthEast Associations 585 : Canopy Coin Laundry 634 : Northside Church of Christ 704 : Rochester Fire Department Engine 16/Truck 6 725 : House of Mercy 912 : MetroPCS 1100 : Andy's Candies 1124 : St. Stanislaus Kostka Church 1151 : Pulaski Library (vacant) 1325 : European Meat Products & Deli 1325 : Rochester Polish Federal Credit Union 1490 : Wal-Mart Woodforest National Bank 1535 : Western Regional Off-Track Betting Corporation Irondequoit Hudson Avenue becomes increasingly commercial as you get closer to Irondequoit, although things quiet down and residential use returns north of Hill Court Circle. 1661 : Harry & Gordy's Auto Services 1776 : Jack 'n Jill Child Care Center Inc. 1875 : North Coast Dental Group 1936 : Fireplace Fashions 2017 : Hunt Real Estate Era 2118 : Fairport Savings Bank 2128 : Canandaigua National Bank and Trust 2150 : Irondequoit Animal Hospital 2194 : ALDI 2255 : Citizens Bank 2256 : Boundaries Gym Irondequoit Plaza, Ridge Hill Square, Hudson & Ridge Hudson Plaza are several shopping centers located just off Hudson Avenue that back up to it.

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Open Arms Metropolitan Community Church

Open Arms MCC is a Metropolitan Community Church in the East End. They are a very progressive congregation that supports the LGBT community. Founded in 1981. In Their Own Words Open Arms MCC is proud to be a congregation serving people with assorted beliefs, backgrounds and sexual identities. From our origins serving gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered people, we have become an inclusive and affirming congregation that actively welcomes all people. We are called to build bridges that transform lives and transform our world. We are called to welcome others into the experience of a spirituality that is vibrant, inclusive and progressive. We are called to generously share our time, talents and resources. We are called to be beacons of faith, freedom and justice here and around the world.

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Christ Church Schola Cantorum

Christ Church Schola Cantorum (aka Schola Cantorum) is a vocal group of the Christ Church Rochester (Episcopal) in downtown Rochester. The group takes its name from the Schola Cantorum, or Papal Choir from the time of Gregory the Great. 1. Some of the following may be material from the group's CD liner - see Christ Church web page. Performances The vocal group performs the weekly Office of Compline at the church on Sunday evenings at 9 p.m. (October through April). Compline is the name of the last Office (service) of the monastic day - a ceremony of closing prayers before bed. Its origins date back to the 4th Century monastic custom of private prayer and devotion before retiring. St. Benedict is responsible for the name of the office, its liturgical character and arrangement. The group sings the Compline Service a cappella (without accompaniment) and combines Gregorian chant and early, baroque, and twentieth-century sacred motets. Compline is brief (30 minutes) and performed entirely by candlelight. This restful and serene "service" allows listeners to pause and reflect at the beginning of one week - or the closing of another. CC Compline is free (donations accepted) and everyone is welcome. A prelude on the Craighead-Saunders organ is played as the audience arrives. On the first Sunday of each month, Compline is preceded by a Candlelight Concert beginning at 8:30 p.m. featuring area musicians. Free parking is available in the lot on Lawn Street behind Christ Church. Recordings The Christ Church Schola Cantorum is recognized nationally as a leading ensemble for the performance of early sacred choral music and chant, contemporary music, and choral improvisation. The Schola has produced two CDs, both available through GOTHIC Records; the most recent is a recording of the music of David Conte released on the ARSIS label in 2008. Schola recordings have been broadcast nationally on Minnesota Public Radio and Richard Gladwell's radio show With Heart and Voice. In addition to singing compline, the group performs regularly for local music festivals and concert series such as Eastman's annual EROI Festival, the Rochester Early Music Festival, Music at St. Anne's series, the Memorial Art Gallery, Elmira College Concerts, and others. Stephen Kennedy, Director Kennedy is the founder and director of CC Schola Cantorum, is the music director at Christ Church and Director of Chapel Music and Instructor in Liturgical Music at Bexley Hall Episcopal Seminary. He also teaches at the Eastman School of Music and Nazareth College. He has been a performer and lecturer for local and regional events of the American Guild of Organists, and has given choral workshops in the U.S. and abroad. He composes liturgical and choral music as well as chamber music and compositions incorporating computer-generated sounds and improvisation. 1See also Catholic Encyclopedia and Encyclopedia Britannica

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Disabled American Veterans

MONROE COUNTY POWERS CHAPTER #15 The Disabled American Veterans is a nonprofit dedicated to empowering veterans to lead high-quality lives with respect and dignity. They accomplish this by ensuring that veterans and their families can access the full range of benefits available to them; fighting for the interests of America’s injured heroes on Capitol Hill; and educating the public about the great sacrifices and needs of veterans transitioning back to civilian life. Services include: Providing free, professional assistance to veterans and their families in obtaining benefits and services earned through military service and provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and other agencies of government. Providing outreach concerning its program services to the American people generally, and to disabled veterans and their families specifically. Representing the interests of disabled veterans, their families, their widowed spouses and their orphans before Congress, the White House and the Judicial Branch, as well as state and local government. Extending DAV’s mission of hope into the communities where these veterans and their families live through a network of state-level Departments and local Chapters. Providing a structure through which disabled veterans can express their compassion for their fellow veterans through a variety of volunteer programs.

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First Universalist Church of Rochester

The First Universalist Church of Rochester in full sepia glory. Photo credit: Rochester Public Library Local History Division The church building was designed by architect Claude Bragdon, and serves as a wonderful example of his desire to express the spirit of Gothic architecture through an American form, not relying on the conventions of Gothic architecture, but instead focusing on facilitating the reincarnation of its spiritual thrust. From their website: "Our congregation is a diverse metropolitan group exhibiting a strong intergenerational feeling of family. We are a thriving, friendly group characterized by enthusiasm and activity. Each of us has an opportunity to participate in a variety of church and social activities. We strive to practice the Unitarian Universalist qualities of equality and tolerance which encompass a wide range of religious ideas and beliefs." The church believes in marriage equality, holding that anyone should have the right to marry regardless of their gender. They are a Host Congregation for RAIHN.

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Human Touch Initiative

Human Touch Initiative, or HTI, is a 501 (c)3 not-for-profit organization established in 2008. Their mission is to make massage accessible for free to those in the Greater Rochester Area with a current cancer diagnosis. Their clients receive 3 oncology massage vouchers with each approved application. The vouchers are redeemable with a list of massage providers. All of the massage providers have received additional training in oncology massage so they can be mindful of the clients current health status and give a meaningful massage. Applying for services can be done on their website. Visit the website or call if you would like to volunteer, become an oncology massage therapy provider, or support HTI through a donation.

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Reconnect Rochester

Reconnect Rochester Reconnect Rochester is a 501(c)(3) organization working to build a more sustainable transportation network for the Rochester region. According to their website, the group's mission/vision is: "Whether by bus, by rail, on bike, or on foot, Reconnect Rochester champions transportation choices that enable a more vibrant and equitable community. We envision a community connected by a robust transportation network that makes it easy for everyone—regardless of physical or economic ability—to get around." Reconnect Rochester organizes an annual event each June, ROC Transit Day, to promote the use of public transit. Individual committees focus on areas including bus transit, rail transit, and safe/complete streets. Reconnect Rochester's meetings are open to the public and meeting times/locations can be found on the group's calendar page.

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Evelyn Sheffer

Lupus is a disease that primarily affects women in their child bearing years, ages 15-55. It is much more common in women than in men, but found in men and children. This disease compromises the autoimmune system and can be life altering and even fatal. There is no specific tests to determine who is at risk nor is there one definative test that can diagnose the disease. People suffer for years and years with the disease and physicians are hesitant to diagnose individuals with the disease due to the sympotms being so vague. Symptoms are as everyday as fatigue, achiness, joint pain, rashes, forgetfulness and thinning of hair. In todays society with life being so busy it is very common for individuals fighting fatigue and joint soreness. Minority women such as African American, Hispanic, Asian, and American Indian women have a 2 times greater chance of being diagnosed with this disease. There are many medications that will assist with the pain as well as slow the deteriation process to joints and major organs. At the current time there is no cure for the disease, but getting information is the first step to gaining power over it. There are tests that can be administered that will assist with docotors to see if specific antibodies are in the blood and therefore begin the journey to be able to live with the disease. If you have any questions, there is the Lupus Foundation Genesee Valley Chapter located on 500 Helendale Drive, that is a resource that everyone should use, http://www.lupusgvc.org/. There are other non profit organizations that may be of ineterest to you. Nonprofit Organizations

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Group 14621

Group 14621 is a large neighborhood in the northeast quadrant of Rochester. It is primarily contained within the boundaries listed above with the exception of a long tendril that runs along the Genesee River all the way to Lake Ontario. This part contains Seneca Park, known for its spectacular Genesee River gorge, as well as the Seneca Park Zoo. Another attraction is the El Camino Trail, popular with bicyclists and known for its beautiful Wall\Therapy murals. Conkey Cruisers, a neighborhood bicycling program, hosts a ride here during the summer. Often described as a "mosaic," Group 14621 is famous for its racial and cultural diversity. This includes the International Square plaza, as well as La Avenida, a stretch of North Clinton that forms the backbone of the city's largest Latino (mostly Puerto Rican) settlement. Another mini-neighborhood is the Vineyards Area. Still, although nice pockets exist, large portions of Group 14621 continue to struggle. Some of its streets are even considered among the most dangerous in Rochester. The 14621 area code includes a portion of Irondequoit as well. East Ridge Road, which marks the boundary between Irondequoit and the city, is a major commercial hotspot. Group 14621's Wal-Mart is located on the corner of Hudson and East Ridge, touching the Irondequoit border. Establishments Food and Drink As Evi Borinquen Bakery Dunkin' Donuts East Ridge Hots El Morro Bakery El Pilon Criollo Restaurant El Sabor de la Isla European Meat Products & Deli Geland's Restaurant Gregorios Mobile Catering Halal Market and Meats - Including cafe Jack's Fish Market Kithno's Seafood Mr. Goody's Pudgie's Pizza Remy's Bar Ridge Pub Sal's Birdland Salvatore's Old Fashioned Pizzeria Retail Advance Auto Parts Arlene's Costumes CVS East Ridge Buyers Family Dollar MetroPCS My Merkato Rent-A-Center Rite Aid Salvation Army T&K Fresh Corner Upstate Furniture Outlet Uptown Express Wal-Mart Salons Fierce Hair Designz Hair Affair & Boutique Hair Essence Isla Del Encanto Beauty Salon Supreme Hair Styles by Tamica Services Advance Auto Parts Advantage Federal Credit Union Bank of America Burgos Income Tax Community Place of Greater Rochester Critter Control H&R Block House of Mercy J.G. Autowerks Jackson Hewitt Lexington Federal Credit Union Lilac Coin Laundry Rochester Fire Department Engine 16/Truck 6 Lincoln Branch Library McSpadden Heating Mugs & More Normandy Ink Tattoos Rochester General Hospital Rochester Polish Federal Credit Union Spatola's Party Rental Wash Time Laundromat Woodforest National Bank Worship Breath of Life Seventh-Day Adventist Church Charity Bible Baptist Church Grace Community Church Iglesia Metodista Unida Emmanuel Northridge Church St. Stanislaus Kostka Church Other Andy's Candies - Factory only Atteuq Potential Unlimited Hickey-Freeman - Factory Michelsen Building - Apartments Pulaski Park Rochester School for the Deaf Western Regional Off-Track Betting Corporation Links Information and demographics on Neighborhood Link Map outline of 14621 area Neighborhood profile from Celebrate City Living Neighborhood profile on City of Rochester website Neighborhood profile on Rochester City Living Positive Things Happening in 14621! South of Norton Block Club

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Police and Citizens Together Against Crime

Police and Citizens together Against Crime (PAC-TAC) is a volunteer program of the Rochester Police Department. Volunteers patrol streets under the supervision of a Crime Prevention Officer 2 nights a month for 2-3 hours a night and "become the eyes and ears of the RPD" by observing and reporting criminal activity and/or quality of life issues. This is an opportunity to help the community fight crime whether you are a concerned citizen or interested in putting this experience on your resume. Persons also receive training in procedures and radio operation. An information and training session is held the 2nd Tuesday of every month from 7-8:30pm at the Public Safety Bldg, 185 Exchange Blvd (as of January 2008). Interested parties can fill out an application at that time.

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Cerebral Palsy Association

The Cerebral Palsy Association (aka CP Rochester) is a non-profit organization serving the community from both their South Winton Road Campus and the Al Sigl Center. Quoting from "About Us" page: CP Rochester exists to support people with physical and developmental disabilities in choosing and accomplishing successive individualized life goals. We do this by providing a wide range of services to people of all ages in the greater Rochester area. These include: Outpatient Clinical, Residential, Educational and Personal Support Services. Our purpose is to ensure that those we serve safely determine their own pathways in life and live as full members of their communities.

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Four Corners

Looking down Main Street, where it divides between West and East, towards the Convention District Four Corners is a neighborhood in downtown Rochester. Its name derives from the intersection of Main Street, State Street, and Exchange Boulevard. It also includes the block bounded by Main Street, W. Broad Street, Plymouth Avenue, and S. Scott Alley.1 The Four Corners building itself is located at 1 West Main Street. Four Corners is the seat of Rochester's legal and government action. It also contains most of the government offices for both the city and Monroe County at large, such as the courts, County Clerk, Public Defender, Traffic Violations, and the Rochester Police Department. The architecture dates from the city's boomtown era and is often elaborate and highly detailed. Notable buildings include Powers Building (which contains the New York State Comptroller's Office), the Ellwanger & Barry Building, the Reynolds Arcade, the Terminal Building, and First Federal Plaza. Also check out the City Hall Historic District, and the State Street Historic District. Aqueduct Park is a popular spot for Four Corners' many employees to eat lunch. History The intersection at Main Street where State Street approaches from the north and becomes Exchange Street has been a prominent location through out Rochester's history. It was located where the first two streets in the settlement crossed, then called Buffalo Street. (Main Street) and Carroll Street (State Street) . That intersection is still commonly called by its original name, The Four Corners. 2 Establishments Banks and Credit Unions Bank of America Canandaigua National Bank & Trust Citizens Bank KeyBank Rochester and Monroe County Employees Federal Credit Union The Upstate National Bank Food and Drink The Powers Building Christopher's City Hall Cafe Executive Café & Bakery Founders Café Galleria Pizza He's Kat's Little Court Shop Peach Blossom Pizza Stop Red Osier Metro Cafe Sapori Cafe & Catering Subway T's Times Square Cafe Legal and Government Armed Forces Recruiting Office City Hall City Place - Contains many government agencies City Public Safety Building Empire Justice Center Hall of Justice Lawrence J. D. Mort Legal Recording of Rochester - Services and supplies for attorneys Monroe County Bar Association Monroe County Crime Laboratory Seventh Judicial District Law Library US Federal Building Services Alvin's Upscale Superior Shoe Shine Bean Cruises and Travel Downtown's Vision Care Jackie's Tonsorial Parlor Jordan & Sons Four Corners Shoe Repair K. Sang Beauty Bar Parrotta Studio Patrick Printing Plymouth Photo Studio Royal Photography and the Evidence Store - Includes services for the legal and medical professions TLC Adventures in Child Care United Cleaners Other Blue Cross Arena Downtown United Presbyterian Church Four Corners Antiques and Collectibles Genesee Transportation Council Hochstein School of Music and Dance Link Gallery Management Careers of Rochester Plaza Tobacco & Gifts Spiritus Chrisi Church St. Luke & St. Simon Cyrene Episcopal Church Vito's Cigars & Sundries 1CityData Four Corners Page2VintageViews.org

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Chestnut Street

Chestnut Street runs north-south through downtown Rochester. It begins in the south at the northern end of Monroe Avenue. When it crosses East Avenue, it becomes North Chestnut Street. At Andrews/University, it turns into North Street. It is part of Route 31. From the Inner Loop to East Broad Street, Chestnut forms the east-west boundary between the Manhattan Square Park and Washington Square neighborhoods. Continuing north, it passes briefly through the Midtown District, continues through the East End, and then becomes the east-west border between the St. Joseph's Park Neighborhood and Grove Place. Located on Chestnut Street, traveling south: 169N : Vertex Night Club 155N : Harro East Ballroom 150N: University of Rochester Medical Center - Adult Outpatient Mental Health Services Center 111N : All Saints Anglican Church 111N : Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Reformation 50 Chestnut Street - See page for tenant list. 100 : HSBC Building - See page for tenant list. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Park 161 : Rochester Educational Opportunity Center of SUNY REOC B-Stro Ultimate Styles Salon 225 : ESL Federal Credit Union

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Chamber of Commerce Building

The Chamber of Commerce Building is located on St. Paul Street. It was designed by Claude Bragdon, and built in 1916. The building was a gift to the community from George Eastman. Bragdon and Eastman had a falling out over the design of the building. 1 The building is now home to SUNY Brockport MetroCenter (website). The trustees of the Greater Rochester Metro Chamber of Commerce allowed the sale of the building following the merger of the Chamber with the Industrial Management Council into the Rochester Business Alliance. Notes and References Listed in National Register of Historic Places- Monroe County on October, 4, 1985 Architecture of Braddon on LibraryWeb.org has photos and information. vintage postcard of the building on VintageViews.org. 1Bragdon on LibraryWeb.org

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Christ Church Rochester

Christ Church Rochester (typically just called Christ Church) is an Episcopal church in the East End. The building is the home of the very impressive Craighead-Saunders Organ, a reproduction of a 1776 organ from Vilnius, Lithuania. See: pic. It is frequently used by the Eastman School of Music for public concerts. The church is also the home of the Christ Church Schola Cantorum. For one week each year the church becomes a music venue for the Rochester International Jazz Festival

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Memorial A. M. E. Zion Church

Memorial A. M. E. Zion Church has the distinction of being the oldest operating Black church in the city of Rochester, having been founded in 1827 as the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church. Their first building, erected in 1833 on Favor Street, served as the meeting grounds for notable abolitionists such as Frederick Douglass and commanded national significance; its basement was the original home of Douglass' North Star newspaper. In 1907 the original structure was replaced on the same site by a new building (which still stands) incorporating a number of memorial windows honoring Douglass, Susan B. Anthony, and Harriet Tubman among others. At that time "Memorial" was added to the name of the church. The congregation moved to their modern building on Clarissa Street in 1975; the memorial windows to Anthony and Tubman can still be seen there. Rochester History Vol. XXI: Lights and Shadows In Local Negro History Beyond the Sanctuary - A Look Back in History

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First Unitarian Church of Rochester

The building in winter Installing the organ from the former St. Bernard's Seminary in the auditorium The church building for First Unitarian Church of Rochester was designed by Louis Kahn and regularly draws architects, students, and other visitors from around the world. The congregation is theologically diverse (typical for UUs), including both theists and nontheists. The church has a long history of social justice activity (local historian Blake McKelvey once called it "Rochester's alert conscience and hospitable roof") which continues today in the form of support for marriage equality and other progressive (or, if you prefer, liberal) causes. To participate in a survey on local architecture visit, Rochester Archipedia Survey

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