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MEETinROCHESTER

What is MEETinROCHESTER?' No longer in service as of 04/2021. “ After 17 years, thousands of events, many more friendships and even a few weddings and children, the previous website was shut down on April 4th, 2021.” MEETinROCHESTER is a totally volunteer driven group under MEETin.org The focus of the MEETin Groups is to build a social network by making new friends without the pretense of establishing business networks to just make money. Each group is run by local volunteers in the area of the group's city with the main purpose of bringing people together to find new friends and network around the globe. Unlike other sites, they are not a dating service, they invite all people whether you are married, single, in a committed relationship, etc to come and meet people in your area. They ask is that you come with an open mind for meeting new friends. HOW DID MEETin START ( THE HISTORY ) "Mikey” as most people know him, established the first MEETin group to connect people socially in DC and also built the MEETin.org web site. MEETinDC was very different in that it was not just another event posting board, or limited by who was able to join. Instead, its focus was on local events that brought people together to meet and have a good time. The first MEETin.org chapter was established March 14th 2003 as a yahoo group. As the DC chapter became extremely active Mikey decided to start 16 other chapters in that included many of the largest chapters to this day. As MEETin grew he knew that the yahoo groups would not work as a true community builder and with 10 years of programming experience he set out to build his site that has become the MEETin.org web site. MEETin.org was born. MEETinDC became such a success that more than 62,000 members have now joined MEETin groups in over 90 cities, as well as internationally, in a dozen different cities, such as Canada, Sydney, Amsterdam, Paris and London. MEETin with the help of hundreds of volunteers has planed over 30,000 events world wide. Each city continues to grow and grow with the help of many volunteers hard work. Rochester Events Current events have included iceskating at ESL, lunches and dinners, movies at the Dryden and monthly Happy Hours. Plans are in the works for winter hiking at Letchworth, a group visit to Artisan Works and evening events at the MAG. Fees Joining MEETin costs nothing. You will be required to cover your own admission fees at events, pay for your own food and drink etc. But being part of the group is absolutely free.

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Berlin Wall

There is a piece of the Berlin wall in the food court area of the Bausch and Lomb Headquarters Careful scrutiny of its display reveals traces of an amusing story: The slab is authentic. The graffiti is not. A misunderstanding led to its surface being sandblasted clean prior to its acquisiton. This did not correspond to the wishes of Bausch & Lomb, who had hoped to bring to Rochester an authentic piece of the wall for display. It arrived blank. In response to their disappointment, Bausch & Lomb commissioned a local artist to recreate the graffiti on this section of the wall from archival photos. Study the photos accompanying its display and smile. While the artist came close, it is clear the reproduction is not exact.

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Abandoned Manchester Yard

Exterior shot by Robert Polyn Located south and east of the city in the Village of Manchester is an abandoned train yard with a massive switching structure left on the property. It had at one point been the largest freight-transfer center in the world, later surpassed only by Chicago. It served the Lehigh Valley Railroad line. Directions: Follow 96 south from Victor, which will in turn take you east to Manchester. Turn right onto Main, and then right onto Merrick, drive along until you see the massive curved building (there should be a RIG sign in front of it). There are several other small buildings on the property, along with some old rail cars. Also, nearby look for a water tower. Heading in its direction should lead you to a train parts graveyard and a few more small buildings. Note: Several buildings on this property have posted no trespassing signs. UER.CA Exploration Write Up Rochester History Vol. LVI: The Manchester Wreck Bing Live Aerial Birds Eye view showing enormity of curved structure Photos Abandoned Manchester Yard on Flickr

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Can of Worms

Can of Worms aerial view, circa 1964 The Can of Worms is the intersection of 590 and 490 on the east side of the city of Rochester. Credit Rochester reporter Mitchell Kaidy for popularizing the term supposedly coined by an engineer named Stanley Kozak. "Can of Worms" more or less faded into the history books in 1991 upon the completion of a four-year project that involved 11 new bridges and put an end to the most dangerous component of the expressway — the blending of I-490 with I-590. Here's everything you need to know about the complexity of the project: It took $4 million to build it from 1962 to 1964 and then $129.2 million to fix it almost three decades later. Notes and References Interchange of the Week on EmpireStateRoads.com has full details and several aerial photos. You know you're from Rochester, NY when... on Harvard.edu - "#10 - You know that a "Can of Worms" is not something that you take fishing. " Rochester Mention on Phrases.org Urban Dictionary Interstate Guide - I590

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OnStage

OnStage (aka On Stage) was a broadcast production of WXXI Public Television in the summer of 2007 and 2008. Some of Rochester’s best musicians hit the stage in a weekly musical series. Great performances, intimate interviews and compelling stories – all unfolded before a live audience. Encore perfomances of the 2007 performances began Sunday, February 10, 2008 at 7 p.m. on WXXI-TV 21 (cable 11), with a radio version encoring on Thursday, February 7, 2008 at 6 p.m. on WRUR-FM 88.5 with the Dady Brothers. Hosted by WXXI-FM mid-day host and music director Julia Figueras, OnStage encored highlighted a wide range of performers from Upstate New York. Each program presented an hour-long concert, with Figueras posing questions to the artists between their sets. A companion Web site, http://wxxi.org/onstage, for details of the 2008 season with artist bios, videos and exclusive material on the program.

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Ant Hill Cooperative

Ant Hill Cooperative was a member-controlled/managed/owned housing organization, based on Cooperative principles. Ant Hill was an inspired mix of college-style housing cooperatives (sharing a house), co-housing (having a private apartment, with common space), and ant farm creativity. They had members living in Ant Hill-managed houses and in apartments around the area. Their members had a great quality of life (for cheap) by pooling resources and splitting the work load. Together they were able to do bigger events, buy in bulk, and generally benefit from working together. Like most cooperatives, they aimed to be not just a supportive, affordable, and ecologically responsible place to live. They also focused on community activism and projects. RocWiki, Critical Mass, DIY Rochester, and other local groups have either started with Ant Hill members or had Ant Hill members as key contributors. One of Ant Hill Cooperative's priorities iwa building a community of people, both members and non-members, to further the exchange of ideas, the incubation of creative projects, and development of a better Rochester. They invited students, activists, creative persons, and anyone interested in good food, good people, and communal living to help make this dream a reality. Sadly, Ant Hill closed in May 2015 due to declining interest. Little Flower remains active, however, while the RocWiki and Critical Mass continue Ant Hill's legacy. See Also Ant Hill Cooperative/Images Ant Hill Cooperative/Propaganda Cooperatives SummerFoodshare

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Geohashing

Rochester has a relatively active Geohashing community and is probably one of the top five geekiest cities in the US by population percentage1. What is Geohashing Geohashing, as defined in xkcd comic #426, is based on a random set of geographic coordinates generated (hashed) every day for people (or other autonomous beings, I suppose) to reach (meetup). The hashed value is actually the offsets within a one degree graticule (on degree of latitude and of longitude), so meetups are possible within each graticule where the generated location is reachable - not water, mountain, etc. Due to the nature of the hashing algorithm used to generate the coordinates, it is impossible to predict them beyond the next NYSE trading day. On Saturdays around 4pm, there's an official meetup at the location specified by the coordinates. Geohashing shares a lot of similarities with geocaching, although there's no caches and the locations are one-shot sorta deals. (Computing the probability of the geohash meetup being at the same spot twice before the end of the earth is left as an exercise for the reader.) Due to the large body of water to the north, the coordinates for the graticules of Rochester, Lockport to our west, and Syracuse to our east are frequently unreachable. In this case, Rochester geohashers may wish to go with the coordinates for the Canandaigua/Corning graticule to our south. The Rochester Rochester, New York graticule has its southeast corner at 43 degrees north, 77 degrees west and extends to the northeast at 44 degrees north, 78 degrees west. See RocWiki - Geohashing Google User Map or download the RocWiki - Geohashing.kml file to view in Google Earth. A graticule is approximately 60 nautical miles (69 miles2) north to south along its meridians and varies in width depending on the latitude. At the equator it is 60 nm3 and at the poles it is zero. The farther north you go, the more difference between the width at the southern border of the graticule compared to the northern border. Notes and References Go directly to today's coordinates.. Or go to the backup graticule coordinates for today.

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