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Harris Garden Center

Harris Garden Center is a gardening center in Penfield opened by Rosemary Swedrock, and her husband in February of 2006. She was a longtime manager from the previous Harris Garden Centers. Although no longer owned or operated by the Harris family, they still carry Harris Seeds' lines of vegetable and flower seeds. History of Harris Garden Name Harris Garden Centers has been a gardening tradition since 1879, when their first catalog was released. Their first eponymous garden center opened in 1930. Three such centers were opened, sold and then re-opened. A fourth store, situated close to the intersection of Jefferson and East Henrietta Roads, was opened in the 1990's. All four stores were closed by the Harris family by 2006.

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Grossman's Country Nursery

Photo: Aug 2008, BradMandell Photo: Aug 2008, BradMandell Photo: Aug 2008, BradMandell Grossman's Country Nursery (aka Grossman's) has been awarded the 2007 and 2008 Northeast Regional Winner of Today's Garden Center Revolutionary 100. Additionally, they have been recognized for three consecutive years as a leader in the industry! This beautiful garden center is located on 250 in Penfield. They specialize in Customer Service, helping and teaching the customers is the number one priority. Bring in any plant sample they will help you treat it, identify it or just let you know how to take care of it. They have a very large selection of trees and shrubs and also a great selection of annuals, perennials, garden art and furniture. Most of the annual and perennial plant material is grown on property from the highest quality seed and plugs they can find. They have greatly expanded their organic selection to not only carry simply organic products but to carry OMRI certified products. They will work with you to fill any special orders you may have to help you with your outdoor living areas! Open all year around - Hours change seasonally. Probably one of the highest priced in Rochester! —

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Austin Steward Plaza

Austin Steward Plaza, previously known as Genesee Crossroads Park and Charles Carroll Park, is a relatively small urban park located in the Convention District along the west side of the Genesee River, between Main Street and Andrews Street. It is behind the Holiday Inn and basically on top of the Genesee Crossroads Parking Garage. The Sister Cities Pedestrian Bridge crosses the river in the middle of the park. Benches and picnic areas are available and are popular with office workers at lunchtime in the summer months. The park is located approximately where the notorious old Front Street was located before the days of urban renewal. There is also a sculptural installation by Richard Fleischner called "Rochester Project" that was dedicated in October 1986. Redevelopment In December 2013 it was announced that the City had offered Genesee Crossroads Park as the new site of the proposed Roc City Skatepark. Once completed, it will be the largest skatepark in the country. If successful, it could inspire the creation of other, smaller skateparks throughout the city.1

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Antiques and Old Lace

12-2010 Antiques and Old Lace was a an antique store on University Avenue, near Culver Road. They closed in 2012 when the new landlord renovated their space and raised the rent. According to a comment on r/Rochester: . . . I am close with a couple dealers who were at Antiques and Old Lace. The building was to be renovated, but they were priced out. The landlord wanted several grand more for the newly renovated space. They hoped to find a new location, but they couldn't find one with the same amount of space and frontage in a decent area for a similar price. As of today (I met with Bruce, dealer from booth #2010) Antiques and Old Lace will not be returning to that location, and may never reopen. Several dealers moved to other area antique malls, but the bulk of them moved to Ontario Mall Antiques on 332 in Farmington.1 12-2010

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CompUSA Plaza

CompUSA Plaza is a strip mall located across the street from Southtown Plaza, and next to Jefferson Plaza on Jefferson Road. The plaza's namesake, CompUSA has gone out of business. A back entrance from West Henrietta Road connects it to Henrietta Town Line Plaza and an Abbott's Frozen Custard stand. Complete list of stores in the plaza: Retail Stores and Services AMVETS Thrift Center Bill's Carpet Center Beltone Hearing Care Center City Mattress Grossman's Bargain Outlet Island Tan Mariachi Mexican Grill Rochester Optical Factory Outlet The Tile Shop Vanessa Nails Volunteers of America - coming in fall of 2011 Former Residents Buffalo Wild Wings Grill & Bar - August 2008 - moved to former Don Pablo’s location on Jefferson Road near Clay Road in front of the Christmas Tree Shop. CompUSA Dibella's Island Fresh Cuisine Steve & Barry's Thrifty Shopper

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Pittsford Colony Plaza

Pittsford Colony Plaza is a retail area managed by the I. Gordon Corporation on Monroe Avenue, across from Pittsford Plaza. As of 2012 this plaza is once again home to the Pittsford Farmers' Market. Previously the farmers market was in the parking lot of Pittsford Plaza but because of the construction of the Cheesecake Factory the farmers were forced to find another location. Pittsford Colony Plaza currently consists of: Allens Creek Oral and Implant Surgery Arthur Murray Dance Center Dunn Tire Express Employment Professionals Hadlock Ace Hardware Hadlock's House of Paints Massage Envy Medved Running and Walking Outfitters Pane Vino on the Avenue Park Avenue Bike Shop Pizzeria Favo Residential Mortgage Services University of Rochester Urgent Care The UPS Store Valentin's Clothier & Custom Tailoring Vatis Former Tenants Ambiance KeyBank Simon's Baby Furniture Subway Sweet and Sassy Mina Tapas Lounge and Via Mina

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Park Avenue Comics & Games

Park Avenue Comics & Games Park Ave Comics and Games, 11-2010 Park Avenue Comics & Games is a family-friendly comic book and game store located on Park Avenue in Rochester, NY. Offerings include new release comics, back issues, trade paperbacks and manga, collectible card games and board games, comic book and anime toys, t-shirts, designer vinyl figures, and other merchandise. Can special-order items. New comic book releases arrive every Wednesday. The store closed in January 2013 with the following message on their website: We have a sad and frustrating announcement to make — we have to close the shop. We apologize for the huge inconvenience to our customers, but we will not have any more new comic deliveries at this point. All of our inventory in the shop will be discounted in the next several weeks until we close our doors. Please stay tuned for changes in our hours of operation; we will be reducing them soon. For the past several weeks, we have been trying to find someone to take over the shop for us. We really wanted to stay open for all of our customers and employees. Unfortunately nothing worked out. There was an interested party right up until this weekend, so sorry for the short notice. We will miss you all! We have made some great friends during this time. Thank you to all who played games with us and endured Matt’s antics! And thank you to those comic fans whose love of art and an actual book in your hand keep this industry alive. Take care and good luck in all of your endeavors! — Matt and Jess The location is now Just Juice.

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Culver Ridge Plaza

Culver Ridge Plaza is a strip mall located on Ridge Road, East at the intersection of Culver Road. Geographically the businesses in the plaza are within the Town of Irondequoit, but are located in the Rochester (14622) zip code and thus have Rochester mailing addresses. Incomplete list of stores in the plaza (in alphabetical order): Bella You Bridal Citizens Bank CSL Plasma Dollar Tree DTLR ESL Federal Credit Union Goodwill Donation Center H&R Block KeyBank Liquor Warehouse Marshalls Master Kim's Tae Kwon Do Institute Pizza Hut Rainbow Sally Beauty Supply Shoe Dept Spectrum Subway Tai Chi Bubble Tea Tammy Nails Former tenants: Blockbuster Video - closed this location in Feb, 2009 Bruster's Dots - closed this location in Spring, 2014 Factory Card & Party Outlet Papa John's Payless ShoeSource Party City - closed this location in April, 2023 Regal Culver Ridge Cinema 16 Starbucks Yoberry Frozen Yogurt Bar

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First Federal Plaza

First Federal Plaza is one of the more distinctive buildings in the Rochester Skyline. The round top was a revolving restaurant called Changing Scene for many years and is now office space. It is currently the fifth tallest building in Rochester, at 308 feet (94 meters) and 21 stories. Located in the bustling Four Corners neighborhood. Visit the website to see a 360-degree QTVR view of Rochester from the top of the building. Current tenants include: Christopher's M&T Bank Panasonic - Electronics Company that occupies the old Changing Scene space. Plaza Tobacco & Gifts Stephens_Media_Group_(broadcasting) Photo Album Last two were taken in 2009 by BradMandell.

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Henrietta Town Line Plaza

Henrietta Town Line Plaza, on West Henrietta Road, is your everyday run-of-the-mill one-stop shopping destination for swords, hydroponic growing equipment, comic books, hardcore gaming paraphernalia, and ethnic foods. The selection of stores here is comparable to the eclectic offerings of the much larger Village Gate, though there is little overlap. It is also worth noting that this plaza seems to lack the lofty pretensions of its elder sibling: while The Village Gate is busy finishing its liberal arts degree, Henrietta Town Line Plaza is mainly focused on rolling a twelve and moving out of its parents' basement. That being said, it does a great job meeting strong demand led by nearby RIT, and also helps offset the malignant tedium of sprawl surrounding Jefferson Road. Amiel's - Rochester's Original Submarine Sandwiches. Asia Market Curry House of India Glass Lab Mediterranean Kebab House Shady Grove Dispensary Taste Of Japan Restaurant & Sushi Bar

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Baytown Plaza

Baytown Plaza is a strip mall located on Empire Boulevard in Penfield. Geographically the businesses in the plaza are within the Town of Penfield, but are located in the Webster (14580) zip code and thus have Webster mailing addresses.1 Incomplete list of stores in the plaza (in alphabetical order): Andy's Candies Bauman's Jewels of the World Blockbuster Video CVS Pharmacy The Book Rack Dibella's Fashion Bug The Framing Edge GameStop HSBC McDonald's Pizza Hut Royal Dynasty Supercuts UPS Store Wal-mart Closed Card$mart - closed early 2009 Tops - closed in 2007 - building will be partially demolished for new development The DiMarco Group has petitioned the Penfield Planning board to make renovations to the plaza. The plan includes demolition of 27,000 sq ft of the closed TOPS store, new facefronts, and addition of two restaurant buildings in the current parking lot. Work would start later this year and new tenants could be in by 2009. See detailed information from links on the Penfield Planning Department page 1See Webster for graphic and additional discussion

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Frontier Exchange

Located inside the Town Centre Plaza, this shop is a 2,300 sq. ft. storefront currently (as of May 2026) re-orienting towards being a multimedia shop with Blu Rays, DVDs, CDs, VHS, Vinyls, Cassettes, and Collectible Toys. While the old stock of home decor, electronics, kitchen appliances, and furniture is being clearance saled out and the new stock comes in, space is being made available for card swap meets. Open every Thurs-Sun from 10:00a - 4:00p and based on event scheduling.

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Piano Works Mall

The Piano Works Mall is an office complex and shopping mall located in East Rochester transformed from the Aeolian-American Piano Corporation's Piano Works production complex that was closed in 1985 . Restaurants Ferrari Pizza Bar PlayerzZone - E Sports and E Gaming Bar Steven James Coffee Company Retail Shops Photo July 2008 BradMandell Cardiac Life Training Center - AED & CPR training, Pet CPR/First Aid, and Driver training A Second Thought Resale Shop - second hand store of Heritage Christian Services Concept II - Kitchen, Bath, Tile and Stone retail and custom design Denton Cottier & Daniels - piano store J. Madeline's Quilt Shoppe - Sewing and Quilting supplies PennFair Golf Spectrum Stores Rochester Music Lab

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Gorbel

Gorbel® provides a wide variety of overhead handling solutions that handle loads from 50 lbs. up to 40 tons. Work station crane systems include ceiling mounted bridge cranes and monorails, free standing work station bridge cranes, Cleveland Tramrail® patented track systems, Tarca® systems, work station jibs, and articulating jib cranes. New additions to the product line include gantry cranes, light capacity jibs (Pivot Pro™), Tool Solution Jibs and Intelligent Assist Devices (G-Force® and Easy Arm™). The firm is also a manufacturer of high-performance manual and motorized I-beam jib cranes. Gorbel also manufactures and markets a lightweight, easily installed crane system designed for home and light commercial use, knows as their "Shop Crane" line, which can be seen at the website http://www.shopcrane.com.

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BICO Australia

Original Park Ave store in October 2011 BICO Australia is a Sydney-based jewelry company founded in Bondi Beach in 1995. They have locations in over twenty countries and are famous for their silver-plated pewter pendants. They describe their products as "tribal" in inspiration. The owner of the Rochester-area location was Kyle Banker, whose story can be found here. He opened his original store October 1, 2011 at 367 Park Avenue, in the former home of Ambient Candle Company. He moved to Greece Ridge Mall (near Old Navy) on August 1, 2012. Online shopping was also available. In 2014 Kyle Banker decided to expand his business operations. He closed the mall store and opened a new shop called Roc City Expressions. BICO Austrialia jewelry may be purchased there.

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Harris Seeds

Corporate headquarters in Chili. Harris Seeds is a company that was founded in and is still headquartered in the Rochester area. At one time it operated several local retail gardening stores. Harris Seeds began its catalog operation in 1879. It evolved from the efforts of Joseph Harris, an English immigrant who became extremely successful in the selection of superior strains of vegetables and grains. Joseph Harris settled in the Genesee Valley region of Western New York in the 1850s. His success as a seedsman led to the beginning of Harris Seeds in 1879. The company became widely popular because of his basic business philosophy – "offer my customers a quality product at a fair price and they will return." Harris Seeds was managed by a succession of Harris family members for 100 years. Joe Harris, the last of the company managers, was chiefly responsible for an introduction of a wide selection of exceptional quality vegetable hybrids. Many of these hybrids remain as leading cultivars in the professional and home garden marketplace. Excellence in plant breeding was a key factor for the company’s success during this century. With no Harris family members to continue with the business, Joe Harris sold the company to a large corporation in 1979. It finally found its way back into private ownership in 1987 and continues today under the guidance of long time Harris employees. Today, Harris Seeds sells treated, untreated, and certified organic vegetable and flower seeds and plants and growing supplies to gardeners and professional growers throughout the USA through its website. Harris Seeds conducts extensive vegetable and flower variety trials in Rochester as well as many other areas of the Northeast. A germination lab inside its Rochester facility ensures that the seeds it sells are of the highest quality. Members of the Harris Seeds staff travel throughout the country and Europe, selecting the finest of the new varieties of vegetables and flowers for sale to its customers. Five professional sales representatives call on professional growers in the East and Midwest. In addition, Harris Seeds works with local schools in cooperation with horticultural education. Harris Seeds is an active member of the American Seed Trade Association, the National Garden Bureau and the Mail-order Gardening Association.

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Medley Center

Formerly known as Irondequoit Mall, this property has been sold to a Syracuse developer, Adam Bersin, and renamed the Medley Center. A $44 million rennovation has been planned. Update, Spring 2006 One of the first rennovations completed after the change of ownership is an indoor soft playground for children. The play area is large and well-designed with comfortable seating at the perimeter for parents and guardians. It opens when the mall does, and closes about an hour before the mall. (10am - 8pm, or 11am - 5pm on Sunday.) There is a fee of $2.00 per child to use the play area, but children get a hand stamp that allows them to return through the entire day (at this point parents will likely tire of the mall's limited offerings before kids tire of the playground). An excellent antidote to severe winter weather. Past Irondequoit Mall has, for the last few years been a big, mostly dead mall in Rochester NY. There is a page on it at DeadMalls.com. I dislike shopping malls, but I think Irondequoit mall had been the perfect mall. Mostly empty, no shoppers, mostly closed storefronts. About 1/2 of the open storefronts had been community groups or hobby groups, and lots of the stores are smaller outlets with nifty stuff. Notes The new owners of Medely Center have announced chess and card-game players are no longer welcome in the Medely Center Foodcourt. Many people see this as sad since for a few years, they were the only people in the foodcourt. D&C qoutes Adam Bersin as saying Foodcount seats full of people who aren't eating don't fit with his vision of a thriving family-oriented retail center. I can only assume this means enjoying boardgames is not a faimly value. -Far These groups are allowed in the Food Court before business hours, when the mall is open to "mall walkers" as well. The reason Mr. Bersin instituted this rule was that he believed that he had to come down hard on loiterers in the mall in order to bring shoppers back. In order to make the rule fair, he stated, it must apply to everyone.

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