Rochester Things to Do Tips by Michael_D

Monroe High School

How many people can say their high school never had a football field(just a paved parking lot) and YET you won the city football league 2x when you played football.

My "alma mater". It only graduated students untill the 80s...even before that there was so much violence they made it(along with Charlotte High) a middle school for a few years inbetween while they decided what to do with it.

Here it sits in 2003, forlorn...like an abused child.

TRUE STORY
I had a friend Peter from Russia call me at a pay phone accross the street at Alexander/Monroe because he had gotten lost on a trip to visit Rochfriends. He described the area he was in as scary, dilapidated and with a warehouse accross the street. When I figured out where he was...I said,,,see that "warehouse" accross the street?,,,THAT IS my high school...to which he said,,,"NO WAYYYYY!"

WAY.

Address: Monroe Ave and Alexander St

Directions: Near the Sears that is also closed and boarded up.

George Eastman House founder of Kodak

George Eastman House/ founder of Kodak. Other famous Rochestarians include Frederick Douglas, actor Peter Duel, Susan B Anthony, Mitch Miller, Chuck Mangione and Lou Gramm of FOREIGNER...

All but 2 of the above moved elsewhere.
George Eastman committed suicide ..as did Peter Duel.

Address: East Ave

Cinema Theater 2003 Its still there!

Still there in 2003. I was an usher here for over a year in high school(Bob Briggs, Gary Cannon and Al Zukoski all worked there too...MHSers all!) The entire year the only movie playing was TO SIR WITH LOVE. In fact, I think it may have played 2 years straight!

Depressed yet? hehehehe

Address: South Clinton, Henrietta and Goodman St's

Used to be FIRESIDE LOUNGE...now Hunan Wok

This used to be the Fireside...the local bar we all snuck into in our teens and didnt leave untill our 20s.

Address: Near Monroe and Oxford St

View of Sears from Monroe High 2003

This is the view of the parking lot at the defunct and boarded up SEARS where fellow MHSer Mike VanOrsdale and I agree we honed our shoplifting skills in the "old days". LOL

Address: Alexander St

Monroe Ave CO-OP

This used to be a natural food co-opreative and coffee house.

Cobbs Hill ......late fall

Upper Falls downtown

Directions: Founded by financier Nathaniel Rochester and was originally a flour mill town. This is a picture of the upper falls.

Rochester skyline on a rare clear day

Directions: Rochester skyline from Cobbs Hill Park where the reservoir is located. Its a popular jogging area and I spent many hundereds of hours running around that thing, sometimes in zero degree weather and 2

Other Contact: Below this picture is Riley Pond