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A lot of what you are talking about in reference to Rochester happened in Syracuse too. Look up the 15th Ward as an example. Niagara Mohawk and some other companies had to be pressured by organizations to hire Blacks too. If you look up the 15th Ward, you will also see how I-81 and urban renewal pretty much destroyed that neighborhood. Sad, but true......
This basically happened all over the north during that time period.
I have listened to a number of talk shows on government consolidation that has gone on in other areas. Minneapolis/Indiana was one of the areas that was able to turn itself around and now has growth. There is a village close to Buffalo called Townline, the village is less than five square miles, do we really need a town of this size, with a government all its own? And Rochester with the suburbs, many parts of the suburbs look just like the city and even share the same utilities. What would be wrong with consolidating the suburbs into neighborhoods of the city? There are too many small governments and self run services.
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Um, I think you may be talking about >Indianapolis<, Indiana. I know they consolodated their city and county several years ago. Here in the Twin Cities, Mpls is still a separate entity, as is St. Paul and dozens of incorporated suburbs, some as small as .5 square mile. Nevertheless, the Twin Cities has managed to gain substantial growth over the past several decades. (BTW, did you know that Minneapolis took over Rochester's moniker "Flour City" over 100 years ago, relegating Roch. to be the "Flower City". Today, the remnants of Minneapolis's flour mills stand idle, as preserved historical sites.)
Um, I think you may be talking about >Indianapolis<, Indiana. I know they consolodated their city and county several years ago. Here in the Twin Cities, Mpls is still a separate entity, as is St. Paul and dozens of incorporated suburbs, some as small as .5 square mile. Nevertheless, the Twin Cities has managed to gain substantial growth over the past several decades. (BTW, did you know that Minneapolis took over Rochester's moniker "Flour City" over 100 years ago, relegating Roch. to be the "Flower City". Today, the remnants of Minneapolis's flour mills stand idle, as preserved historical sites.)
oops, yes I did mean Indianapolis was. I probably typed it into google for the correct spelling and got the wrong result. Thanks for the correction!
oops, yes I did mean Indianapolis was. I probably typed it into google for the correct spelling and got the wrong result. Thanks for the correction!
I know two major Rochester real estate families who have pretty much divested themselves of their Rochester area assets and one of the places they have moved their $$$ is Indianapolis.
This is what gets me fired up. Too many people in the cookie jar. Too much politics, its one building project! This is no different than what goes on in Albany, this is just one reason why the government needs to shrink.
It sounds great to have a theater. But Buffalo and Syracuse already have a performing arts center. I know Geva is profitable, but with both of them running would they both make money? And Geva is not cheap either, can run you $100 for two tickets, and then you know your wife is going to want to go to dinner.
This basically happened all over the north during that time period.
If not major cities across the country. Pittsburgh's Hill section is another example of this.
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