Nature
That perfect picnic spot across the street from campus
What is Genesee Valley Park?
The only place you’ll catch me eating a sushi burrito
What is Tai Chi?
The kind of gym that’s best for people who like to climb rocks and stare at a wall in a socially acceptable way, walkable from the red/orange line
What is the Central Rock Climbing Gym?
Home to a multitude of interactive exhibits on the history of play, including a playable Video Game Hall of Fame, a zipline course, and a butterfly garden
What is the Strong Museum of Play?
The phantom of a woman said to have lived in the 3 Lakes Pavilion at Durand-Eastman Park, whose daughter was supposedly killed by her boyfriend
What is The White Lady?
The park best known for hosting the annual Lilac Festival, built by the same designer as Central Park
What is Highland Park?
The universally agreed home of the best Rochester Garbage Plate
What is Dogtown?
A flea market open every Sunday where you can get authentic vintage clothing, handmade jewelry, artwork, and other goodies
What is the Lucky Flea Market?
Home of the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra (RPO), main venue for the International Jazz Festival, and largest concert hall for the Eastman School of Music
What is the Eastman Theatre?
A psych ward on South Avenue that’s been abandoned since 1995 and is definitely haunted.
What is the Terrance Tower?
Presumably the only place in Rochester you will see a rhinoceros
What is the Seneca Park Zoo?
A vegetarian-friendly fine dining restaurant in a snug little house (hint: named after a bird)
What is the Owl House?
An axe throwing bar
What is Axes & Ales
The world’s oldest photography museum which also happens to be a rich dead guy’s house (which is also the world’s biggest pipe organ, with over 6000 individual pipes in its walls)
What is the George Eastman Museum?
The underground rapid public transit system that reached its peak use during WWII. It was abandoned since the 1950’s and is now a thrill-seeker attraction.
What is the abandoned Rochester Subway?
The best place to go kayaking on the Genesee River
What is Genesee Waterways?
The best little indie coffee shop in Rochester (hint: just pick one)
What is Java’s, Ugly Duck, Fuego Roasters, Equal Grounds, Bicycle Brothers…
There are too many to pick!
Party venue with great food, bowling, and games (indoor and outdoor lawn-style). Also the venue for the Lucky Flea Market.
What is Radio Social?
The house of a controversial feminist figure whom everything at this school seems to be named after
What is the Susan B Anthony Museum?
A renowned Rochester hospital that secretly injected patients with Plutonium in the 1940s as research for the Manhattan project
What is the URMC? (University of Rochester Medical Center)
A hundred-year-old greenhouse filled with tropical plants, flowers, cacti, and happy little turtles
What is the Lamberton Conservatory?
The farmer’s market where you can get cheap, fresh, and locally grown produce every Saturday (but you better bring cash)
What is the Public Market?
What is Swillburger?
A popular art museum famous for its contemporary exhibits that is free to all students
What is the Memorial Art Gallery (MAG)?
An abandoned space under UofR’s Spurrier Gymnasium that’s been closed since 1982, which is now used for storing extra desk chairs. Complete with eerie red footprints on the floor and walls.
What is UofR’s abandoned swimming pool?