rochester 101

Rochester 101International Student

Orientation 2013

Welcome to Rochester, NY

Rochester: the Basics“The Flour City”, “The

Flower City”, “The World’s Image Center”

County: MonroeBorder Lake OntarioGenesee RiverEastern Time ZonePopulation:

City – 210,532Metro – 1,082,284Third most populous city

after NYC & BuffaloMayor: Thomas Richards

Famous RochesteriansGeorge Eastman –

founder of Eastman KodakVisit his house!

Frederick Douglass

Susan B. AnthonyMt. Hope

CemeteryFrank Gannet –

largest newspaper chain in U.S.

Rochester CompaniesEastman Kodak

Bausch & Lomb

Xerox

NeighborhoodsHenriettaCenter City“Neighborhood

of the Arts”: East End/Park Ave/Corn Hill, South Wedge

Urban communities: High Falls/19th Ward

UniversitiesRochester Institute of

TechnologyUniversity of Rochester

Eastman School of Music

Strong HospitalMonroe Community

CollegeNazareth College, St.

Johns Fisher, Roberts Wesleyan, Bryant & Stratton

RIT: Major EventsBrick City Homecoming

Horton SpeakerHockey Games

FreezeFestUnification

Imagine RIT

Rochester FestivalsInternational Jazz

FestivalLilac FestivalPark Ave FestCornhill Arts

FestivalClothesline Festival

ParksGenessee Valley

ParkHighland ParkCobbs Hill ParkEllison ParkGreece Canal ParkManhattan Square

Park & Ice RinkLetchworth State

ParkWatkins Glen State

Park

Rochester FavoritesWegmansAbbotts

Frozen Custard

Nick Tahou’s Garbage Plate

MuseumsRochester Museum

and Science CenterStrasenburgh

PlanetariumRochester Museum

of PlayRochester

Contemporary Art Center

Memorial Art GalleryArtisanworks

Places to visit…Rochester

Public MarketGenesee River’s

High FallsGenesee

Riverway TrailCharlotte BeachSeabreeze

Amusement Park

Places to visit…The Little TheatreMarketplace Mall/

Eastview MallFrontier FieldBlue Cross Arena

Places to visit…Seneca Park ZooCanandaigua &

the Finger LakesDarien Lake

Amusement ParkCorning Museum

of Glass

Want More Information?

Check out the “Visit Rochester” websitehttp://www.visitrochester.com/