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The building shown above left is Wilson Hardware located on 812 Monroe Avenue in Rochester. (You'll enjoy watching all the activity Monday thru Saturday.)

The building above right is the Monroe Family YMCA located at 797 Monroe Avenue. The facility includes a pool, gym, locker rooms, multi-purpose rooms, a group exercise studio and a state-of-the-art fitness area. They also have an indoor running track and a Kids Adventure Gym complete with a climbing wall. Programs range from day camp, preschool, school age and teen programs to youth sports leagues, aquatics and health and fitness.

Monroe Ave is one of the artsiest and most avant-garde streets in Rochester, New York. Let's say, for example, you desperately needed something pierced or you suddenly had the impulse to get a tattoo-- if you happened to be on Monroe at the time, you'd have no problem finding a highly skilled tattoo artist ready to quench your burning desire to express yourself through skin or body art. Then when you're done, you could visit the various art shops, psychics, lingerie boutiques, used bookstores, or antique shops in the neighborhood. There are also plenty of friendly bars and restaurants on Monroe Ave, and it's just a short walk to the trendy Park Ave neighborhood, which is noted for its bistros and quaint sidewalk cafés. As you can see, Monroe Ave has a great deal to offer.  (Unfortunately the places that REMOVE body art are mostly located on the other side of town.) Not to worry!



I hope you regularly view the webcam our camera crew has set up at this busy intersection for your viewing pleasure. Personally, I think it's most entertaining after midnight on weekends when colorfully tattooed individuals can be seen returning home after a fun night of partying at the local bars. You don't need to have a borderline personality disorder to enjoy the show!



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1.  Damian's
2. The Bug Bar
3. Kabul Market
4. Dac Hoa Restaurant
5. Natural Oasis
6. Dunkin' Donuts
7. Arby's
8. Park Bench Pub
9. McDonald's
10. 7 Eleven
11. Yummy Garden Chinese Food / Domino's
12. O'Callaghan's Pub
13. Mark's Texas Hots
14. Big Deal Pizzaria
15.  Acme Bar & Pizza
16. Sports Page
17. Pittsford Seafood Market
18. The Angry Duck
19. Country Sweet Chicken & Ribs
20. Sol Burrito
21. The Avenue Pub
22. KC Tea & Noodles
23. Bruegger's Bagels
24.  Enright's Thirst Parlor

25. Gitsis Texas Hots
26. Mark's Pizzeria
27. Rookies Express Pizz & Pasta
28. Lola Bistro & Bar
29. Astoria Fine Greek Cuisine
30. Standard Lounge
31. J.D. Oxford's
32. Hunan Wok
33. Aladdin's Natural Eatery
34. Subway
35. Monroe Mart
36. Starbucks
37. Plum House
38. Oasis Bistro
39. Dogtown Hots
40. SEA Southeast Asian Cuisine
41. Pizza Hut
42. Monty's Krown
43. Wilson Farms
44. Le Lemon Grass
45. Monroe Food Mart
46. Jeremiah's
47. New Ming's
48. Monroe Convenience Mart
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Swillburg Murals by Maria Friske

I wonder how many Rochesterians have seen the five murals by artist Maria Friske that depict the history of the Rochester neighborhood known as Swillburg? Not many, I would imagine. The murals are on located along the I-490 noise barrier on Pembroke Street which, by my estimation, receives very little traffic. Don't let me give you the impression that I am complaining about its location, however. As far as I am concerned, there is nothing wrong with dressing up an blank wall on a little-traveled route. It not only enhances the lives of the people who live there, but it also draws people from busy feeder streets into very livable city neighborhoods they might never otherwise find a reason to explore.
























































Here are each of the Swillburg murals the way they look on a beautiful sunny day. The notes are copied from placards displayed above each of the murals:

















































































































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Maria Friske Murals on Pembroke Street
Swillburg Neighborhood
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Swillburg Murals
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The Creator's Garden
The Creator's Garden pays homage to the Iroquois creation myth that recounts Sky Woman's fall from the heavens. According to legend, after she landed upon a turtle's back, she and her descendants created earth and all its creatures. Her image takes over the panel to reflect the matriarchal nature of Iroquois society. The Seneca tribe was known as the "keepers of the western door" and dominated our area. Sky Woman's face appears as sun and moon from her body. In the panel, one of her hands extends to become the Finger Lakes;, the other holds a Seneca Warrior, an image that illustrates the fact that Iroquois women were the ones to nominate the tribal chiefs.
Always Know Your Neighbor
The Erie Canal followed the course now occupied by the 490 Expressway. It formed the northern and eastern borders of the neighborhood. At one time homes bordered the Erie Canal, where you are standing now. Most of Swillburh was a pig farm at this time. Garbage or "swill" was transported on the canal and used to feed the pigs; this is how Swillburg got its name. The panel portrays the area's growing importance as a gateway, a link in historic passages and progress, not only for the rapidly growing commercial traffic that ushered in wide scale agricultural development across New York State, but also the neighborhood's role as a key stop on the famous Underground Railway that helped escaped slaves reach freedom in Canada.
Always Know Your Pal

The panel illustrates the last days of the canal, and serves as a salute to the neighborhood's children, signifying a transitional period from the first boom days of growth to the early years as a  thriving neighborhood. Images span a range of notable persons who were born, lived and worked in the neighborhood, from a famous performer to a trail blazing woman and the storied characters who worked on the canal boats. Canal Lock 66 is depicted in this panel.
In Transit

This panel honors the neighborhood's working class past and the boom of housing in Swilburg. It features vivid images of the Rochester subway that ran along the old canal bed from the 1920's to through the 1950's, including commuters, pedestrians and neighbors. The historic Cinema Theater and Highland Park Diner are depicted in this panel.
Swillburg's present day character comes to life in this panel. In the 12st century a vital neighborhood is a diverse neighborhood, on that embraces its ties to its past and looks out with a welcoming eye to its future. A jewel in Swillburg, Otta Henderberg Square Park, is in the center of the panel, a reminder of the struggle to stop the expressway expansion that would have split Swillburg in half. The panel also depicts a profusion of daily activities throughout Swillburg from street life, commerce, and community gardens to the high energy frenzy of commuter traffic -- all occurring under the shadow of the city's current skyline.
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