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October 13th, 2009-
"We're not talking about the romanticism of a waterway where you see an old canal boat and people are clapping as it goes by. We're talking about something substantial and useful for the city," said Thomas Grasso, president of the Canal Society. "There is proof that there is nothing like waterways in an urban setting to create economic revitalization."
Grasso said similar projects occurred in England, France, Denmark and in the United States, including Indianapolis and Oklahoma City, which developed a nearly one-mile waterway through its downtown. The Canal Society organization provided three aqueduct tours Saturday as part of Rochester River Romance Weekend.
"I think we could use something like this in downtown to bring more people in," said Anne Hughes, a Rochester native who attended the tour.
The old Rochester Aqueduct was built in 1840 and allowed the Erie Canal to cross the Genesee River at Rochester. Eventually the space housed the Rochester subway from 1929 to 1956.
October 13th, 2009 at 6:16 pm
Funny, I just read that this old canal is going to be filled in…
http://www.rochestersubway.com/topics/2009/10/rochester_takes_bids_to_fill_subway_tunnel/#comments