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	New study money portends hope for former Vacuum Oil brownfields

johnlam

2-21-2008 3:03 PM

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planning, urban, architecture, sustainability, rochester

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“Prime land” it is, so close to the University of Rochester and city-center Rochester. Like so many stretches along the banks of the Genesee, so beautiful and hauntingly desolate, it's hard to imagine downtown could be so close. The River Trail there is one of my favorite spots to skate.

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