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Now is the time to rename the Major Charles Carroll Plaza the Captain Charles Price Plaza
[View of the Major Charles Carroll Plaza from the west side of the Genesee River. Photo: David...
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Mrs. Stowe Gets Derailed in Rochester
[Images provided by Michael Nighan. His Great Grandmother’s copy of Uncle Tom’s Cabin]...
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Now that the Nathaniel Rochester Community School is changing its name, the John James Audubon School needs to be considered.
[John James Audubon School # 33, 500 Webster Avenue. Photo: David Kramer, 6/25/21] A few weeks...
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The Communist Party of China at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Highland Park
[7/2/21 The Timeline at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial of Greater Rochester. Photos by David Kramer...
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Patriotism, Propaganda and Produce: Moving Pictures Hit Rochester, and Rochester Hits Back!
[Mt. Hope Cemetery, 6/22/21. Trophy Cannon presented to Monroe County by Hon. O.F. Williams....
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Juneteenth in Brighton, North Street and Outlook Field
[6/19/21 Brighton Town Supervisor William Moehle raising The Juneteenth flag at the Town of...
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On finding a Confederate grave in Spencerport with Andre Marquis (BHS ’81, UR ’86) from UC Berkeley
[6/15/21 Fairfield Cemetery in Spencerport, NY. Andre Marquis at the Grand Army of the Republic...
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30 years ago today, Vice President Dan Quayle visited and eleven other sitting VP’s who came to Rochester
[“Senator, you’re no Jack Kennedy” — the chastising zinger made by...
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“I’D RATHER HAVE AN ALLEY IN ROCHESTER THAN ALL THE STREETS IN PARIS”
[Rochester NY, 7 North Goodman Street where Louis Brooks (1906 – 1985) lived as a recluse...
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On the electoral road with Christine Corrado
[Christine Corrado greeting Tom Upson on Avalon Drive in the Meadowbrook neighborhood. Always...
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Voting early at Empire State College and celebrating Loving Day at Brighton Town Park
[6/12/21 Brighton Town Park. John Robins, a.k.a The Bubble Guy, provided effervescent...
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Sectional extravaganza in Brighton
[6/9/21 School of the Art’s Abel Austin hurling against the McQuaid Jesuit High School...
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Sectional Extravaganza on Culver Road
6/7/21. [Cobb’s Hill Field # 1 off Culver Road. The School of the Art’s bench looks...
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On the electoral road with Van White
[6/2/21 Van White, Brighton High School, ’80 (left) and David Kramer, BHS ’81 in...
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What is the connection between Beethoven and Meridian Centre in Brighton?
[6/3/21 EROICA, INTO THE AIR (2001) by Dexter Benedict, owner and operator of Fire Works Foundry...
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Memorial Day at Buckland and Highland Parks
[Memorial Day, 2021. The Buffalo Soldiers of VFW Post 9251 Pennington-Moye striking the colors at...
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Featured Posts
Introductions
Welcome to Talker of the Town! My name is David Kramer. I have a Ph.D in English and teach at...
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Rachel’s Rebel Roots
RAB with FDR in Washington Square Park 6/16/16 I went to Washington Square Park to hear why Rachel...
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Che of The Town: Interviews (1-107)
You first met Che in Rochester works for actor Che Holloway, an impromptu interview and amble...
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Getting To Know Mayor Lovely Warren; A Trailblazing Leader Within Our City
You first met Che in Rochester works for actor Che Holloway, an impromptu interview and amble...
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The Presidential Visits Series in its entirety: James Monroe to Joseph Biden
Of the 44 men who have served as President of the United States, 32 have stopped in Rochester...
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Site says Brighton is best place to live in New York
Twelve Corners Memorial Park, Brighton, NY 4/5/18 [Photo: David Kramer] Recently, the Rochester...
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Kurt Vonnegut’s 1995 “Billy Pilgrim” pilgrimage to the Mt. Hope grave of Edward R. Crone Jr, Brighton High School ’41
Provided by Rosemary Lloyd. Signed copy of the 25th anniversary edition of Slaughterhouse-Five by...
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“Mr. Crane’s Vivid Story:” New and Improved
The Wells-Brown Room, Rush Rhees library, the University of Rochester. Just SOME of Crane’s books...
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Why I voted for Adam Bello and a trip down Talker political memory lane, 2015 – 2021
Adam Bello at the 2019 Labor Day Parade. [Photo: David Kramer] SEE ALL PHOTOS 2015 – 2019...
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Dr. Joseph Roby could not save Lenore Engel, 11, victim of the 1918 pandemic buried in Mt. Hope Cemetery
Growing up on 39 Wilkins Street near Joseph Avenue in a German, possibly Jewish, family, Lenore...
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When Washington Square Park felt like Tiananmen Square
The bus stop on Court Street [Photo: David Kramer, 9/4/20] Last Friday, September the 4th, I heard...
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In search of the missing 19 granite timepieces at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial: 1973 – September 11th, 2001
Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Highland Park. The area that contained the missing last 19 granite...
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