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“Exotic animals” once lived next to the Highland Crossing Trail
[Photo: David Kramer 2/21/21. The Highland Crossing Trail. To the left are the abandoned...
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Should the Rochester Police Locust Club and the Irondequoit Police Night Stick Club consider a name change?
[Photo: David Kramer, 6/5/20. The Monroe County Office Building on West Main Street from A Black...
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Farewell, Frank Judge whose words are marked on the Poets Walk on University Avenue
[This tile, # 66, represents a poem by Frank Judge at the Rochester Poets Walk on University...
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CAMERA ROCHESTER celebrates its 50th ANNIVERSARY at IMAGE CITY PHOTOGRAPHY GALLERY
[Image City Photography, 722 University Avenue, site of the 50th anniversary exhibit of Camera...
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Before and after the (disappointing) Déluge at the Highland Crossing
[2/16/21 The Highland Crossing Trail in Brighton. Photos: David Kramer 2/15 and 2/16] As seen...
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A 1913 headline many would like to see in 2021
[WILLIAM SULZER FOUND GUILTY = WILL BE REMOVED, BUT NOT DISQUALIFIED Rochester Democrat and...
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Goethe kehrt zum Leben zurück
English translation of the headline: “Goethe returns to life” [Pedestal that held the...
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Tracking the prints of a deer on the Highland Crossing in Brighton
[2/4/21. In background, the abandoned Terrence Building at the site of the former Rochester...
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Leonard Bernstein and “The best disguised dead end in the world!”
[Leonard Bernstein’s first appearance in Rochester. Rochester Times-Union, 1/30/45. Except...
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Police Use of Pepper Spray on Child Reflects a Communal Failure
The Public Safety Building on Exchange Street, 5/30/20 [Photo: David Kramer from A Black Lives...
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The last NBA regular season game in Rochester was 50 years ago today
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle 2/3/71, Cavaliers Bobby Washington and Nate Bowman battle for...
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Should the RCSD change the names of some schools? The Alexander von Humboldt Academy instead of the Henry Hudson School?
Henry Hudson School No. 28, 450 Humboldt Street [Photo: David Kramer, 1/30/21] For decades, the...
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Introducing Brody Schenk, a young musician on the rise; the kid is all right
Brody playing in the Adirondack Mountains, photo by Jamie Schenk [Photos provided by Brody Schenk]...
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Henry Aaron’s connections to Rochester: 1974, 1977, 1982 and 1986
[“Hank Aaron, who passed away at age 86 on Friday, was a guest in 1974 at the annual Albion...
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Listening to the inauguration at the same spot, four years later: From “American Carnage” to “The Hill We Climb”
1/20/20. 11:53a.m. The Water Towers in Washington Grove, Cobb’s Hill. The ice is not thick...
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Peter Fornieri weaves his award winning tailgate magic on Bonnie Brae in Brighton
1/16/20 Peter Fornieri, with jersey he won for the “Bison Best tailgate” at Ralph Wilson Stadium...
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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 Donald Trump
Of the 44 men who have served as President of the United States, 32 have stopped in 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 – 2020
Adam Bello at the 2019 Labor Day Parade. [Photo: David Kramer] Last Saturday, the first day of...
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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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Bill Pruitt offers “TALKER’S BIRTHDAY:” Five years and counting
On September 28th, 2016 with “Ode to the Talker”, we launched what has become perhaps...
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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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