Bee. Funny. Woolworths. Borders. (I actually liked to spend time in both of those places myself.)
We didn't have a car growing up, so the bus was our mode of getting where we wanted to go. Downtown Rochester was the place to go back then. Woolworth's and Neisner's were right across the street from each other. Both had luncheon areas and Neisner's had a cafeteria in the basement. They also sold pizza in a separate area of the first floor. There was a Planter's Peanuts store on the corner, the same side as Neisner's, and you could smell the peanuts cooking no matter what time of year it was. Sibley's was a large department store, and its rival McCurdy's was just across from it. Sibley's had it own restaurant, grocery store, and bakery inside. Down the street from Sibley's was the Paramount Theater. At the other end of the same street was the RKO Palace Theater. There was a Grant's, Lerner's, Thom Mcan shoe store, The National (a higher priced clothing store), among others that lined E. Main Street in Rochester. In 1962, Midtown Plaza opened up. Part of it consisted of a two-floor indoor shopping mall. The mall was demolished in 2010.
Today you don't dare go to downtown Rochester, especially after dark, for fear of your life.