Irondequoit Mall. Was so impressed when I went there in 1997. Then when I went to visit in friends in ~2000 or so, I said to friend "what happened to the stores?". Probably 1/3 of the stores were closed. A few years later I was there and there were maybe 20 fo the stores left. What a shame. I read a couple of years ago that the Merry-go-round was sold, boxed up, and sent to China.
The only mall I would even consider going to now when I go to visit is Eastview. Marketplace is dying. And Greece Ridge has kids running around. Not a good sign.
And I have friends who run a business near (on South Union) where this assault occurred. I told them today “you better be prepared to protect your business in case the RPD can’t”.
The last time I spent any time in Rochester and Gates was when my sister was diagnosed with lung cancer, and eventually ended up in hospice care. She lived in Windsor Gardens Apartments at the time. This was back in 2010. I’m the last one left in my family, so there’s no one I’m connected with back in Rochester. We lived on Immel Street, off Jay Street as a kid growing up. That whole area is bad now...has been for a very long time. My brother and his wife lived off Jay on Colvin Street, right across from the grammar school we went to. It had previously been turned into a senior citizen apartment building. After my brother died in 1995, my sister-in-law stayed in the house until her mother passed, and then she took over her family home in Ontario, NY. I remember her asking me what I thought of her moving to Ontario, and I told her that she had better do it now, before she got too old to do it. We’re close in age. I’m 72, and will be 73 in August. She’ll turn 74 in December.