page_title: Rochester, New York
section_title: Points of interest
hierarchical_section_title: Rochester, New York / Culture and recreation / Points of interest
caption_attribution_description: Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School in Rochester New York.
context_page_description: Rochester is a city in the U.S. state of New York, the seat of Monroe County and the third-most populous after New York City and Buffalo with an estimated population of 205,695 in 2019. The city of Rochester forms the core of a much larger suburban, and rural area. Rochester has a greater metro population of around 1 million people, across six counties.
  Rochester was one of the United States' first boomtowns, initially due to the fertile Genesee River Valley, which gave rise to numerous flour mills, and then as a manufacturing center which spurred further rapid population growth. The city rose to prominence as the birthplace and home of some of America's most iconic companies, in particular Eastman Kodak, Xerox and Bausch & Lomb which saw the region become a global center for science, technology, research and development. This status has been aided by the presence of several internationally renowned universities and their research programs; these schools along with many other smaller colleges have played an increasingly large role in Greater Rochester's economy.
context_section_description: Asbury First United Methodist Church
  Blue Cross Arena at the War Memorial
  Cinema Theater
  Cobbs Hill Park and Reservoir
  Eastman Business Park
  Ellwanger Garden
  First Unitarian Church of Rochester, described by a Pulitzer-Prize-winning architectural critic as one of "the most significant works of religious architecture of the century".
  Frederick Douglass Monument
  Frontier Field
  George Eastman Museum
  Geva Theatre Center
  High Falls and the High Falls Entertainment District
  Highland Park
  House of Guitars
  Liberty Pole
  Little Theatre, one of the oldest art-house movie theaters in the country
  Maplewood Park Rose Garden
  Midtown Plaza, the nation's first downtown shopping mall (partially demolished – Tower and Seneca Building still stand).
  Mount Hope Cemetery, Rochester, the nation's first Victorian cemetery
  Nick Tahou Hots featuring the Garbage Plate and a charity run in its name
  Ontario Beach Park and the Port of Rochester at Charlotte
  Rochester Broadway Theatre League at the Auditorium Theatre
  Rochester Contemporary Art Center
  Rochester's Public Market
  Rochester Riverside Convention Center
  Rochester Institute of Technology
  St. Joseph's Church and Rectory (Rochester, New York)
  Seneca Park Zoo, one of the top three family attractions in the area
  Strong National Museum of Play, nation's second-largest children's museum housing the National Toy Hall of Fame
  Strasenburgh Planetarium, part of the Rochester Museum & Science Center
  Susan B. Anthony House
  Times Square Building, noted for its 42' tall "Wings of Progress" sculpture.
  University Avenue and Park Avenue Artistic Districts
  University of Rochester
  University of Rochester Arboretum
  University of Rochester's Eastman School of Music and Eastman Theatre
  Water Street Music Hall
caption: Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School
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