Quote Originally Posted by SWMAP View Post

Does Downtown Rochester deliberately create gaps in that historic streetscape for parking?
At one time in Rochester, there was a local department store called Mitzelfields. In the 1960s, Bill Mitzelfield noted that a lack of off-street parking was a drag on his business. He looked across the alley behind his business and bought up all of the old houses on the street behind his store, tore them down, and built a parking lot. Other businesses followed suit. If you go to Rochester, you will find massive amounts of parking just east of Main Street.