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In contrast to its sprawling suburbs, downtown
ROCHESTER is a salubrious place, with its central office-block
area bordered by well-heeled mansions on spacious boulevards.
High-tech companies such as Bausch & Lomb and Xerox have brought
capital to the city, but by far the most conspicuous names on
view are those of Kodak and its founder, George
Eastman. Legacies throughout the metropolitan area include Kodak
Park, the Eastman Theater, and above all the International
Museum of Photography at George Eastman House, two miles
from downtown at 900 East Ave (Tues, Wed, Fri & Sat 10am-5pm,
Thurs 10am-8pm, Sun 1-5pm; $6.50; tel 716/271-3361). In the modern
annex at the rear, a first-rate exhibition of photographic history
ranges from high-quality Civil War prints to modern experimental
works, plus a space which houses temporary exhibitions, as well
as an arthouse cinema. The house itself, fussily restored to its
early twentieth-century glory, is mildly interesting; upstairs
there's the fun, hands-on Discovery Room plus an informative exhibition
on Eastman's. Fittingly, given Eastman's passion for horticulture,
the gardens have been superbly maintained and are worth a visit
in themselves.
An obsessive collector of anything and everything,
local bigwig Margaret Woodbury Strong (1897-1969) bequeathed her
estate to the city as the Strong Museum on Manhattan
Square (Mon-Sat 10am-5pm, Sun 12-5pm; $6). Half devoted to a history
of the American family, half obsessed with a history of American
consumer culture, it's recently been radically updated to feature
interactive exhibits such as a history of Barbie and Sesame Street
. Pop culture addicts will enjoy its kitsch sensibility, which
includes a fully working 1920s carousel and a 1950s diner shipped
here wholesale from its original site in Pennsylvania. The theme
of celebrating former Rochester denizens continues at the
Susan B. Anthony House at 17 Madison St, where this groundbreaking
suffragist lived from 1866-1906 (June-Aug Wed-Sun 11am-4pm; $6;
tel 716/235-6124).
