After a sunken expressway was filled in, residential and retail development has transformed this downtown Rochester neighborhood.
Photographer: Kim Smith Photo
Design
What Happens After a Highway Dies
The redevelopment of Rochester’s Inner Loop was widely hailed as a model for repairing cities scarred by freeways. But the project’s next phase stands to take a different turn.
There’s an unmistakable sense of ambition in the freshly paved streets along the southeast end of downtown Rochester, New York, where a strip of new development has emerged on six acres of land created by the removal of a multi-lane expressway.