Wow. What a blast from the past. My Aunt and Uncle and their daughter lived in East Rochester. We used to go visit at least once a month during the 50's and 60's. Remember the drive on the NY St. Thruway that my dad was one of the head engineers during construction. My Aunt and Uncle worked at Kodak as did my cousin. My Uncle was a huge Red Wings fan. Boy how the City has changed. My brother, who went to college at the old RIT campus, stills lives in Spencer Port but rarely goes in to the city.
It seems sad yes, those good old days, you feel it right in the pit of your stomach. The great car you once owned or that perfect jacket you looked so good in, however knowing Jesus promises so much more. Look forward not back.
I grew up at the corner of Mt. Read and Ridge Road.I played in the KPAA softball league. Rochester was the home of Xerox, Kodak, Bausch & Lomb. My mom worked for Rochester Products, the place where the Rochester carburetors were produced. Western Union was started there also. Frederick Douglas published the "North Star" there and Susan B. Anthony had her women's suffrage movement there too. What happened to Rochester and other great cities like Detroit is a damn shame.
Richard Marianetti I believe that all those companies you mentioned are still in business, and I think that General Motors had some business in Rochester, but I’m not from there or lived there.
I've lived here since 1992; I got here after I left the Air Force. Rochester, like Pittsburgh (my hometown), has changed, but I don't think it has gone downhill. It has just changed. I wouldn't live anywhere else.
I was born and grew up in Rochester long pond road and ridge road in the town of Greece. Wonderful memories, it’s the home I go to in my dreams best time of my life.
That's how it was. In southeastern Pennsylvania the region's identity was forged, almost literally, by the presence of U.S. Steel's Fairless Works; the beating heart of this area now gone silent since '89 or so.
Yes yes,even if you didn't work for Kodak you still enjoyed the pleasures of breathing their toxic fumes ,and having fresh polluted tap water to give you beautiful things like hair loss, sores in your mouth ,and a glorious thing called cancer 🤣😂
I have very vivid memories of the midtown mall as a kid. I was born in 99 so i saw midtown in its last few years. My mom worked in downtown Rochester, so when we would go visit her on her lunch breaks, we would stop into midtown for some Chinese food. I vividly remember two golden lions out front of this restaurant. I also remember visiting the radio shack that was in the mall too; looking at all the RC cars and things like that. But most of all, I remember that clock tower. During the holiday season, they would have that whole atrium decorated, and there was this monorail ride for the kids that would go around the clock tower. I remember wanting to be there all day long but we would have to go eventually. Maybe im crazy but every time I get on an escalator, there is a certain smell; I've never asked anybody else if they smell it too ( It's kind of a weird question lol), but when I do smell it, it brings me right back to when i was about 5 or 6 going down the midtown mall escalator for the first time. This city use to have so many cool sites to see and so much personality to it. Now when someone asks me about whats cool about Rochester, I just say garbage plates and genny beer.
Hey Dale G We lived in Webster to, familiar with Roch. We live in Colo. now. These vids really wake people up of how much our gov. is overtaking us with other govs. and countries. Good to know of you.
@Nylafrm585 if racism is what kept rochester from turning into the second most poverty depraved shit hole in New York than it sounds like we need to bring it back
I loved the clock when I was a kid. I half expected to see my younger self in the video. My first job was at B.Foremans in Pittsford plaza. I was trained at the one in Midtown. What an amazing place it was.
its a moving experience i think to those of my generation and before,,i was born in 1954 and worked at McCurdys for 8 years at midtown mall in the 70s,,,i was young and always talked down about McCurdys ,,,,i never realized thaht it was a FAMILY owned comp. and now looking back,,,there is so much i wish i had done differently ..these were my 'wonder years'...
My mother was born in Rochester in 1937. She lived there until the 70s zand in the area until the early 90's. She went there in 2012 and burst into tears.
Great big gas guzzling V-8's Affordable homes. Standards. Manners and hope for the future. Insert your verb. It wasn't a perfect time but I would take it over now any day. Bless.
Pittsford Plaza..... saw the Sinclair Dinosaurs there - was it 67 or 68? They had a vending machine that formed plastic model dinosaurs there - my mom bought me a couple - I had them for many years.
11jimcleveland Yeah it was pretty cool I had a couple of those dinosaurs from there too, they also had one of those machines at the planetarium back in the late 60s, they would blow mold hot plastic to make your dinosaur choice, cool little machine you can smell the plastic melting🦕 🦖
GinH Been there a long time, I remember when Present company was across the street and the Waffle House, I remember seeing the movie Deliverance and Clockwork Orange in 1971 at the Loes theaters across the street
Kodak xerox French's IBM roch products(roch carburetor) Delco Bausch and Lomb and about 100 independent machine shops that opened for these companies. I was 5 going on 6 in 63 in roch ny, still here at 63yrs old
Grew up on west Henrietta rd 50s 60s and 70s remember lolly pop farm very well just north of us the old Rochester I remember is all gone only go done there brewhouse and Amtrak station not safe in Rah cha cha any more
My mother sheltered me too much on the farm 😂😂😂 I never saw " Midtown Mall . I never new about the Big Clock and the circling Marionettes . Thanks for sharing . I'm 65 one of Eight Kids , lived in Webster NY all my life but all I ever saw was Sears , Santa Claus and the Huge garden I always helped with . That's about it .😂.
This is the year my parents were born. Its crazy to think that this is the way they grew up. Kind of scares me because it makes me realize that they're getting old! Lol.
Oh my God! It's crazy seeing the places I've known my whole life so different. Only ever lived in Rochester. I specifically live in Wayne county. Real shame how much Rochester has gone to shit. It looked so nice during this time.
Hard to understand how the generation that built all of these wonderful accomplishments could also have raised the ‘boomers’ the worst generation in American history. How a generation can succeed so much in science and industry but fail so hard in life is beyond me.
I think that’s just it. Life is a juggling act. Those that lived in an age of excelling in the sciences and engineering unsurprisingly lacked in the more “human” department of life like raising a well rounded generation of young people. PToo much of a good thing...
Oh dear ! Let's go boomer bashing once again. Do YOU ! Seriously think Gen X is going to be any different? Not my adult kids all university educated and totally ruthless. WOKE ideas is the minority that are causing the issues now. Australia.
The Baby Boomers is a term used to define people born in the United States from 1946 to 1964. The people I'm referring to are not born in Australia, and unless you live in the USA you have little to no idea what you are talking about. If you would like to learn more about generational differences in the USA I would recommend "Generations: The Real Difference between Men Z, Millennials, Men X, Boomers, and the Silents- and What They Mean for America's future by Jean M. Twinge. If you can read the book it will spell out for you some very real differences between generations. @@avengernemesis7990
All of my family grew up in Rochester and Buffalo. I have been there many times and it was okay. I liked the countryside that surrounds these cities. I remember Webster being a suburb of Rochester. My mom and dad hated it because of the weather and were spoiled once they moved out west. Sadly most of my relatives left Rochester and moved to Florida. I think I would have stayed in Rochester rather than going to Florida.
Rochester, a picture postcard perfect place to live and be a kid. My dad moved us there from Brooklyn NY in 1969. Dad still lives there along with a few of my siblings. I remember ice skating at the Lilly Pond and sledding down Big Bertha in Highland Park on Mt. Hope Ave. Every now and then, we'd even get to go to Roseland Amusement Park in nearby Canandaigua. Rochester is nowhere near as wholesome as it used to be. It's one big ghetto now. Drugs, guns, killings, car thefts are what's in order there. New York governor Hochul just went on TV and said 2/3 of all auto thefts in New York State happen in Rochester and nearby Buffalo. FBI statistics peg Rochester as one of THE most deadliest cities to live in per capita in the United States. Pretty sad😢.
It is fascinating and Sad to watch this. Cars with elegant body lines and quality metal, Buildings, public places all maintained and finished with such vibrant color and grandeur. People dressed with an heir of self respect regardless of race, religion or creed. What life could have looked like for all of America now in 2022, if companies didn’t cheap out and just had kept production and industry mostly in the U.S, putting mom and pop shops out of business. Endless monster companies -If we didn’t waste 30 + years of research on internet, excessive pharmaceuticals and gadget upgrades -If local and state politicians made sure tax money was going to the right places and not having pot hole ridden streets -more non-grandfathered in union jobs -a political agenda that is socially distorting how we all perceive each other, act and like think we should act -decline in quality and Motives of public education -endless subscriptions, cable networks, marvel movies, streaming, grub hub and post mates no one leaves there house anymore. Just very sad, sorry to rant But most of all it can be traced back to Greed..
Take it from a Californian, Rochester has fantastic architecture and excellent bones. It is most certainly a lovely city. A city with deep problems and a terrible government that needs fixing. Honestly, yes, I do blame the political party in power. That’s as much as I’ll say.
@@TacoCrisma Yes I've been to Detroit too but not Rochester. Do you live in Rochester? I've noticed a steady decline in places like Buffalo, NY ... So I am wondering if deindustrialization has hit Rochester as bad as it hit Detroit.
During these times the city had an excellent council/manager form of government. Today, it's a strong mayoral form. The result, massive political effects on city staff and municipal decline. Bring back the City Manager, please.
@@BabyBugBugRochester was indigenous land first and foremost! So a lot of those people that you guys didn't want in the city of Rochester were already there before your families were ever thought of. You all have tried for so many years to whitewash Rochester's history as if there were no people of color and that's a lie! We were here and still are here and there is nothing that can erase us! But I'm honestly happy when I see comments like yours. This is what I show people when I'm trying to explain to them how fundamentally racist Rochester is.
Once cities went to the suburb/car centric model, everything went downhill. The car didnt bring freedom, it brought poverty and bondage. We need a real transportation system. Not forced car ownership.
No you don't. The black population of Rochester was significantly smaller back then, besides the fact that there was nothing wrong with filming an industrial film and focusing on the demographic that made up the vast majority of the population at that time. Of course, Rochester is majority black now, and it's a complete disaster of a city... so pat yourself on the back.
Democrat mayor Henry E. Gillette must have done a really good job of advancing the quality of life in that city. Kudos to him and those who voted for him.
My mom was secretary for Mayor Gillette. I sure miss those days shown in this video. Especially Christmas time and riding the Monorail at Midtown when I was a little girl😘.Midtown was torn down a few years ago and the city is a big mess. It’s so sad,smh. What I would give NOW for the GOOD OLE DAYS!
@@rightknowledgemanYeah people don't realize a lot of us were there first. A wiped out so much of our history and then act as if we all just came from down south in the sixties. Oh yeah and then we came all we did was loot & rob😂🤦🏾♀️
The video is amazing and sad. Time gone by but wonderful memories!
Wow. What a blast from the past. My Aunt and Uncle and their daughter lived in East Rochester. We used to go visit at least once a month during the 50's and 60's. Remember the drive on the NY St. Thruway that my dad was one of the head engineers during construction. My Aunt and Uncle worked at Kodak as did my cousin. My Uncle was a huge Red Wings fan. Boy how the City has changed. My brother, who went to college at the old RIT campus, stills lives in Spencer Port but rarely goes in to the city.
The past is gone forever and it is never coming back.
Did you ever check out the theory the arrow of time? Very interesting. And it's very biblical
It seems sad yes, those good old days, you feel it right in the pit of your stomach. The great car you once owned or that perfect jacket you looked so good in, however knowing Jesus promises so much more. Look forward not back.
I’ve lived here my whole life and though Rochester has its flaws, it’s home.
I grew up at the corner of Mt. Read and Ridge Road.I played in the KPAA softball league. Rochester was the home of Xerox, Kodak, Bausch & Lomb. My mom worked for Rochester Products, the place where the Rochester carburetors were produced. Western Union was started there also. Frederick Douglas published the "North Star" there and Susan B. Anthony had her women's suffrage movement there too. What happened to Rochester and other great cities like Detroit is a damn shame.
Richard Marianetti I believe that all those companies you mentioned are still in business, and I think that General Motors had some business in Rochester, but I’m not from there or lived there.
I lived on Ridgeway and Mt Read just down from Terrace Gardens bowling alley.
I lived on Mt. Read near Latta, played KPAA softball!
I've lived here since 1992; I got here after I left the Air Force. Rochester, like Pittsburgh (my hometown), has changed, but I don't think it has gone downhill. It has just changed. I wouldn't live anywhere else.
I was born and grew up in Rochester long pond road and ridge road in the town of Greece. Wonderful memories, it’s the home I go to in my dreams best time of my life.
We were a Kodak town back then...even if you didn't work at Kodak.
chiapagringa
at least it's slightly more appealing to the eye now than it was just two or three years ago
25 million for an entire mall in 1963. That’s a 1500 sq ft apt in Manhattan now lol
@@ryanjones9498 thats low low low inflation.
That's how it was. In southeastern Pennsylvania the region's identity was forged, almost literally, by the presence of U.S. Steel's Fairless Works; the beating heart of this area now gone silent since '89 or so.
Yes yes,even if you didn't work for Kodak you still enjoyed the pleasures of breathing their toxic fumes ,and having fresh polluted tap water to give you beautiful things like hair loss, sores in your mouth ,and a glorious thing called cancer 🤣😂
I have very vivid memories of the midtown mall as a kid. I was born in 99 so i saw midtown in its last few years. My mom worked in downtown Rochester, so when we would go visit her on her lunch breaks, we would stop into midtown for some Chinese food. I vividly remember two golden lions out front of this restaurant. I also remember visiting the radio shack that was in the mall too; looking at all the RC cars and things like that. But most of all, I remember that clock tower. During the holiday season, they would have that whole atrium decorated, and there was this monorail ride for the kids that would go around the clock tower. I remember wanting to be there all day long but we would have to go eventually. Maybe im crazy but every time I get on an escalator, there is a certain smell; I've never asked anybody else if they smell it too ( It's kind of a weird question lol), but when I do smell it, it brings me right back to when i was about 5 or 6 going down the midtown mall escalator for the first time. This city use to have so many cool sites to see and so much personality to it. Now when someone asks me about whats cool about Rochester, I just say garbage plates and genny beer.
Lollypop farms, didn't know it was that old
B Lenk didn't know YOU were that old
OMG...this was my childhood!
Hey Dale G
We lived in Webster to, familiar with Roch. We live in Colo. now. These vids really wake people up of how much our gov. is overtaking us with other govs. and countries.
Good to know of you.
So many memories. Worked downtown and loved to shop and lunch in Midtown. Times have changed.
my grandpa used to work at kodak back then. Life was so simple
If life was still like this
✨racism✨
@Nylafrm585 if racism is what kept rochester from turning into the second most poverty depraved shit hole in New York than it sounds like we need to bring it back
@@nylafrm585yeah, that little girl petting the donkey really looks racist.
Thanks I was 8 in Rochester 1963, still live here. It’s was a cool trip down memory lane.
@@charles-y2z6c i’m saying that because it was in the sixties not because the video was racist
I loved the clock when I was a kid. I half expected to see my younger self in the video. My first job was at B.Foremans in Pittsford plaza. I was trained at the one in Midtown. What an amazing place it was.
When they shutdown midtown plaza it pretty much killed what was left of downtown,now its just a ghost town with little to even go there for.✌️
Ahh, those where the days, its ny, and people can talk crap about it all they want, but rochester will always be my home.
Well theres crack and heroin to go for. Or watching hobo camps grow around 490 and get cleared out. Lots of stuff to go downtown for.
I know, it's so sad😔
@@Jakeletoiletsnake sup jake! I went to Arcadia with you
Small businesses are popping up, I was just walking there. But yes, it is a shell of what it used to be. I do think the city will recover though.
My favorite place to go with my mom back in the day.....oh the memories!❤️
in 1963 our big opening was RITE-WAY department store in Belleville Ontario
its a moving experience i think to those of my generation and before,,i was born in 1954 and worked at McCurdys for 8 years at midtown mall in the 70s,,,i was young and always talked down about McCurdys ,,,,i never realized thaht it was a FAMILY owned comp. and now looking back,,,there is so much i wish i had done differently ..these were my 'wonder years'...
What I would do to have a few of those cars there now!!
What a difference from now
BEN FRANKDALIST Like, two different words.
My mother was born in Rochester in 1937. She lived there until the 70s zand in the area until the early 90's. She went there in 2012 and burst into tears.
yeah Rochester has so much poverty it's really sad.. It's pretty much ghetto now
@@SouthernSkeptic It’s even worse now. All I want to do is move back home, yet it keeps getting worse.
@@redcomic619 Yeah my sister and nephew still live there and they say it's turning into a war zone. Marxist policies have killed the city..
Great big gas guzzling V-8's Affordable homes. Standards. Manners and hope for the future. Insert your verb. It wasn't a perfect time but I would take it over now any day. Bless.
Pittsford Plaza..... saw the Sinclair Dinosaurs there - was it 67 or 68? They had a vending machine that formed plastic model dinosaurs there - my mom bought me a couple - I had them for many years.
11jimcleveland Yeah it was pretty cool I had a couple of those dinosaurs from there too, they also had one of those machines at the planetarium back in the late 60s, they would blow mold hot plastic to make your dinosaur choice, cool little machine you can smell the plastic melting🦕 🦖
Didn't know Pittsfield Plaza was around so long...
GinH Been there a long time, I remember when Present company was across the street and the Waffle House, I remember seeing the movie Deliverance and Clockwork Orange in 1971 at the Loes theaters across the street
Thanks. This brings back a few memories
Rochester NY was better and more prosperous in 1963 than today.
Kodak xerox French's IBM roch products(roch carburetor) Delco Bausch and Lomb and about 100 independent machine shops that opened for these companies. I was 5 going on 6 in 63 in roch ny, still here at 63yrs old
Brings back great memories of living in Rochester
Thanks for sharing! I enjoyed this very much.
Memories…what a lovely video🍎
Grew up on west Henrietta rd 50s 60s and 70s remember lolly pop farm very well just north of us the old Rochester I remember is all gone only go done there brewhouse and Amtrak station not safe in Rah cha cha any more
Where they make quality carburetors. I remember my grandmother worked in an A&P Grocery Store in Fairfield, Connecticut Back in the 60s
Bruh wtf did I watch
This city completely different now lmao
Well, 1963 was 59 years ago.. almost 6 decades. What'd you think was gonna happen? 😂
Im only 42 ....looks like it would have been a nice time to be a kid. I had drive by shootings to deal with when I was young...sad reality.
Ikr.. i'm a few years younger than you..
coughs... Orange street
A Excellent Video.. Highly Recommended.. Thank You Very Much For Sharing..
This could be my family, love this
Very first house in this video was it 134 maplehurst Drive? Cuz it sure looks like the house I had
I'd love to time travel back here. No cell phones or computers just simple living.
Why aren’t they looking at their phones??
Cell phones weren't available to consumers until 20 years later in 1983.
@@stealingroses its a joke
Lmao fr
@@stealingroses no shit you fucking detective
My mother sheltered me too much on the farm 😂😂😂 I never saw " Midtown Mall . I never new about the Big Clock and the circling Marionettes . Thanks for sharing . I'm 65 one of Eight Kids , lived in Webster NY all my life but all I ever saw was Sears , Santa Claus and the Huge garden I always helped with . That's about it .😂.
Back when life was affordable....
Born here March 24, 1963.
Its sad to see that the clock is still just in storage, would have been cool if it was displayed in the airport or at artisan works
I thought it was on display at the Airport .
@@lindaperrin8397 i think the news was talking about how its in storage because of whatever changes they've done to the airport
Been to the airport a couple of weeks ago to catch a plane to Florida and notice it wasn't there anymore either.
This is the year my parents were born. Its crazy to think that this is the way they grew up. Kind of scares me because it makes me realize that they're getting old! Lol.
LMAO! They should do a reboot now.... in modern era ;)
Narrated and written by Rod Serling!
The pars. Farm. Lived on it
Just think the kids in the beginning of this video are possibly retired
I sure hope so
OMG lolypop farm was so different!
So this is what my hometown looks like in the '60s.
Nice and White
Loved that mall
I cheesed the whole time watching this
those were the good ole' days....👍
True that brotha, Rochester will always be my home
@@Jakeletoiletsnake it reminds me of my younger years in Buffalo, in the 1960s...very similar.
What a QUALITY video 😀❤
My childhood too!!
Oh my God! It's crazy seeing the places I've known my whole life so different. Only ever lived in Rochester. I specifically live in Wayne county. Real shame how much Rochester has gone to shit. It looked so nice during this time.
Why did UA-cam put this on my suggestion??? I’m trying to forget Rochester
Great video.
I’ve been to Rochester and Rochester is cool I just never thought I’d see a yt video of it back in the 60s
No where near like this anymore
Hard to understand how the generation that built all of these wonderful accomplishments could also have raised the ‘boomers’ the worst generation in American history. How a generation can succeed so much in science and industry but fail so hard in life is beyond me.
perhaps they had it too easy. My parents grew up during the depression, had to survive WWII and Korea, among other challenges.
@@AlexCocktail Move along.
I think that’s just it. Life is a juggling act. Those that lived in an age of excelling in the sciences and engineering unsurprisingly lacked in the more “human” department of life like raising a well rounded generation of young people. PToo much of a good thing...
Oh dear ! Let's go boomer bashing once again.
Do YOU ! Seriously think Gen X is going to be any different?
Not my adult kids all university educated and totally ruthless.
WOKE ideas is the minority that are causing the issues now.
Australia.
The Baby Boomers is a term used to define people born in the United States from 1946 to 1964. The people I'm referring to are not born in Australia, and unless you live in the USA you have little to no idea what you are talking about. If you would like to learn more about generational differences in the USA I would recommend "Generations: The Real Difference between Men Z, Millennials, Men X, Boomers, and the Silents- and What They Mean for America's future by Jean M. Twinge. If you can read the book it will spell out for you some very real differences between generations. @@avengernemesis7990
A quality video!
All of my family grew up in Rochester and Buffalo. I have been there many times and it was okay. I liked the countryside that surrounds these cities. I remember Webster being a suburb of Rochester. My mom and dad hated it because of the weather and were spoiled once they moved out west. Sadly most of my relatives left Rochester and moved to Florida. I think I would have stayed in Rochester rather than going to Florida.
Oh how times have changed...
A dollar was worth a lot more then 5 bucks filled your tank
Rochester, a picture postcard perfect place to live and be a kid.
My dad moved us there from Brooklyn NY in 1969. Dad still lives there along with a few of my siblings.
I remember ice skating at the Lilly Pond and sledding down Big Bertha in Highland Park on Mt. Hope Ave.
Every now and then, we'd even get to go to Roseland Amusement Park in nearby Canandaigua.
Rochester is nowhere near as wholesome as it used to be.
It's one big ghetto now. Drugs, guns, killings, car thefts are what's in order there. New York governor Hochul just went on TV and said 2/3 of all auto thefts in New York State happen in Rochester and nearby Buffalo.
FBI statistics peg Rochester as one of THE most deadliest cities to live in per capita in the United States. Pretty sad😢.
It is fascinating and Sad to watch this. Cars with elegant body lines and quality metal, Buildings, public places all maintained and finished with such vibrant color and grandeur. People dressed with an heir of self respect regardless of race, religion or creed. What life could have looked like for all of America now in 2022, if companies didn’t cheap out and just had kept production and industry mostly in the U.S, putting mom and pop shops out of business. Endless monster companies -If we didn’t waste 30 + years of research on internet, excessive pharmaceuticals and gadget upgrades
-If local and state politicians made sure tax money was going to the right places and not having pot hole ridden streets
-more non-grandfathered in union jobs
-a political agenda that is socially distorting how we all perceive each other, act and like think we should act
-decline in quality and Motives of public education
-endless subscriptions, cable networks, marvel movies, streaming, grub hub and post mates no one leaves there house anymore. Just very sad, sorry to rant
But most of all it can be traced back to
Greed..
Certain race riots from certain people didn’t help. We can’t and shouldn’t forget that.
The beginning- the basis for "Leave it to Beaver"
I didn’t know strip malls existed back then
I keep waiting for Mike Nelson and his friends to show up and riff on this. Yeah, why did they build all that, considering what happened eventually?
I was born this year
No looters in Rochester 1963
my uncle was chief of police there about this time Thomas McShane
Rochester is no longer LOVELY!
What do you mean no longer lovely?
Take it from a Californian, Rochester has fantastic architecture and excellent bones. It is most certainly a lovely city. A city with deep problems and a terrible government that needs fixing. Honestly, yes, I do blame the political party in power. That’s as much as I’ll say.
Anyone know the house address? I'd like to see if the house still exists or if Rochester is like Watertown ... a smaller version of Detroit?
Small Fry far from Detroit. I’ve been to Detroit on tour and that was wild. Like stepping into Baghdad or something.
@@TacoCrisma Yes I've been to Detroit too but not Rochester. Do you live in Rochester? I've noticed a steady decline in places like Buffalo, NY ... So I am wondering if deindustrialization has hit Rochester as bad as it hit Detroit.
Small Fry I do, and not even slightly. Rochesters tech and medical segments picked up nicely.
@@TacoCrisma Thanks. I hope I can return the favor one day. 😁
@Winterhold Guard Explain. What's your opinion on Watertown and Buffalo?
During these times the city had an excellent council/manager form of government. Today, it's a strong mayoral form. The result, massive political effects on city staff and municipal decline. Bring back the City Manager, please.
TIMMY lived there back then!
A time before the progressive marxist agenda. Link with the insane multiculturalism Bolsheviks revolt
Yep.
@@BabyBugBugRochester was indigenous land first and foremost! So a lot of those people that you guys didn't want in the city of Rochester were already there before your families were ever thought of. You all have tried for so many years to whitewash Rochester's history as if there were no people of color and that's a lie! We were here and still are here and there is nothing that can erase us! But I'm honestly happy when I see comments like yours. This is what I show people when I'm trying to explain to them how fundamentally racist Rochester is.
@@aboriginalstraightshooter7967 Sure, keep telling yourself that with your fingers in your ears lol.
The cars were so much better looking back then
Everything was better looking back then. People had self respect and knew how to carry themselves with dignity.
This year bruno sammartino became wwwf champion
Ah oh..No Sibley store cameo!!?
i never got to play with animals like those kids
We had to take over da city 💪🏾💯
Ayo WYM
You created another poverty ridden shithole akin to the city and Buffalo! Congrats ni gger
women back then were much prettier then today's women
K
Wow, look at those people! They're height-weight proportionate and well dressed!
Once cities went to the suburb/car centric model, everything went downhill. The car didnt bring freedom, it brought poverty and bondage. We need a real transportation system. Not forced car ownership.
That family was heading to Palisades Amusement Park
god i feel old and im only 26. yeah i know most of you guys are going to say im babym but dam man.
Where are the black folks? Ah..I get it..
No you don't. The black population of Rochester was significantly smaller back then, besides the fact that there was nothing wrong with filming an industrial film and focusing on the demographic that made up the vast majority of the population at that time.
Of course, Rochester is majority black now, and it's a complete disaster of a city... so pat yourself on the back.
Better Times!
Not anymore. Lol
Its all getto now,shameful
Those cars!
Wow!
No Bums down town.
No lazy people looking for handouts/ Rochester Housing Authority babes...
It’s a “Wonderful Life”
lol they had those you just didnt see them.
❤❤❤❤❤👍💯🇮🇹
Yup my city. Rahchester ny Chili girl....that's ch-eye l-eye for you out of towners
Democrat mayor Henry E. Gillette must have done a really good job of advancing the quality of life in that city. Kudos to him and those who voted for him.
My mom was secretary for Mayor Gillette. I sure miss those days shown in this video. Especially Christmas time and riding the Monorail at Midtown when I was a little girl😘.Midtown was torn down a few years ago and the city is a big mess. It’s so sad,smh. What I would give NOW for the GOOD OLE DAYS!
@@cathyworth4409
wow. awesome post
Where are the other ethnicities?
Miller lane. Poor. And the laceys. Rip Kris poor
Well I guess it was no other race living in Rochester in 63!!
LOL
When it was 100% indigenous people only would be a sight to see😆
@@rightknowledgemanYeah people don't realize a lot of us were there first. A wiped out so much of our history and then act as if we all just came from down south in the sixties. Oh yeah and then we came all we did was loot & rob😂🤦🏾♀️
While these people appeared to be happy, inside they were miserable because they weren’t enriched by multiculturalism!