Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Seabreeze Amusement Park (Seabreeze) is a historic family amusement park located in Irondequoit, New York, a suburb of Rochester, where Irondequoit Bay meets Lake Ontario. According to the National Amusement Park Historical Association (NAPHA), Seabreeze is the fourth-oldest operating amusement park in the United States and the thirteenth ...
The Strong National Museum of Play (also known as just The Strong Museum or simply the Strong) is part of The Strong in Rochester, New York, United States.Established in 1969 and initially based on the personal collection of Rochester native Margaret Woodbury Strong, the museum opened to the public in 1982, after several years of planning, cataloguing, and exhibition development for the museum ...
Midtown Plaza is a city district in downtown Rochester, New York.The site was originally occupied by an indoor shopping mall designed by Victor Gruen and opened in 1962. . Although it was primarily promoted as a retail space, Gruen's vision was for the plaza to function as an all-purpose community space to revitalize the downtown
It was built by Radio Flyer, the toy company best known for its iconic red wagon. The one at Ridge Road Station measured 27 feet long and 13 feet wide, with wheels that were 8 feet in diameter.
In 1905, after the disastrous 1904 "Sibley fire" gutted the Granite Building and much of Rochester's dry goods district, [3] Sibley's moved to its final location, the Sibley Building at the northeast corner of East Main Street and Clinton Avenue. [4] By 1939, Sibley's was the largest department store between New York City and Chicago. [4]
For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us
Margaret was the second and last child of John Charles Woodbury (1859 in Rochester, NY – 1937) and the former Alice Motley (the first sibling died at childbirth). Margaret travelled the world with her parents beginning around 1907 after her father retired and sold the business started by Margaret's grandfather, The Strong, and Woodbury Whip ...
Tinkertoys were inducted into the National Toy Hall of Fame at The Strong in Rochester, New York, in 1998. [4] Hasbro bought the Tinkertoy brand and currently produces both Tinkertoy Plastic and Tinkertoy Classic (wood) sets and parts. [5] The US rights are now owned by Basic Fun!. [6] In 2024, Basic Fun filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy ...