Andre-Alves-downtown-rochester-NY- Andre-City-of-Rochester-NY Andre-Alves-downtown-Rochester-NY- Andre-City-of-Rochester-NY Andre Alves – Downtown Rochester NY | Andre City of Rochester NY Andre Alves has lived in Rochester NY (Pittsford NY and Brighton NY) for almost twenty years. When Andre first arrived in Rochester in the early 1990s Rochester was a busy city with lots of prestigious businesses and lots of business people from all over the United States and Canada. Read all about Andre Alves from Rochester NY click here. Rochester’s most well know and the traditional businesses are: Kodak divided into two sub companies, Kodak Chemical and the Kodak Company. Xerox and Bausch and Lomb, these three major companies originated in Rochester and later on expanded worldwide. Today they are recognized internationally and outside of the City or Rochester NY. Read all about Kodak, Xerox and Bausch and Lomb in Rochester NY here. Andre also adds Harris Communications, a major supplier of military equipment used by the US Army overseas. Harris manufactures radios are used in Iraq and Afghanistan. It is one of the country’s leaders when it comes to radios and other communication devices The Downtown of Rochester NY, also offers a diverse cultural program, from restaurants to movie theaters, Rochester has a lot to offer when it comes to the arts and entertainment adds Andre Alves. Read all about Rochester’s Restaurants and Night Life. Andre Alves talks about the City of Rochester NY In the last 10 years or so, the City of Rochester NY along with many of Rochester businesses and local business people, have been trying to revitalize the downtown area. The Midtown Plaza is being taken down in order for a new project to take its place. Andre Alves looks forward for the revitalization of our downtown area in Rochester NY. The Midtown Plaza was Rochester New York’s first mall built in the early 1960s, (1962-2008) to be more precise. This new thirty million project wants to bring a new shopping mall with apartments and small shops to the Rochester NY downtown area. Andre also reminds the readers about another successful project in the downtown Rochester NY area. The Corn Hill residential and commercial development located next to the Genesee River. The Rochester Corn Hill development has about 130 residences and about 15,000 square feet of commercial and retail space. Andre-Alves-downtown-rochester-NY- Andre-City-of-Rochester-NY Andre-Alves-downtown-Rochester-NY- Andre-City-of-Rochester-NY One of my favorite places in the downtown Rochester NY is the High Falls area mentions Andre Alves. The High Falls area was a commercial area in the beginning of the 19th Century. Many factories and businesses were located in the High Falls area. The Rochester NY High Falls is over by the Genesee River. Find all about the High Falls and Genesee River in Rochester NY In the summer time the famous High Falls laser shows take place and tell the story about the downtown Rochester NY and Genesee River. The laser show is free and open to the public. The Genesee River cuts the City of Rochester passing by the High Falls and Lower Falls in the Greater Rochester NY area. Later the river meets the Lake Ontario.