Amazing tour of Rochester, NY and Lake Ontario
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Күн бұрынIn this amazing trip, we take a tour of Rochester, NY and explore its history and great attractions. We begin the trip at the Great Lakes with the beautiful Lake Ontario. We visit the center of Rochester and get a glimpse of the waterfalls of the Genesee River, the High Falls and Lower Falls. We dig into the city's photo-optic history by learning about Kodak, and make our way to the Downtown. In Rochester's downtown, we visit the Strong Museum of Play to experience some of the great history of play, enjoying endless toys. The tour of Rochester ends at the Erie Canal Trail. I'll see you On Tour!
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**Time Stamp**
0:00 - University at Rochester
0:57 - Rochester History
2:00 - Tour of Lake Ontario
4:10 - History of the Waterfalls
7:25 - The Kodak Story
9:57 - Downtown Rochester
12:00 - Experience the Strong National Museum
13:50 - The Erie Canal Trail
15:50 - A Summary of Rochester
16:32 - Lake Ontario Boardwalk
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***Disclosures: The views and opinions discussed in this video are of my own. This video has no sponsorship or affiliation with any of the aforementioned links, people, places, or things. All footage, edits, and dialogue created by myself. Thank you
@JokeSwag 2 жыл бұрын
This is quite possibly the best Rochester video ever made.
@JoseOnTour 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you
@damico18 2 жыл бұрын
it really is
@Beacon_NY 2 жыл бұрын
Yes, and Jose's informative Syracuse, NY video tops everything out there. Splendid work!
@ATL_Transparency_News 2 жыл бұрын
its not rochester it is the school campus video the city of rochester is hidden here
@JoseOnTour 2 жыл бұрын
The setting of my Upstate videos was the University and main theme, Erie Canal. The cities themselves were added stories. University of Rochester, UAlbany, University at Buffalo, SU, and Niagara University were the back drop since this took place around back to school in the fall. It was meant to give an homage to the great schools in Upstate, which are some of the best in the country but also have a history of their own, the historic connection via Erie Canal and the waters surrounding the area like Niagara Falls. Couple all that with brief history of major events/accomplishments. If you get a chance to look at other videos, I try to subtlety connect the areas while giving each place its own identity. Thank you for the feedback
@sarasands5 Жыл бұрын
It's sometimes hard, especially after a long, rough winter, to remember all of the glory of my city. It really is beautiful.
@JoseOnTour Жыл бұрын
Our Winters are long and depressing but once the weather changes it feels like a completely different area.
@bahirimattiex1687 Жыл бұрын
I'm from Rochester , you made me feel like I never been
@MaxxRemKing1 11 ай бұрын
That's the magic of video... He did a great job putting lipstick on a pig... I lived there and I will never go back... If family wants to see me,.they come to where I live where the sun shines bright, the sky is blue and and the people aren't overweight racists that sit on the couch all winter.
@DanielSchneiderman 2 жыл бұрын
Be sure to come back on April 8th, 2024 when Rochester will be in the center of a total solar eclipse!
@JoseOnTour 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for passing this information, the minute I saw this I was very excited. I’ll definitely make my way back for April.
@mikefreel694 Жыл бұрын
Got a great start in life after graduating from St. John Fisher College (1970) and University of Rochester and beginning my working career at Xerox (1974) before transferring to warmer climates west (Dallas, California, now, Las Vegas area). Michael Freel
@MochaQueen5 2 ай бұрын
This is my favorite channel ❤.
@JoseOnTour 2 ай бұрын
Thank you
@josephval4083 2 жыл бұрын
Great job Jose. Felt you did a great job of the history
@ingridphillip5367 2 жыл бұрын
I’m happy that someone is willing to show the beautiful Rochester. I know the news is not great. But God blessed me to relocate there💕🙏 can’t wait to do my spoken word 💕
@MaxxRemKing1 11 ай бұрын
Its a horrible place to live. I don't even go back for family... They visit me where the skies are blue, the sun shines and people have hospitality no matter your race... Can't say the same for Rochester, Buffalo or Syracuse one of the.most segregated cities in America... You don't even want to know what happens to black people at supermarkets in Buffalo. The whole region is dying but I'm sure there are worse places like Haiti
@fatman_120 2 жыл бұрын
You make me wanna move to Rochester. thanks for the vid
@catw6998 10 ай бұрын
Next time I come up to visit, i gotta go to that Play Museum, also along the beach (maybe go swimming even). Thanks for sharing! Cat (orig from that area) now living in WV.
@JoseOnTour 10 ай бұрын
You will love the museum and beach. They recently renovated the Museum. It really is one of the more amazing museums we've ever been to.
@cookingartguy2170 2 жыл бұрын
Very nicely done. My hometown where I spent most of the first 30 plus years of my life. I've been gone now for over 30 years and only get back to visit occasionally as I still have close family and friends there. It was a fabulous place to grow up, downtown has changed a lot and believe me when I was a kid it was like being in Manhattan. It was a wonderful midsize bustling city. I still love my hometown but I hate winter which is what I'm in South Florida lol. Again, very nicely done!
@JoseOnTour 2 жыл бұрын
I hear ya. I was in Florida earlier this year researching homes. I live in Northeast Pennsylvania and get a tremendous amount of snow. All these areas are beautiful in the Spring-Fall and we love making our way to Rochester and Lake Ontario. But when Winter hits, the mountains turn black & white and the atmosphere becomes gloomy.
@ingridphillip5367 2 жыл бұрын
In what way can you help bring healing to your hometown? I do spoken words, music, and food, I am praying to God for His direction.
@peterbelanger4094 2 жыл бұрын
Pretty much the same story here. Left in 1994. It has changed a lot. I lived near the lower falls when I was 13. Climbed around all over the place in that gorge. Back then, there was no memorial or park extension down there. It was just a dirt road and a grove of trees by the falls. A lot of people used to 'party' and hang out in and around those falls, there were many tragedies. Probably why there is a memorial now, to warn people of the dangers of those cliffs and falls. I had a close call myself once, fell about 10-15 feet, had the wind knocked out of me. But I was 13, being dumb with my dumb friends. Lucky I survived that age.
@peterbelanger4094 2 жыл бұрын
@@JoseOnTour It was the winters that drive me away from Rochester. I had enough. But I went west to Oregon. I'm actually further north than Rochester now, but I deal with only a few inches a year now. But they don't have the equipment to deal with it in Oregon. And they are anti salt on the roads.
@JoseOnTour 2 жыл бұрын
I think at this point in my life I’m looking to move past the snow. These north east areas are beautiful in the summer but winters are brutal. There was a buffalo bills game this winter where the crowd was buried in snow haha its on Rochesters instagram
@Heinlein. Жыл бұрын
Great quality video
@JoseOnTour Жыл бұрын
thank you
@drewrobinson5153 2 жыл бұрын
Great job, Jose!! One minor correction, the railroad that crosses the Genesee at the High Falls was the New York Central RR, not the Lehigh Valley RR. New York Central went east-west, the Lehigh Valley came into the city from the south, along the east side of the Genesee River - in fact, their station is still standing, and was (maybe still is?) the Dinosuar Bar & Grill!
@patriciocontreras3856 Жыл бұрын
Excellent work with all the details of Rochester. I have lived her all my life, and learned a few things through this video. There is one thing I would add as a must see while in Rochester. The Rochester public market. If you stop there, you must stop at Juan and Maria's empanada stop. Truly has become a part of Rochester.
@JoseOnTour Жыл бұрын
Thank you Patricio. I make a couple of trips to Rochester throwout the year and always have the Public Market on my to do list but have never been. You’ve given me an even bigger reason to go. I’m crazy about empanadas
@erickandtheourbacks1072 2 жыл бұрын
Love the chill music
@AmerkFlack 2 жыл бұрын
Great video. Excellent quality, I live here, and have all my life. There is so much about Rochester that is to be proud of. A few things that people should know that were not mentioned. The great Lilac Festival (flower city - not for Flour) Park Avenue, our rich sports (Rochester Amiericans Hockey 62 yr old) The Garbage Plate (look it up) - You missed a biggy. Susan B. Anthony home. Her and Frederick Douglas have their namestake all over. Even our BRIDGE "FreddySue Bridge"
@JoseOnTour 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you, A lot of folks mentioned the garbage plate and I missed it on this trip. We go around spring time so on my next trip. These are great mentions and will have to save them for my next journey. I filmed Susan B. Anthony for a secondary series I am working in that focuses less on cities and more on the people that made an impact.
@ingridphillip5367 2 жыл бұрын
Jeff, sounds good, I would love it if you would join me bring restoration and healing to this beautiful place, I can not wait to discover Rochester, I have telling my family and friends this place is in the news for the bad things but I know in a few years people will want to come but its going to be too later.
@ethano512 Жыл бұрын
life long rochestarian and history nerd, this has got to be the best video ive ever seen about my city. hope to have you back soon :)
@JoseOnTour Жыл бұрын
Thank you for the great feedback. I love Rochester and make a trip every year. The city has so much to offer
@artifications1444 2 жыл бұрын
Keep It up!!!
@dougprentice1363 2 жыл бұрын
Nice tour.
@rwalker4077 2 жыл бұрын
Excellent video!
@matthewdisles 2 жыл бұрын
Love it! Great video. Subscribing.
@erickandtheourbacks1072 2 жыл бұрын
Love it man very nicely done
@JoseOnTour 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you appreciate the comment
@chickentava 2 жыл бұрын
thanks for making this, and good luck with the channel
@JoseOnTour 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you
@bishop7534 Жыл бұрын
Hey now, how come I didn't get to see you around town..😁..live in Rochester and it is a hidden gemstone with lots to see. Good to see it through the eyes of someone who isn't from the town as well as learning somethings I didn't even know about, well done!
@marcellaricher8296 2 жыл бұрын
You have done a fantastic job! I am now a fan and a subscriber!
@JoseOnTour 2 жыл бұрын
thank you
@centerforcommunityengageme5026 2 жыл бұрын
Amazing Video! :)
@JoseOnTour 2 жыл бұрын
thank you
@leealex1248 Жыл бұрын
Thank you for giving Rochester some good press. We are the third largest city in upstate New York and Rochester offers some truly beautiful gardens, interesting history and museums, local music and theater, geographic beauty, restaurants, breweries and top hotels for universities. Sometimes, when you live somewhere, you take things for granted. I really think it is so much prettier here than Buffalo and Syracuse's
@JoseOnTour Жыл бұрын
Thank you, Rochester is one of my favorite cities. Every city has their good and bad and there are tons of Hood videos, I wanted to show the better side of many of these cities.
@tertur2957 Жыл бұрын
Looks like a nice city, I will visit this summer.
@MaxxRemKing1 11 ай бұрын
Don't waste your time. As someone who lived there and will NEVER go back... Toronto is worth the trip not Rotchester
@coreytim 2 жыл бұрын
Nice vid!
@JoseOnTour 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you
@kennethmregan 11 ай бұрын
YES - RA CHA CHA
@jenniejames5093 Жыл бұрын
Thanks Jose. My future hubby is from Rochester so this gave me insight to what’s going to become my new home
@JoseOnTour Жыл бұрын
I make a trip to Rochester every year since we love the Museum and Lake Ontario. There’s also so many other great towns that surround the city
@dlognave 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for visiting our city!! I understand that it has it’s problems, but is much better than most people realize!
@JoseOnTour 2 жыл бұрын
It’s one of my city to visit. No city is perfect but I think many of us fail to appreciate the little things that make our cities great.
@catw6998 2 жыл бұрын
That they cleaned up the lake so that it is no longer polluted (or at least in some areas) says a lot for the city 🙂.
@sandraannlongfield6046 Жыл бұрын
Fantastic Jose you are a great public speaker a natural..enjoyed very much i have a friend who lives there ive never been.Thankyou i feel i have now! Take care x
@JoseOnTour Жыл бұрын
Thank you for the wonderful feedback Sandra. Appreciate the support
@sandraannlongfield6046 Жыл бұрын
@@JoseOnTour your very welcome Jose take care x
@quovadis9233 2 жыл бұрын
Very professionally done!
@JoseOnTour 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you
@MaxxRemKing1 11 ай бұрын
@@JoseOnTourYou made a great video about dead end place. Kodak literally invented the digital camera and sat on it. Then when other companies sold digital cameras they fired most their workforce 🙄
@damico18 2 жыл бұрын
this is really well done. great job! Rochester is a hidden gem
@JoseOnTour 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you. The city has so much great things to offer. I always stay in Rochester on my way to Niagara.
@ingridphillip5367 2 жыл бұрын
Yes, it is, I am moving from Hartford to Rochester. I try my best to not listen to the news but seek God's face.
@catw6998 2 жыл бұрын
Great job! I didn’t know about that Toy interactive museum. I used to live up there. House was on the lake. Take steps down from our back yard and there was the lake, House wood flooring quite cold in the winter months. On warmer school days, brother and I walked home and if we had enough money, would stop at Abbott’s. Think we stayed in the city for a couple years before moving to the suburb of Penfield. Music lessons in East Rochester and roller skating at Sharkey’s. One or two trips each years to the Strasenburgh Planetarium. Taking friends and family to Midtown Plaza. Tours/visits to radio station, WBBF.Spouse to House of Guitars when last we visited. It’s been many years but someday soon, we’ll have to make another visit.
@JoseOnTour 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for sharing. The toy museum is fantastic and every time we go we easily spend the day. We try to make a trip at least twice a year and always have so much fun in Rochester
@mikegames4659 2 жыл бұрын
great video bro
@JoseOnTour 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you
@ThePaigeMa5ter 2 жыл бұрын
Well done Jose
@JoseOnTour 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you
@1KitKat0 2 жыл бұрын
Great video! Please make more about the less popular tourist cities in the US!
@JoseOnTour 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you, I love making these smaller places shine
@pwoods100 11 ай бұрын
This looks like a city that has a lot of potential, if it could just make a comeback, or at least get on the upswing.
@joesmith7427 10 ай бұрын
Kodak employed 90%of the workforce in Monroe County, and 60%of the work force inthe 3 adjoining counties!!! The was more tech geeks within a 50 mile radius of Rochester than anywhere else in the world!! If u worked at Kodak, you were set of life!! Kodak was Non-Union and one of the best paying places to work in America!!
@stuartrubin5730 2 жыл бұрын
Yonkers is now the third largest city in the state. Rochester is 4th but the metropolitan area is still third.
@thepeggiescollections 2 жыл бұрын
Very great video presentation. My parents and my sister lives in Rochester and I'm excited to be reunited with them soon. Greetings from Philippines :)
@JoseOnTour 2 жыл бұрын
thank you. Enjoy your time with family and the great Fall Festivals the city has to offer.
@jonnyem.8859 Жыл бұрын
Love the video! Would just like to see a mention of RIT and other universities than U of R. Also URMC, and major companies beginning here, like Xerox, Bausch & Lomb, etc.
@MaxxRemKing1 11 ай бұрын
Why didnt he mention MCC
@bjdon99 2 жыл бұрын
I lived there for about 4 yrs around the turn of the century and have nothing but nice memories of it. Even the ridiculous snowy winters were fun in a quirky kind of way. There are rarely snow days for kids in Rochester schools. The Spring to Fall is so nice there. Scenic. A mid-sized city with a lot of things to do in or around the city. Nice people. Pretty inexpensive (Except the taxes, which are insane) The canal he's on is technically not the canal built by Governor Clinton in the early 1800s.That version used to go right by where the abandoned subway is. The version he was at is the Barge Canal, now renamed the Erie Canal, which was the last gasp bigger version of the Erie Canal, as it tried to stay relevant with railroads, built in 1919. It took the routes out of the downtown of the big cities like Rochester & Syracuse, sort of like how interstate highway beltway routes did for cars later on.
@JoseOnTour 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for this background about the city. After I filmed Albany and Lockport it became really challenging to find remains of the original canal across Buffalo, Syracuse, and Rochester to film my series. I’m glad I was able to give it some history. Rochester is great in Spring through fall especially with the lake so close. The waters by the subway were almost dried and had seen better days when I filmed this. Hopefully on my next trip they’ve cleaned it up.
@peterbelanger4094 2 жыл бұрын
As someone who was a kid in the Rochester schools, I can attest to the lack of snow days. We just put on extra layers and it took longer to walk, while we grumbled about why wasn't it a snow day?!?
@rafael02130 10 ай бұрын
tantas veces que fui a rochester y no vi esto? I love upstate new york cities much more than the metro area, so beautiful and sexy.
@JoseOnTour 10 ай бұрын
they're more calm then NYC especially Rochester. ojalá que este video te he dado más ideas para la próxima visita
@rafael02130 10 ай бұрын
@@JoseOnTour definitely and thanks
@DonPark-gt7fx 11 ай бұрын
One of the few rivers running north in north America?... Canada is in north America too! with many rivers running north
@JoseOnTour 11 ай бұрын
Well few in comparison to how many rivers the country has. Only 48 rivers flow south to north in America compared to the 250K+ found across the country. A very small sample size. In Canada I think the majority of rivers flow north because of gravity. Around the world its also a small statistic with the Nile being the most famous
@BodegaMouse Жыл бұрын
I’m planning on moving to Brighton, Fairport or Pittsford.
@MaxxRemKing1 11 ай бұрын
I'm sorry
@milliebanks1814 2 жыл бұрын
Could you talk about quality control car parts jobs or manufacturers jobs or jobs that produce dog food like the AFB international job in Missouri. I could use the info. I've been googling. We make $23 hourly here. Desperately need a fresh start somewhere else. I wanna live in Rochester New York
@scampalong 2 жыл бұрын
Is there a tour company? Would be a sweet family reunion option this summer
@cyruscrossan 2 жыл бұрын
Rochester had pedal tours? Who knew.
@JoseOnTour 2 жыл бұрын
Yeah they were all over which was really neat.
@catw6998 2 жыл бұрын
I didn’t know that either. Gotta check that out someday.
@lavenderlove1212 Жыл бұрын
Partially narrated by Rod Serling! FLOUR/FLOWER CITY!
@joesmith7427 10 ай бұрын
KODAK means hand held!! He woke up everyday by a man who played his organ in the house.
@Mydogisthebest224 Жыл бұрын
Thanks 🙏🏻
@shaunaobrien3826 2 жыл бұрын
im intresting in moving there whats the minium wage there
@MaxxRemKing1 11 ай бұрын
Don't move there its a dead end. Worst place I ever
@anabellabella2266 2 жыл бұрын
Is Rochester NY near the Strong Memorial Hospital NY 14642 unsafe to live, to work? Thank you.
@bajarizo7255 Жыл бұрын
Lol have you ever left Rochester???
@freefromit2 Жыл бұрын
Lake Ontario is the last of all the great lakes flowing east. each flows into the next, this is the last in line collecting pollution from all the others.
@joesmith7427 10 ай бұрын
The Erie Canal does NOT lead to Lake Ontario!! The canal goes from Buffalo to the Hudson River and it goes down to NYC! To go from Lake Erie to Lake Ontario you go through the wellen canal in Canada!, not the canal. And there are alot of rivers in the World that flow North! Rochester gets it drinking water from Hemlock Lake, a polluted resevoir for the city!!
@kalinlogan4299 2 жыл бұрын
I grew up in Rochester and after 40 years I left. Just went back and it still sucks
@MaxxRemKing1 11 ай бұрын
💯 I won't even go back for funerals or weddings... When I left I made a promise never to return and I meant it. Rotchester is a dead end. The people don't even know what spring and summer is
@kylepatrick113 Жыл бұрын
Just moved from Rochester to SC they call it glockchester down here 😅
@JoseOnTour Жыл бұрын
I’m surprised how much more dangerous it is in those areas between SC, Memphis , etc. I have colleagues that moved down there and tell me so many horror stories. Stay safe
@kylepatrick113 Жыл бұрын
@@JoseOnTour well I’m at least able to defend myself here. Where as NY in general not so much. Lived in roc city my whole life. Foods great & some nice water falls surrounding areas but taxes, crime & the cold months were why I moved
@MaxxRemKing1 11 ай бұрын
@@kylepatrick113Rotchester Syracuse and Buffalo (where they shoot black people in grocery stores) are all dead ends
@joesmith7427 4 ай бұрын
George Eastman was never married. He was gay and his lover with him on East Avenue and played the organ to wake George up every morning. Who he was I dont know or care! He commited suicide and his last words were " i have gone all that i wanted to in life, so why not end it and have it over with, and he did! Dont forget about the Eastman School of Music and theater in Rochester, it still is running to this day! For employing 90% of the people in Monroe County and 66% of the people in the 3 neighboring counties, and to make big money working there all of your life, was like winning the jackpot on powerball !! And it was non-union! He treated all of the em0loyees so well, why did they need a union?? They had all they ask for and more!! As a full time employee, kodak would allow 1 paid day a week to go to the company school to learn how to use kodak products and equipment, and if you wanted to borrow the equipment, you could at no charge either, as long as u brought it back, and everyone did!! For your entire lifetime!! 😊 image that?? i mean imagine that!!😊
@MaxxRemKing1 11 ай бұрын
7 shootings last weekend... Wonderful city
@rickdaystar477 11 ай бұрын
2,450 Kia cars stolen in Rochester in the past 6 months by the same 130 street creatures..
@garbonzobean1 Жыл бұрын
Dont take this the wrong way, but this is a poor tour of the city. For example, no visit or mention is made of the Rochester Public Market, the oldest market in the US. What a shame.
@ATL_Transparency_News Жыл бұрын
thats not rochester ny thats a business
@JoseOnTour Жыл бұрын
Not a business, just a KZfaqr who frequents Rochester during the summers
@MaxxRemKing1 11 ай бұрын
@@JoseOnTourYou don't know Rochester if you don't know their winters and their summers are short AF.. And they are cloudy and humid... Lake Effect is not charming
@ATL_Transparency_News 5 ай бұрын
their summers? you mean the two weeks they get once a years? @@JoseOnTour by the way you are on a campus. one that has been robbing the community for a century
@GretchenSchulz159 Жыл бұрын
The writing is preposterous.
@MaxxRemKing1 11 ай бұрын
But the presentation was nice. He did q good job putting lipstick on a pig
@michaelrochester48 Жыл бұрын
There is nothing amazing about Rochester New York. I have been in this area since 1978. Nothing amazing about it. Buffalo and Syracuse even have more going on than Rochester. Be serious
@MaxxRemKing1 11 ай бұрын
I disagree. I lived in Rochester and Syracuse and while I REFUSE to back to either one even for funerals and weddings... Syracuse is way more uneducated, poor, fat, segregated and racist than Rochester. If I were black I wouldn't go to certain grocery stores in buffalo. The whole area is a dead end
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