Creator of Exploring Upstate Chris Clemens is a Rochester resident born and raised. He earned a degree in Health Science from SUNY Brockport and an Associates Degree from Monroe Community College. Chris works as the Operations Manager for a small, nationally based not-for-profit organization. With a penchant for documentaries and random facts, he scours back […]
Abigail’s in Waterloo was determined to have the best chicken wing according the documentary the Great Chicken Wing Hunt. We visited to see for ourselves. Update: Abigail’s closed in June 2018. by Chris Clemens The Chicken Wing was born at Anchor Bar in Buffalo on March 4, 1964. It was the effort of bar owners […]
Take an inside tour of Silo City and see these historic waterfront grain silos in Buffalo up close. by Chris Clemens If you take any time at all to explore the history of the Old First Ward of Buffalo, it’s nearly impossible to avoid the enormous concrete industrial cylinders jutting into the skyline along the Eastern […]
St. Joseph’s Park in downtown Rochester is a public use space housed within the remnants of a historical church that suffered a fire in the 1970’s. by Chris Clemens It’s no secret that many people are leaving traditional means of engaging with religious services to the history books. Congregations are shrinking in size as each […]
The WNY Rail Excursions offers rides on historic trains while the Medina Railroad Museum offers exhibits for learning about local railroad history. by Chris Clemens 19th Century New York would be nothing if not for the Erie Canal. But the train systems laid out in the mid-1800’s extended that trade route even further. Railroads usurped […]