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April 30 2013

Interfaith Chapel at University of Rochester

Finger Lakes Region Monroe County, Rochester

How the Interfaith Chapel at the University of Rochester has acted as an inclusive space of beauty for all beliefs by Chris Clemens Most every place we’ve visited on this blog have been a space or site dedicated to a single faith. There have been places that house more than one religious group, but still, […]

This Day In Upstate History

1901 New York becomes the first state to require license plates on automobiles

1936 A radio beacon is activated at the Oswego Lighthouse station that is synchronized with the fog signal for distance finding.

1959 The St. Lawrence Seaway officially opens to allow shipping

2009 The fifth annual Tora-Con, an anime convention hosted at the Rochester Institute of Technology, features guests Armcannon, Colleen Clinkenbeard, Geek Comedy Tour, Todd Haberkorn, Vic Mignogna, and John Swasey. This would be the final year that the convention is only a single day--all following events would be two-days.

2010 The second and final day of the sixth annual Tora-Con, an anime convention hosted at Rochester Institute of Technology. This would be the first year that the event was two days instead of one. The event featured guests Armcannon, Johnny Yong Bosch, Eyeshine, Geek Comedy Tour, Gavin Goszka, Yuko "Aido" Ota, Ananth Panagariya, Michael Poe, Monica Rial, Chris Sabat, Adam Smithee, Eric Vale, and Billy West and approximately 2,500 were in attendance.