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This undated aerial picture shows the Third Ward of Rochester, New York.
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This 1970 photo near Adams and Clarissa streets shows the Corn Hill neighborhood in the midst of urban renewal.
T. GORDON MASSECAR/File Photo
In this undated photo, the Elks marching band makes its way down Clarissa Street.
Courtesy Of Clarissa St. Reunion Committee
This photo from 1970 provides an overhead view of the Third Ward urban renewal area.
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From the archive: On April 9, 1968, the day of the funeral for Martin Luther King Jr., an estimated 3,000 people marched on Clarissa Street.
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This undated photo labeled “Clarissa Street” shows Kelly Street from the corner of Joiner Street.
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This archive image of the Clarissa Street Bridge shows a tent set up by construction workers to prevent sand from flying into passing cars as repairs were being made.
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The caption with this image dated 1950: “One of Rochester’s oldest streets, Clarissa shows surface marks of age, but its people keep young and happy. The freshening power of paint converts old houses into attractive homes; neighborliness keeps life interesting.”
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Clarissa Street during the early 1950s.
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This photo dated November 1972 and titled “Third Ward Renewal” the intersection of Plymouth Avenue South and Clarissa Street.
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In this photo dated Feb. 1, 1975, the archived caption states “Third Ward Urban Renewal. Last Building goes down at corner of Clarissa and Plymouth Ave.”
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This photo dated 1969 shows an apartment building on Fitzhugh Street in the Third Ward.
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Archived caption: “Clarissa St. looking north from the corner of Edinburgh St. Circa 1930’s. Clarissa Street became the center for social, cultural, and public life for African-Americans in Rochester’s Third Ward. Photo Courtesy of the City of Rochester. Pictured are Mrs. Laberta Thompson and her sons Melvin and Raymond.”
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Inside of renovated African Methodist Episcopal Church located at 42 Favor Street, the church was built in 1907 and is a Third Ward landmark. It was bought by the Greater Bethlehem Temple Pentecostal Church in 1978 and renovated. (This photo is dated April 19, 1979.)
Burr Lewis