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(More customer reviews)I'll keep this short. I read this book and it deeply touched my heart. I was born at 653 Jay Street in 1952. This was my life.
Tough? Yes. But beautiful. Thank you for all the memorable pictures. One shot is just out front of my grand parent's house near Jay and Child before Jay Street was paved. You captured the essence of a neighborhood and I personally knew all the names and places. My world just became smaller and delightfully so.
I bought copies and sent them out as gifts. And a gift this book is...
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Rochester's immigrant saga is filled with compelling tales of hardship and achievement. Dutchtown—originally Deutschtown—is perhaps the most beloved immigrant neighborhood because of the tens of thousands of regional families who trace their forebears back to it. Rochester's Dutchtown tells how the neighborhood evolved out of Frankfort, a German settlement established in 1810 at the High Falls. Scenes depict countless hardworking citizens, including Italian immigrants who first arrived in the 1880s, and fascinating relics of an industrial center that thrived for nearly two centuries.
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