Rochester's Attractions: Article

Rochester’s Summer Happenings

By Jasmina Rizvanovic

Rochester is a great place to be in the summer time. There are activities suited for everyone’s needs. Regardless of what you want to do Rochester has everything you will need and then some.

Rochester has many great festivals during the summer including the Cornhill Arts Festival, Lilac Festival and many more. But one that most people find very interesting is the Park Avenue Festival. At this festival you will experience unique and delicious food, arts and crafts by many local artists as well as great music lots and not to mention, lots of vendors.

The festival also has many musical acts that perform. Just last year there were 30 acts! The Park Avenue Festival receives a whopping two hundred thousand visitors per year! That explains why the festival has been going on for 37 years.   This festival is a great family trip if that’s what you are looking for. Overall the Park Avenue Festival is a great time.

Another popular and fun attraction in Rochester is Seabreeze amusement park. This amusement park opened on August 5^th 1879 as a stop on the steam railroad. At this time there were no mechanical rollercoasters like there are now. Nonetheless, people still loved the amusement park.

In 1940 the name was changed to DreamLand during the post war era when business was booming! But eventually it was changed back to what we know now, Seabreeze.

Seabreeze is a great place for anyone regardless of age. There are always live shows, a huge water park and of course the famous roller coasters such as the Jack Rabbit that has been around since 1920. This roller coaster is the fourth oldest running roller-coaster in the United States. Another famous ride at Seabreeze is the Screamin’ Eagle which turns the unfortunate riders upside down! Not only that but Seabreeze has many varieties of food to offer.

Overall Rochester has many great attractions to offer especially during the great weather. 

This was an article written for the SOTA school newspaper. I enjoyed writing this because I got to learn more about the history of Rochester and its most popular attractions.