Midtown Plaza: The End of an Era

Midtown Plaza is where I first saw the girl who would be my wife. It was in the Cafe shown at 1:27. We just celebrated our 43 anniversary of meeting on Halloween....

What a shame. Such a beautiful mall. When they knocked it down, they knocked down Downtown Rochester.

They really should have donated the monorail to strong natural museum of play. It was fully functional still and kids loved it. I'll never forget the last day it was up , myself and my 3 boys went for 1 last ride .

What a nice tribute to Midtown. I have fond memories of going there as a child, riding the monorail, watching the clock of nations, and visiting Santa's workshop in Sibley's. It's too bad it closed. It was definitely a reason to go to midtown.

This was the only place that made me feel like my dad was still with me. I miss going to Wendy's with him and seeing Santa as a child on magic mountain.

My mother took me here throughout my entire childhood. We started going there right after it opened. It was grand. This is lovely.

tears rolling down my face. I remember that when I was a little girl

Midtown was the heart of downtown Rochester..When that left it was never the same.Im looking at my childhood

How totally sad. Thank you for the video as it brought back so many memories. I grew up in Rochester and Midtown was a big part of it. I moved in early 80's out of the state but was so upset to hear that mall was gone. They used to have a great restaurant at the top of the Mall. Remember the train also. They should have gotten new anchors to fill Forman's and McCurdy spots.

The clock of nations is now at the airport. Glad they saved it. I actually rode the monorail once, in December 1995 when I was 6 1/2. It was too crowded in there though. I remember seeing the clock too. That was one of the only times I can remember being in Midtown Plaza before it closed. My parents and my aunts and uncles are always talking about it and Sibley's. My grandma LOVED going there. And my grandpa was a security guard there for awhile. Gram was always telling me about the way downtown used to be. I wish I could've experienced something like Santa's workshop and the magic corridor during my childhood Christmases, and even if I did in 1995, I only got to ride the monorail because Sibley's was already closed. I guess it was because of the 4 major malls being built that made Midtown lose business. :( I miss the old Irondequoit mall too. Wish they'd do something about it! 

I rode it in 1990 and 1991 during a class field trip. For some reason the tropical trees and plants they had planted there had always fascinated and stuck with me.

Used to work down Main St. I'd catch the bus up to MM, grab something quick at Wegmans for lunch then walk back to work. Man, I miss it.

Worked on the cleaning crew at midtown for 20 years, 1978-98. Loved working there at Christmas time. The monorail and the kids visiting santa on magic mountain

I'm not one who lives in a past that is long gone, pining and wailing of what was. It was fun to go there. Great place.

My mom won some stuff doing a call in to WBEE one night and we went to Midtown to pick up her winnings and walk around. Also remember grabbing food at the mall and avoiding the heat from skateboarding around the city all day, even all the way from Greece and back on just the board. Rochester really had a different feel to it in the early 90s and even 00s. I miss some of it

Well done.  I cried a little.  Thank you. 

"Yesterday, all my troubles seemed so far away..."the ROC!

I remember first going there as a kid in 1990. I remember that clock and riding on the monerale. It was during the xmas season as a class field trip.

When I a was a kid growing up in Rochester, every Christmas I would go to the Midtown Mall and Ride the monorail train.

started going there w/ my mama when they 1st opened, 2nd fl to get a chocolate malt, watching the water fountains and the clock and as i grew into a teen, young adult, how many times in my life did we "meet me at the clock" ... looked for myself/family/friends, one of those little old ladies looked like grandma...