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# Neighborhood History & Lore

- [Can You Tell Me How To Find Adelaide Street?](https://www.uppermonroe.com/about-the-neighborhood/neighborhood-history-and-lore/can-you-tell-me-how-to-find-adelaide-street.md): Reprinted from the January, 2026 UMNA e-newsletter. This information was prepared by amateur local historians. As a result, the information is subject to edits, updates and corrections.
- [Hungry for Neighborhood History? Try a Nibble from 1930](https://www.uppermonroe.com/about-the-neighborhood/neighborhood-history-and-lore/hungry-for-neighborhood-history-try-a-nibble-from-1930.md): Reprinted from the November, 2025 UMNA e-newsletter. This information was prepared by amateur local historians. As a result, the information is subject to edits, updates and corrections.
- [Every House Has A Story To Tell | Here's One On Alliance Avenue](https://www.uppermonroe.com/about-the-neighborhood/neighborhood-history-and-lore/every-house-has-a-story-to-tell-or-heres-one-on-alliance-avenue.md): Taken from the July, 2025 UMNA e-newsletter. This information was prepared by amateur local historians. As a result, the information is subject to edits, updates and corrections.
- [The R\&ERR Brought Rapid Growth To Upper Monroe](https://www.uppermonroe.com/about-the-neighborhood/neighborhood-history-and-lore/the-r-and-err-brought-rapid-growth-to-upper-monroe.md): Reprinted from the January, 2025 UMNA e-newsletter. This information was prepared by amateur local historians. As a result, the information is subject to edits, updates and corrections.
- [Thousands Of Bodies Buried In Upper Monroe! Where Are They?](https://www.uppermonroe.com/about-the-neighborhood/neighborhood-history-and-lore/thousands-of-bodies-buried-in-upper-monroe-where-are-they.md): This program was developed & produced by the UMNA Local History Nerds and presented by Dick Halsey on Friday, October 27, 2023 at Artisan Church.
- [Ice Skating On Lake Riley In Cobbs Hill Park](https://www.uppermonroe.com/about-the-neighborhood/neighborhood-history-and-lore/ice-skating-on-lake-riley-in-cobbs-hill-park.md): This story was written by Alan Morrell of the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle. It was published January 23, 2024. Photos were found from a variety of online sources by the UMNA Local History Nerds.
- [Bonfires at Cobbs Hill Park](https://www.uppermonroe.com/about-the-neighborhood/neighborhood-history-and-lore/bonfires-at-cobbs-hill-park.md): This post was adapted to focus on Cobbs Hill Park from a larger story titled "Twelfth Night Bonfires" written by Geoffrey Zeiner and posted to his blog, Gonechester in January, 2025.
- [Chaos, Devastation in the Heart of Upper Monroe (2025)](https://www.uppermonroe.com/about-the-neighborhood/neighborhood-history-and-lore/chaos-devastation-in-the-heart-of-upper-monroe-2025.md): This story was adapted from several articles in the UMNA Newsletter published after September 13, 2025. It provides a contemporaneous record of the incident. All photos by UMNA unless otherwise noted.