Albert Stone and the Public Realm

Use this guided audio walking tour to rediscover the public realm of Rochester. Photojournalist Albert Stone, who worked for the Rochester newspapers from 1903 to 1934, artfully captured a time when we lived and worked closer to one another in a robust, bustling, energetic, and sustainable city.

The Community Design Center created this tour, narrated by Howard Decker, to explore the public life of Rochester a century ago, and inspire you to see that the best life for our city is a shared life, a common life, lived together in the public realm.

To learn about the Community Design Center of Rochester, tap: https://www.cdcrochester.org/

All historic photos are the property of the Albert R. Stone Negative Collection, Rochester Museum & Science Center, Rochester, N.Y.

To learn about the museum, tap: https://rmsc.org/

Enjoy your tour!