Around our school

               

                 

                                All about it

                The Village Gate is an old factory complex, owned by Stern Properties, which was converted a pseudo-urban-mall-like area in 1981. It had previously been home to Stecher-Truang Lithographic one of the world's largest lithographic plants.

                                What’s inside?

The Village Gate has a variety of things to do inside. It has independent shops, Restaurants, salons, offices and some residents who live in the lofts. It’s located in the Neighborhood of the Arts. It has a graffiti wall that is legalized so people could write on it. Commercial businesses are on the ground floor, which opens to a very pleasant courtyard. Some spots up and downstairs are good for art installations and weddings, special events, parties, etc. It’s known for its wonderful art pieces and projects such as sculptures and paintings. The good thing is that it’s right down the street from SOTA. The village gate is a big brown building with apartment’s lofts and etc. I provides inside 277, 302, 316, 320 Goodman Avenue and 176 Anderson Avenue. Across from the memorial art gallery. Most of these apartments are really shops such as restaurants and salons.

 Village Gate Square in Rochester boasts all of these things and more. An art community more than a mall really, Village Gate plays host to small specialty shops (jewelry, antique, book and collectable stores), art galleries, designers, professional artists, marketing firms, computer companies, restaurants and bars and even loft space. Every inch of the converted warehouse space is filled with color and imagination. You could lose yourself for an entire afternoon just wandering around the atrium.

 

                Neighborhood of the arts

 

Village Gate Square is part of Rochester’s Neighborhood of the Arts (NOTA) program and is located within a very short walking distance of other art community staples of the area like The Memorial Art Gallery, The George Eastman House and the International Museum of Photography. We put it at the top of our list of cool places in Upstate to spend an afternoon.

 

                School kids at village gate

Some people from School of the Arts go there to spend time and hang with friends. Some more kids prefer to go there to the restaurants to eat. Also, since our school is a school with a variety of arts than the sculptures and paintings are good for the art majors and creative writing majors. You can write article stories etc., about what you like in it.