This article was scraped from Rochester Subway. This is a blog about Rochester history and urbanism has not been published since 2017. The current owners are now publishing link spam which made me want to preserve this history.. The original article was published June 07, 2012 and can be found here.
![Cataract Brewhouse as seen from behind. [FLICKr PHOTO: _Yoshi_]](https://www.rochestersubway.com/images/photos/cataract_building_yoshi.jpg?ref=senseofplace.dev)
According to an anonymous source working closely on the Genesee Brewery project, demolition of the infamous Cataract Brewhouse
is scheduled to begin on Monday, June 18...
![Doomed Brewery buildings as seen from Cataract Street from Saint Paul Street. The High Falls Historic District and Kodak Tower are in the background. [PHOTO: Crystal Pix, Inc.]](https://www.rochestersubway.com/images/photos/genesee-brewery-cataract-demolition-01.jpg?ref=senseofplace.dev)
The demolition permit was officially signed on May 21 by the City's Director of Planning & Zoning. The plan is to knock the walls of the structure inward using bucket excavators and then grind up the rubble. Dust to dust I guess.
So if you're an artist, photographer, lover of old buildings or whatever, mark the date on your calendar. This will be one to remember (or to forget). I'm told Crystal Pix, Inc. (Fairport, NY)
already has time-lapse cameras set up around the building and will be photo documenting the demolition from start to finish.
For me, this will be my "Black Monday." I'll be in seclusion.
