Start with the City operating guide
The City overview covers the rules and records that apply across Rochester: taxes, legal use, Certificates of Occupancy, lead compliance, permits, vacancy, older-building risk, and the acquisition sequence. Those shared topics belong in one strong page—not repeated across every neighborhood name.
Use the neighborhood reports for market evidence
Seventeen official City polygons earned standalone small-multifamily reports because each contained at least 20 qualifying 2021–2025 MLS closings. The same dates, property type, deduplication rule, and minimum samples apply to every report.
Smaller areas remain in the comparison tool instead of receiving thin pages. The reports show measured activity and price distributions; they do not pretend to know rents, expenses, condition, or legal use for a particular property.
Why the old guide pages were consolidated
Many first-edition neighborhood guides contained accurate local sources but repeated the same citywide acquisition checklist. Accuracy alone did not make each page distinctive enough to publish.
Those URLs now lead to either the corresponding quantitative report or the City overview. A narrative neighborhood guide will return only when field experience, photographs, parcel analysis, or other original evidence gives it a reason to exist.
The 19th Ward is the current exception
The 19th Ward guide remains because it combines a controlled geography, a substantial transaction population, documented Updegraff Group Realty participation, and direct local operating experience. It will be the model for rebuilding other neighborhood guides deliberately.