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Here's an update regarding two of the bigger projects downtown (interesting stuff & pics/renderings). From the Ithacating blog:

https://brancra.wordpress.com/2015/0...-update-22015/

:D

Vis over at the Ithacating in Cornell Heights blog has been busy this month. Here are several recent entries:

https://brancra.wordpress.com/2015/0...-update-22015/

https://brancra.wordpress.com/2015/0...-update-22015/

https://brancra.wordpress.com/2015/0...14-zoning-out/

https://brancra.wordpress.com/2015/0...ancock-street/

https://brancra.wordpress.com/2015/0...-update-22015/

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Here's an article from the Cornell Sun regarding a potential new development in Collegetown. The developer has opened the design of the new structure to anyone affiliated with Cornell University. It should be interesting to see what kind of entrants they get. I know Cornell has a respectable school of architecture, so this could be a new direction for some develpoers.

http://cornellsun.com/blog/2015/02/18/1025095/

Actually this has happened before. Thanks to Vis at Ithacating, here's an entry from his blog describing something similar over 30 years ago:

https://brancra.wordpress.com/2014/0...ment-building/

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An update from Ithacating. Unfortunately it's not all good news. Item 4.B. could put a real damper on the Canopy Hotel project. I sometimes think Ithaca is cursed with nimbyism.

https://brancra.wordpress.com/2015/0...ust-get-along/

:(

Some recent pics of the Six Mile Lofts project downtown (posted on Ithaca Builds site)

http://ithacabuilds.com/2015/02/26/l...r-to-february/


And more pics at the twitter site:

https://twitter.com/Lofts6MileCreek?...01052745715712

Interesting article from the Ithaca Voice about the Carey building project and small apartment living (including a vid):

http://ithacavoice.com/2015/02/exhib...haca-building/

A closer look at the ambitious Chain Works project in the old Morse Chain/Emerson Factory complex (from the Ithacabuilds website...lots of pics):

http://ithacabuilds.com/2015/03/01/a...orks-district/

This is a huge project for a city the size of Ithaca.

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An brief update from the Cornell Sun regarding a project on campus:

http://cornellsun.com/blog/2015/03/0...16-completion/

And here's more info about this project from Ithacabuilds website:

http://ithacabuilds.com/category/cur...-hall-cornell/

Both hopeful and worrisome news in the latest posting at Ithacating:

https://brancra.wordpress.com/2015/0...-on-east-hill/

:uhh:

The latest entry for the Ithacating blog is of a more positive nature overall:

https://brancra.wordpress.com/2015/0...ousing-market/

I hope the convention facility gets finalized asap, the downtown area needs a pick-me-up after the mess which is the Commons renovation.

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A short news video about the continuing renovation of the downtown Commons project.

http://www.twcnews.com/nys/central-n...a-commons.html

An interesting article from the Ithaca Times ref: affordable housing in Ithaca:

http://www.ithaca.com/news/solving-t...8dbbefd73.html

Some unexpected news from the recent Planning & Development Board meeting. Looks like downtown may be getting another mid-rise building. Hope this actually happens, and it's location will enhance the Seneca Street corridor. Here's an article from the Ithaca Voice:

http://ithacavoice.com/2015/03/tompk...wntown-ithaca/

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I'm not sure if I've included this before, but here's a fairly recently completed "pocket neighborhood" not too far from downtown:

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An article from the Ithaca Voice ref: the proposed Tompkins Financial Corp. new headquarters building downtown:

http://ithacavoice.com/2015/04/tompk...wntown-ithaca/

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An updtae ref: a project being proposed for a difficult location. This is from the Ithacating@Cornell Heights blog:

https://brancra.wordpress.com/2015/0...pencer-street/

Will have to wait and see what the city decides.

The Ithaca Commons rebuilt project has the place all tore up.
(the video is a bit shaky):

• Video Link

:rolleyes:

A photo gallery covering some of the developments in and around downtown Ithaca (from the Ithaca Journal):

http://www.ithacajournal.com/picture...haca/25592299/

And an article about much of the construction in the city (again from the Ithaca Journal):

http://www.ithacajournal.com/story/n...boom/25579873/

:)

An update from the Ithacating blog. Gotta say I'm not crazy about the proposed library design for the Cornell Architecture school in Rand Hall (item #2).

https://brancra.wordpress.com/2015/0...row-from-here/

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