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Book Lansing at the Crossroads

Download or read book Lansing at the Crossroads written by Seymour Smidt and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2001-03-20 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The construction of a new four-lane highway on the outskirts of Ithaca, NY created a rapidly growing commercial center in the previously rural Town of Lansing. The clash between the newcomers and the old-timers over the direction and pace of this change led to the formation of a new local government and the incorporation of the Village of Lansing. This is the story of that village, how and why it was formed, the problems it faced in its early years, and the victories its people won in gaining control of their own communal future. It is also a story that mirrors, on a small scale, significant national trends: urban sprawl, spreading sub urbanization, the popular reaction against the disappearance of America's open lands and the mounting costs of extending the urban infrastructure, and the turning away from centralization to local control as the preferred means of solving public problems.

Book Ithaca s Neighborhoods

    Book Details:
  • Author : Carol U. Sisler
  • Publisher : De Witt Historical Society
  • Release : 1988-01-01
  • ISBN : 9780942690378
  • Pages : 221 pages

Download or read book Ithaca s Neighborhoods written by Carol U. Sisler and published by De Witt Historical Society. This book was released on 1988-01-01 with total page 221 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Landmarks of Tompkins County  N Y

Download or read book Landmarks of Tompkins County N Y written by John H. Selkreg and published by Higginson Books. This book was released on 1993-01-01 with total page 976 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Shaping a City

    Book Details:
  • Author : Mack Travis
  • Publisher : Cornell Publishing
  • Release : 2018-12-15
  • ISBN : 1501730150
  • Pages : 317 pages

Download or read book Shaping a City written by Mack Travis and published by Cornell Publishing. This book was released on 2018-12-15 with total page 317 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Picture your downtown vacant, boarded up, while the malls surrounding your city are thriving. What would you do? In 1974 the politicians, merchants, community leaders, and business and property owners, of Ithaca, New York, joined together to transform main street into a pedestrian mall. Cornell University began an Industrial Research Park to keep and attract jobs. Developers began renovating run-down housing. City Planners crafted a long-range plan utilizing State legislation permitting a Business Improvement District (BID), with taxing authority to raise up to 20 percent of the City tax rate focused on downtown redevelopment. Shaping a City is the behind-the-scenes story of one developer’s involvement, from first buying and renovating small houses, gradually expanding his thinking and projects to include a recognition of the interdependence of the entire city—jobs, infrastructure, retail, housing, industry, taxation, banking and City Planning. It is the story of how he, along with other local developers transformed a quiet, economically challenged upstate New York town into one that is recognized nationally as among the best small cities in the country. The lessons and principles of personal relationships, cooperation and collaboration, the importance of density, and the power of a Business Improvement District to catalyze change, are ones you can take home for the development and revitalization of your city.

Book History of Cayuga County  New York  With Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of Some of Its Prominent Men and Pioneers

Download or read book History of Cayuga County New York With Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of Some of Its Prominent Men and Pioneers written by Elliot G. Storke and published by Legare Street Press. This book was released on 2022-10-27 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Book 365 Things to Do in Ithaca New York

Download or read book 365 Things to Do in Ithaca New York written by Laurel Guy and published by Schiffer Publishing. This book was released on 2016-12-28 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this innovative guidebook, Ithaca insider Laurel Guy weaves 10,000 details into a portrait of the town, its people and yes, the weather. Recording her thoughts over the course of a year, she takes readers on a on-of-a kind exploration of the city and its surroundings, delving into both history and wahat's new ... Natural wonders. Offbeat outings. ... Cornell trivia. Restaurants and bars. Coffee. Art. Theater. Kidstuff. ... gorgeous gorges.--

Book Choosing a Sustainable Future

Download or read book Choosing a Sustainable Future written by Liz Walker and published by New Society Publishers. This book was released on 2011-02-01 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A small city's big vision that can help transform your own community. We all want a sustainable future, but what does it look like, and how do we get there? In Ithaca, NY a new culture is blossoming-one that values cooperation, local production, environmental stewardship, social justice andcreativity. Ithaca is showing the way to meet the challenges of the day with a wide variety of practical, real-world solutions. Filled with inspiring examples, Choosing a Sustainable Future provides readers with a remarkable sense of possibility. Explore Ithaca's: bustling, vibrant farmers markets, overflowing with fresh, local produce award-winning community credit union that triples the savings of low-income people flagship college sustainability programs pioneering alternative transportation programs, such as Ithaca Carshare innovative efforts by coalitions of local business, university, government and activists to create transformation in areas as diverse as green building, city planning, health and wellness, and honoring cultural diversity. Taken together, these examples of citizen engagement are a taste of what life could be like in a sustainable city of the future. In a time of overwhelming economic, social and environmental crises, Choosing aSustainable Future provides a quiet, authoritative voice of hope.

Book Landmarks of Tompkins County  New York

Download or read book Landmarks of Tompkins County New York written by John H. Selkreg and published by . This book was released on 1894 with total page 1206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Tompkins County New York

    Book Details:
  • Author : Municipal Historians of Tompkins County
  • Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
  • Release : 2009-09-01
  • ISBN : 1625843402
  • Pages : 257 pages

Download or read book Tompkins County New York written by Municipal Historians of Tompkins County and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2009-09-01 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Decades of memories culled from attics, albums, and organizations alike are preserved in this charming collection of photographs chronicling the everyday lives of Tompkins County residents. This book showcases images of activity, such as farmers hard at work and people dancing into the early hours of the morning, as well as the more subdued images of universal human connection, such as moments of sorrow, contemplation and reflection. The stories of those from the past unfold as they bring to life a history long forgotten and a sense of continuity and familiarity uniting these disparate worlds.

Book History of Otsego County  New York

Download or read book History of Otsego County New York written by Duane Hamilton Hurd and published by . This book was released on 1878 with total page 562 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Genealogist s Address Book

Download or read book The Genealogist s Address Book written by Elizabeth Petty Bentley and published by . This book was released on 2005-03 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Landmarks of Tompkins County  New York

Download or read book Landmarks of Tompkins County New York written by Waterman Thomas Hewett and published by . This book was released on 1894 with total page 1173 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Landmarks of Tompkins county  New York  including a history of Cornell university

Download or read book Landmarks of Tompkins county New York including a history of Cornell university written by John H. Selkreg and published by Dalcassian Publishing Company. This book was released on 1894-01-01 with total page 1171 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: