Shaping a City : : Ithaca, New York, a Developer's Perspective /

Shaping a City : : Ithaca, New York, a Developer's Perspective / / Mack Travis.

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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 Unive...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Complete eBook-Package 2018
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Travis, Mack,
Place / Publishing House:Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2018]
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Year of Publication:2018
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (320 p.) :; 112 b&w halftones, 2 maps
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • 1. The Commons (1971–75): A Pedestrian Mall
  • 2. CLUG: A Lesson in City Planning
  • 3. The Strategy (1973–92): Quality Housing
  • 4. Center Ithaca (1980–94): A Financial Failure
  • 5. The BID (1993–95): A Business Improvement District
  • 6. A Second Attempt (1996–98): Success
  • 7. Arrival (1999): The Candidate
  • 8. The Strategic Plan (1999–2000): Headed Up or Headed Down?
  • 9. Crisis (2000): A Postal Disaster
  • 10. Gateway Plaza (2001): Survival, Vision, and Tax Abatements
  • 11. The Hotel (2002–5): Throwing Down the Gauntlet
  • 12. Behind the Scenes: Growing the Market
  • 13. Gateway Commons (2005–6): The Pride Project
  • 14. The Ripple Effect: Do You Believe?
  • 15. The Out-of-Town Developers (2003–15): A Study in Perseverance
  • 16. Other Forces at Work: IURA, TCAD, Historic Ithaca, ILPC, and IDA
  • 17. “Changing People’s Lives”: Ithaca Neighborhood Housing Services
  • 18. The Whole County (1974–2010): The South Hill Business Campus
  • 19. Looking Back at the Strategic Plan (2000–2010): The End of a Decade
  • 20. Looking Ahead (2010–20): The 2020 Strategic Plan
  • 21. Density: Seneca Way (2010–12)—One Vote!
  • 22. Collegetown Terrace (2007–17): Breaking out of the Mold
  • 23. Community Focus (1828–2008): Avoiding a Bankruptcy
  • 24. Opportunities (2008–15): A Successful Collaboration
  • 25. Nonprofi t Survival: How to Improve the Bottom Line through Real Estate Ownership
  • 26. The Women’s Community Building (1960–2014): Breckenridge Place- AffordableHousing in the Heart of Downtown
  • 27. You Don’t Always Win (2012–13): Public Service Meets an Immovable Object
  • 28. Shifting Emphasis (2013): A Family Business
  • 29. Devil in the Details (2014): Synergy and the Big Picture
  • 30. Coltivare (2011–14): Farm to Bistro
  • 31. Rezoning (2013–14): Overzealous?
  • 32. Cornell Program in Real Estate (2014–15): The Class
  • 33. A Corporate Commitment (2016–18): Since 1836
  • 34. The Next Generation: They Get It!
  • 35. Where Do We Go from Here? The Road Forward
  • Afterword
  • Appendix: “Growing Up and Out” by Karen Gadiel and Interview with Gary Ferguson
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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