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Work Preserve Success!
Adam, a 24 year old who came to Work Preserve through the Job Link program seven months ago, stopped by the HI office to let us know how...

Historic Ithaca
Dec 6, 20221 min read
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Zenas King Bowstring Bridge
The Zenas King Bowstring Truss Bridge, located in Newfield, was built in the 1870s. King Iron Bridge and Manufacturing Company built over...

Historic Ithaca
Nov 15, 20221 min read
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Professor Stuart Stein
Stuart Stein was a professor of City and Regional Planning at Cornell University and was deeply involved in local community planning....

Historic Ithaca
Nov 8, 20221 min read
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Professor Barclay Jones
Barclay Jones was faculty member at Cornell University and a leader in the preservation field, in and outside of Tompkins County. As an...

Historic Ithaca
Nov 1, 20221 min read
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Courtney Crawford
Courtney Crawford was a long-time supporter of Historic Ithaca in its earliest years. He served on the board of directors from 1969...

Historic Ithaca
Oct 25, 20221 min read
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Victoria Romanoff
Victoria Romanoff was one of the first and most influential members of Historic Ithaca. Of her many accomplishments, Romanoff served as...
Historic Ithaca
Oct 18, 20221 min read
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Constance Saltonstall
Among her many roles at Historic Ithaca, Constance Saltonstall served as a project manager for the Clinton House restoration and was...
Historic Ithaca
Oct 11, 20221 min read
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Carol U. Sisler
Carol U. Sisler was Historic Ithaca’s first dedicated staff member, initially hired in 1972 as the executive secretary, and later serving...
Historic Ithaca
Oct 4, 20221 min read
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Professor Stephen Jacobs
Professor Stephen Jacobs was a professor of architectural history at Cornell University and an important figure in and outside of...
Historic Ithaca
Sep 27, 20221 min read
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Richard Pieper
Richard Pieper became Historic Ithaca’s first architectural conservator in 1981. Through his experience as a restoration craftsman and...
Historic Ithaca
Sep 20, 20221 min read
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Downtown West Local Historic District
Downtown West, designated in 2015, is Ithaca's newest local historic district. It encompasses seven residential structures, built between...
Historic Ithaca
Sep 13, 20221 min read
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Work Preserve
Historic Ithaca’s Work Preserve job training program was launched 2010 and expanded in 2012. With support from the City of Ithaca...
Historic Ithaca
Sep 6, 20221 min read
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Tompkins County Barn Project
Historic Ithaca launched the Tompkins County Barn Project in summer of 2008 with the goal of documenting the quickly disappearing...
Historic Ithaca
Aug 30, 20221 min read
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Ithaca Downtown Commercial Historic District
Historic Ithaca collaborated with the City of Ithaca and the Ithaca Downtown Partnership in writing the National Register nomination for...
Historic Ithaca
Aug 23, 20221 min read
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Welcoming a New Face to Significant Elements
Hannah Brand joined the Significant Elements team as a retail associate in late July, 2022. She comes to Ithaca from the St. Louis area...
Historic Ithaca
Aug 16, 20221 min read
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Cradit-Moore House
On May 23, 2000, Historic Ithaca moved Cornell University’s Cradit-Moore House. Threatened by Cornell’s North Campus initiative, Historic...
Historic Ithaca
Aug 9, 20221 min read
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Ithaca City Cemetery
Historic Ithaca held its first ever Halloween graveyard tour in 1994. Many rural cemeteries have been toured since then, but by 2000,...
Historic Ithaca
Aug 2, 20221 min read
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State Theatre
The State Theatre is the only surviving early movie palace in Ithaca and is widely regarded as the finest example of its kind. Opened in...
Historic Ithaca
Jul 26, 20221 min read
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The Ithaca Bill
In 1993, Lynn Truame of Historic Ithaca (now the Community Development Planner at Ithaca’s Urban Renewal Agency) began to research and...
Historic Ithaca
Jul 19, 20221 min read
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West Dryden Community Center
In 1995, Historic Ithaca embarked on a new rehabilitation project, the West Dryden Community Center. Built in 1832, the building was...
Historic Ithaca
Jul 12, 20221 min read
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