“When Brad Edmondson looks out his window high above State Street, just west of The Commons, he doesn’t just see people scurrying around. He sees single-parent householders. He sees people of Hispanic origin. He sees people who spend more than 25...
Submitted by Eve Snyder on April 21, 2025 14:03
Kathy Hovis, “Magazine makes sense of the numbers,” Ithaca Journal, July 31, 1991, 7.
Permit granted for the demolition of 502 N Aurora St.
Submitted by Eve Snyder on November 25, 2025 02:30
"Building Permits," Ithaca Journal, March 9, 1966, 24.
502 N Aurora St Ithaca (as of 1899) 46 Farm St Ithaca (as of 1878) 18 Farm St Ithaca
"The three banks along this block of Tioga Street create a small-scale financial district. The current Citizens Savings Bank (1924, Gibb and Waltz) is the third on the site. The offices of the Ithaca Savings Bank, founded in 1868, were located her...
Submitted by Eve Snyder on September 29, 2024 00:54
Historic Ithaca, DeWitt Park Historic District and Downtown Ithaca: An Architectural Walking Tour, 28. http://www.historicithaca.org/
118 N Tioga St Ithaca (as of 1899)
18 N Tioga St Ithaca
116 N Tioga St Ithaca (as of 1899)
16 N Tioga St Ithaca
114 N Tioga St Ithaca (as of 1899)
14 N Tioga St Ithaca
114-118 N Tioga St Ithaca
Manning’s Ithaca Directory, January 1954 H. A. Manning Co, Schenectady, NY
130 S Tioga St Ithaca (as of 1899)
20 S Tioga St Ithaca
128 S Tioga St Ithaca (as of 1899)
20 S Tioga St Ithaca
“Lying friendless and alone in a police cell, a prisoner is waiting the decision of City Judge Daniel Crowley as to whether or no he shall die. His case has been tried before and each time he has been shown mercy. Now another offense has been comm...
Submitted by Eve Snyder on November 01, 2024 17:18
“’Nap’ in Jail; Also in Danger,” Ithaca Journal , October 21, 1915, 3.
"Definite plans for the construction of the new Star Theater were made public today and it is probable that work will be commenced next week on the re-construction of the building in which it is to be located. It is hoped by the management to ha...
Submitted by Eve Snyder on May 01, 2026 20:30
"New Amusement Place Assured: Star Theater Co. Leases Small Mill property," Ithaca Daily Journal, August 6, 1908, 3, https://www.nyshistoricnewspap...
Albert C. Wood granted a permit to build a single-family house on the property formerly owned by Ithaca College.
Submitted by Eve Snyder on November 25, 2025 02:30
"Requests Granted By Zoning Board," Ithaca Journal, May 3, 1966, 3.
210 Farm St Ithaca
502 N Aurora St Ithaca (as of 1899)
46 Farm St Ithaca (as of 1878)
18 Farm St Ithaca
"Joan Murray (1937-) was the first African American female television news reporter in the United States, as well as an entrepreneur, small plane pilot, and writer. The Joan Murray papers detail her career in media and marketing; her personal life...
Submitted by Eve Snyder on April 10, 2026 20:28
Joan Murray papers, Sc MG 847, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public L...
“Demolition of the old Rothschild’s department store began this morning, while 40 paces away the new store is nearing completion on schedule. The old store first opened its doors in 1889. It will remain in business until Friday, Aug. 15, when it...
Submitted by Eve Snyder on April 03, 2026 15:42
“Down Tumbles the Old, Up with New Rothschild’s,” Ithaca Journal, August 5, 1975, 3.
"James L Gibbs was a trail-blazer. He was a man who took community service seriously and spent his whole life working tirelessly for the betterment of the African American community in Ithaca. And he did it at a time when opportunities for black A...
Submitted by Eve Snyder on July 27, 2026 17:02
Donna Eschenbrenner, "Exhibit Remembers First Director of Southside," Ithaca Journal, July 12, 2008, 11.
Manning’s Ithaca Directory, March 1949 H. A. Manning Co, Schenectady, NY