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Author Travis, Mack, author

Title Shaping a city : Ithaca, New York, a developer's perspective / Mack Travis
Published Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2018

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Contents The Commons (1971-1975) : a pedestrian mall -- CLUG : a lesson in city planning -- The strategy (1973-1990) : quality housing -- Center Ithaca (1980-1994) : a financial failure -- The BID (1993-1995) : a business improvement district -- A second attempt (1996-1998) : success -- Arrival (1999) : the candidate -- The strategic plan (1999-2000) : headed up or headed down -- Crisis (2000) : a postal disaster -- Gateway Plaza (2001) : survival, vision, and tax abatements -- The hotel (2002-2005) : throwing down the gauntlet -- Behind the scenes : growing the market -- Gateway Commons (2005-2006) : the pride project -- The ripple effect : do you believe? -- The out-of-town developers (2003-2015) : a study in perseverance -- Other forces at work : IURA, TCAD, Historic Ithaca, ILPC, and IDA -- Changing people's lives : Ithaca Neighborhood Housing Services -- The whole county (1974-2010) : the South Hill Business Campus -- Looking back at the strategic plan (2000-2010) : the end of a decade -- Looking ahead (2010-2020) : the 2020 strategic plan -- Density : Seneca Way (2010-2012) : one vote! -- Collegetown Terrace (2007-2017) : breaking out of the mold -- Community focus (1828-2008) : avoiding a bankruptcy -- Opportunities (2008-2015) : a successful collaboration -- Nonprofit survival : how to improve the bottom line through real estate ownership -- The Women's Community Building (1960-2014) : Breckenridge Place : affordable housing in the heart of downtown -- You don't always win (2012-2013) : public service meets an immovable object -- Shifting emphasis (2013) : a family business -- Devil in the details (2014) : synergy and the big picture -- Coltivare (2011-2014) : farm to bistro -- Rezoning (2013-2014) : overzealous? -- Cornell Program in Real Estate (2014-2015) : the class -- A corporate commitment (2016-2018) : since 1836 -- The next generation : they get it! -- Where do we go from here? : the road forward
Summary "This is the story of one Ithaca, New York, developer's involvement from first buying and renovating small houses to gradually expanding his thinking and projects to include a recognition of the interdependence of 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 now recognized as among the best small cities in the country"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Travis, Mack
SUBJECT Travis, Mack
Subject Real estate development -- New York (State) -- Ithaca -- History
City planning -- New York (State) -- Ithaca -- History
Urban renewal -- New York (State) -- Ithaca -- History
Central business districts -- New York (State) -- Ithaca -- History
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Real Estate -- General.
ARCHITECTURE -- Urban & Land Use Planning.
Central business districts
City planning
Real estate development
Urban renewal
SUBJECT Ithaca (N.Y.) -- History
Subject New York (State) -- Ithaca
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2018040190
ISBN 9781501730153
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