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Ithaca Directory 1986LH-REF 974.7 Ithaca 1986Bellows Falls, Vt. : H.A. Manning Co.

Ithaca - Tompkins County Public LibraryIthaca Tompkins County Public Library (TCPL)Local History (LH)

Format: SerialNumber of pages: 500

Permission to digitize the Ithaca City Directories published by H. A. Manning Co. from1923 to 1986 granted by Jeffrey C. Manning, August 2010.

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ITHACA NEW YORK 14851

Area Code 607-272-8500

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Hudson Street Ext . P.O. Box 220 Ithaca, New York 14 8 5 1

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PROFESSIONAL SERVICEIN ALL PHASESOF REAL ESTATE

MEMBER FIRMS

BELCOR REALTY

JOHN BENTKOWSKI

J. R. BINGHAM REALTY CO.

LARRY CALDWELL REAL ESTATE

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CASSANITI REAL ESTATE

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COLDWELL BANKER CLASSIC PROPERTIES

CONLON REAL ESTATE

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DRYDEN REAL ESTATE, INC.

FOREST CITY REALTY

J. D. GALLAGHER CO.

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ITHACA REAL ESTATE AGENCY

KIMBALL REAL ESTATE

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DAVID LONG REAL ESTATE

CARRIE MARTIN REAL ESTATE

ROBERT S. MILLER

MORUSTY REAL ESTATE

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REAL ESTATE PROFESSIONALS

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VANDER REAL ESTATE

VANDERWOUDE REALTY

VILLAGE REAL ESTATE OF TOMPKINS CO.

WARREN REAL ESTATE

WILLIAMS REALTY

DICK WILSEN REAL ESTATE

YAMAN REAL ESTATE

ITHACA BOARD OF REALTORS, INC.

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ELECTRONIC ASSEMBLY

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Cbt Saloation Jlrmy(Incorporated)

LT. and MRS. DAVID A. CHAMPLIN(Officers in Charge)

150 N. ALBANY ST. 273-2400 ITHACA

The Salvation Army Corps-Community Center

SUNDA Y WORSHIP SCHEDULE

10:00 A. M. Sunday SchoolFor All Ages

II :00 A.M. Holiness Meeting6:00 P.M . Salvation Meeting

Ithaca. New York

Co rne live the good life!

IT MAKES GOOD SENSE TO WORK WITHYOUR CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

When in the Tompkins County Area andwant information on the goods and servicesavailable, stop in at the Chamber office andask for a copy of ou r BUYER'S GUIDE.We also have listings of area Manufacturers,Contractors and Processors. MAPS of the areaare also available.

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If You Are Planning To Start A New Business, The ChamberIs Your Place For "ONE STOP" Information and Service.

The Tompkins County Chamber of Commerce122 West Court Street , Ithaca, N.Y.

Office Hours: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Weekdays

Tel.: (607) 273-7080

Contempla te ringing every doorbell in town ...

interviewing each resident, noting thousands of ad ­

dress changes, deaths, marriages, phone numbers, post­

ing every new name by hand, debating every confliction,

administering over a 60% change in the listings, proof­

reading over 300,000 lines of copy, printing, binding,

billing, distributing ... and then six months later, start­

ing all over again. Sometimes there isn't time to think.

We like our work. We're proud of it. We hope you

like it too.

Ever think how muchgoes into publishinga city directory?

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Tompkins Cortland Community College

Programs in Allied Health, Business, Liberal Arts,Science and Technology, Public Service, Hospitality

Founded 1966/sponsored jointly by Tompkins andCortland Counties/located on 220 acres/housed in asingle open-style building/one of 29 community col­leges in the State University of New York/24 degreeprograms offering career-oriented and liberal artscourses/ 190 teaching faculty/ 120 total staff andemployees/3,500 students enrolled full-time and part­time, day and evening/courses offered at extensioncenters in the area/transfer agreements with over 30four-year colleges and universities .

For additional information, call the Office ofContinuing Education, Tompkins Cortland CommunityCollege, 844-8211, extension 315 .

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ITHACA CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT

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THE BOARD OF E'DUCATIONFred B. Widding, PresidentDonald Tobias, V-President

Fred B. WiddingDonald Tobias

Ginger Cohen

MEMBERSSusan Veres

Rita B. StoryNick Salvatore

David McFarrenCamille TischlerArthur L. Berkey

EDUCATION FOR TODAY AND TOMORROWThe Board of Education of the Ithaca City School District strives

constantly to offer an excellent educational program for allstudents of the community.

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CITY OF ITHACACITY GOVERNMENT

CITY HALL, 108 EAST GREEN ST.272-1713

JOHN c. GUTENBERGER, MAYORSEAN F. KILLEEN, ACTING MAYOR

PEGGY HAINE, ALTERNATE ACTING MAYOR

ALDERMENRAYMOND M. SCHLATHER ROBERT S. ROMANOWSKI DAVID LYTEL

SUSAN CUMMINGS RICHARD BOOTH JAMES P. DENNIS SEAN F. KILLEENPEGGY HAINE DANIEL L. HOFFMAN CAROLYN PETERSON

Regular meetings, 1st Wednesday of each month at 7:30 p.m. -Council Chamber, City Hall, 108 E. Green St.

CITY OFFICERS

CITY CONTROLLERJoseph Spano

DEPUTY CITY CONTROLLERDominick Cafferillo

CITY CLERKCallista Paolangi

DEPUTY CITY CLERKVacant

ATTORNEY FOR CITYRalph Nash

CITY CHAMBERLAINDe bra Parsons

CITY JUDGEJames J. Clynes, Jr.M. John Sherman, Acting City Judge

CITY PROSECUTORStephen Bowman

PERSONNEL ADMINISTRATORHazel B. Shaw

CLERK CITY COURTDonna Srnka

BUILDING COMMISSIONERThomas Hoard

CHIEF OF POLICEJames M. Herson

POLICE COMMISSIONERSDavid Wallace, Jack K. Kiely,Deborah Manning, Pete Curry,Michael Ellis

FIRE CHIEFEdward Olmstead

FIRE COMMISSIONERSRobert L. AndersonKarl SchmidHoward Teeter, chm

DOG WARDENSPCA (by Contract)

SCHOOLS(See page 9)

CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSIONRobert V. Pezdek, Exec. Sec.Mary SlaghtL" ~;se S. WilcoxIrene Schickel

COMMON COUNCILCOMMITTEES

BUDGET ANDADMINISTRATION

James P. Dennis, Chm.Daniel Hoffman, Vice Chm.Raymond M SchlatherSusan CummingsSean F Killeen

CHARTER AND ORDINANCERaymond Schlather, Chm.Richard Booth, Vice-Chm.David LytelPeggy HaineRobert Romanowski

HUMAN SERVICESCOMMITTEE

Carolyn Peterson, Chm.Robert Romanowski, Vice Chm.Richard BoothSean F. Killeen

PLANNING ANDDEVELOPMENT

Susan Cummings, Chm.Peggy Haine, Vice Chm.Carolyn PetersonDavid LytelJ ames Dennis

SUPERINTENDENT OFPUBLIC WORKS

John A. Dougherty

BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKSThe Mayor, Chairman and Member

Ex-OfficioCommissioners:

Marc A. AlbaneseDonald SlatteryCharlotte StoneBenjamin NicholsHarold F. GerkinCarol C. Reeves

Regular meetings 2nd and 4thWednesdays of each month at 4:00p.m., Council Chamber City Hall

DIRECTOR OF PLANNING& DEVELOPMENT

H. Matthys VanCort

ITHACA URBAN RENEWALAGENCY jCOMMUNITYDEVELOPMENTCOMMISSION

John Gutenberger, Chm.Members:

Stuart SteinAnne JonesJames DennisClarence Reed

TOWN OF ITHACA

OFFICIALSNOEL DESCH, Supervisor

JEAN H. SWARTWOOD, Clerk & Receiver of TaxesGENEVIEVE MILLER, Deputy ClerkNANCY M FULLER, Deputy Clerk

CONSTANCE E. ALLEN, Asst. Budget OfficerJOHN C. BARNEY, Attorney

MERTON J. WALLENBECK, JusticeWARREN A. BLYE, Justice

LAWRENCE P. FABBRONI, Town EngineerROBERT E. PARKIN, Highway Superintendent

TOWN BOARD MEMBERS

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Noel Desch, Supvr.Marc CramerPatricia Leary

Robert BartholfHenry McPeak

Shirley RaffenspergerGloria Howell

PLANNING BOARD MEMBERSMontgomery May, Chm. Barbara SchultzVirginia Langhans James BakerCarolyn Grigorov Edward Mazza

David Klein

ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS MEMBERSHenry Aron, Chm. Edward N. AustenJoan Reuning Edward W. King

Jack Hewett

TOWN HISTORIANDR. HELEN BLAUVELT

126 E. SENECA 273-1721 ITHACA

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TOMPKINS COUNTYCOURTHOUSE, 320 NORTH TIOGA STREET

AIRPORT MANAGERJohn Joubert

ASSESSMENTDonald Franklin, Acting Director

BOARD OF REPRESENTATIVESIthaca-Jeffrey TrueIthaca-Donald J CulliganIthaca-Stuart SteinIthaca-Ethel NicholsIthaca-Donald LiftonLansing-Helen E. HowellDanby /Caroline-Frank P. ProtoEnfield/Newfield-Donald B. BrownGroton-Phil ShurtleffNE Ithaca Town-Mary CallSE Ithaca Town-Beverly E. LivesayW Ithaca Town-Deborah F. DietrichDryden-Kenneth Tillapaugh 'Dryden-Robert I. WatrosUlysses-James MasonPhyllis B. Howell, ClerkJudy Caporicco, Deputy

BUILDING _._ ,\/TENANCEDonn Williams, General Bldg. Supvr.

COMMUNITY C..JLLEGEHushang Bahar, President

COUNTY ADMINISTRATORScott HeymanDavid Doyle, Deputy Finance

COUNTY ATTORNEYRobert I. WilliamsonGeorge Pfann, Asst.Jonathan Albanese, Asst.

COUNTY CLERKRachael PierceMildred Boronkay, Deputy

COUNTY HISTORIANMargaret Hobbie

COUNTY HOMEShirley Brennan, Administrator

FAMILY COURT CLERKJoan GoodMartha Harris, Deputy

FIRE AND DISASTERJohn Miller, Coordinator

HUMAN RIGHTS INVESTIGATORTheda Zimrot

HUMAN SERVICES COALITIONMichael Messitt, Exec. Dir.

JUDGES OF COUNTY, SURROGATEAND FAMILY COURT

William C. BarrettElizabeth Friedlander

SUPREME COURT JUSTICEFrederick Bryant

JURY COMMISSIONERBarbara Auble, Acting

LIBRARYLouis Mezgar, Director

MEDICAL EXAMINERManuel Posso, M.D.John G. Maines, DeputyJerome Nosanchuk, Deputy

MENTAL HEALTH SERVICESAnthony DeLuca, Director

MOTOR VEHICLE BUREAUPenny McGuire, Supervisor

OFFICE FOR THE AGINGMargaret Harding, Director

PERSONNELHugh Hurlbut, Commissioner

PLANNING COMMISSIONERFrank Liguori, Dir.Harry Missirian, Asst.

PROBATIONKathryn Leinthal, Probation Dir.

STOP DWIJanet Nissenson, Coordinator

SURROGATE COURTConstance DeLaney, ClerkCarol A. Burns, Deputy

SYSTEMS ANALYSTFred Hoffman

YOUTH BUREAUNancy Zahler, Dir.

TOWN SUPERVISORSCaroline-Suzanne YapleDanby-Donald BurdickDryden-Clinton E. CotterillEnfield-Etta C. GrayGroton-Teresa RobinsonIthaca-Noel DeschLansing-Herbert HowellNewfield-James Drader, Jr.Ulysses-Martin Luster

TOWN CLERKSCaroline-Marilyn WebbDanby-Linda FetherbayDryden-Susanne LloydEnfield-Shirley HolcombGroton-Colleen D. PiersonIthaca-Jean SwartwoodLansing-Jane Bush HorkeyNewfields-Lois MinteerUlysses-Marsha L. Georgia

VILLAGE CLERKSCayuga Heights-Ann KrohtoDryden-Mary Jane NeffFreeville-Elizabeth BrennanGroton-Charles V. RankinLansing-Sylvia SmithTrumansburg-Ralph Ness

VILLAGE MAYORSCayuga Heights-Fred G. MarchamDryden-Michael El LaneFreeville-Carol BurgessGroton-Edward WestlakeLansing-Anne FurryTrumansburg-Carl Mann, Jr.

REPRESENTATIVE IN STATESENATE

Lloyd Steve Riford, 50th District

REPRESENTATIVE IN STATEASSEMBLY

Hugh S. MacNeil, l25th District

REPRESENTATIVES IN STATECONGRESS

Matthew McHugh, 28th DistrictStanley Lundine, 34th DistrictSherwood Boehlert, 25th District

SOCIAL SERVICESMary Pat Dolan, Commissioner

SEALER OF WEIGHTS ANDMEASURES

Louis Emmick

PUBLIC WORKSWilliam J. Mobbs, Sr., Commissioner

PUBLIC HEALTHSuzanne Stopen, Dir.

SHERIFFRobert HowardEdward Mikula, Undersheriff

EMPLOYMENT and TRAINING DIR.Randy Harmon

ELECTION COMMISSIONERSShary ZifchockMarian Gillespie

DISTRICT ATTORNEYBenjamin J. BuckoMichael J. Costello, Asst.William A. Lange, Jr., Asst.R. James Miller, Asst.Robert C. Mulvey, Asst.Norma Schwab, Asst.James Church, Asst.

ITHACA, N. Y.TOMPKINS COUNTY

Compiled by H. A. Manning Co. for the Ithaca City Direc to ry with the assistance of the City of Ithaca.

LOCATION - The City of Ithaca, located in the heart of theFinger Lakes Region of Central New York State a t the head ofbeautiful Cayuga Lake , is famous for its educa tional institutions ,its position as an agr icultural ce nter of the northeast UnitedStates , its rugged and pictur esque scenic beauty, and its manypro gressive industries .

Known far and wide as the home of Corn ell University andIthaca College, Ithaca is noted for its culture and refined atm os ­phe re in all ar eas of business and social life.

Its la titude is 42 deg rees 26 minutes north and its longitude is 76degrees 29 minu tes west, Situated in the cent er of the SouthernTier of New York Stat e , it is 240 miles northwest of New YorkCity, Boston is 350 miles east, Alban y 175 miles east, Buffalo 150miles northwest , Rochester 88 miles northwest , Elmira 35 milessouthwest , Binghamt on 50 miles so utheas t and Syracus e 55 milesnortheas t.

TOPOGRAPHY Ithaca is in a land of lakes and hills, deepravine s and towe ring cliffs , waterfalls and catarac ts . The city itselfis bord ered on three sides by hills cut thro ugh by the deep gorgesof Six Mile , Ca scad illa and Fall Creeks which abound withcascades and waterfalls , and on the north by Ca yuga Lake , allpro viding a most picturesque setting. Climate rang es in temp­era ture from an average minimum of 26 degr ees to an averagemaximum of 69 degrees. Th is co mpara tively close range ofminimum and maxim um temperatures results from Ithaca 'sen viable pos ition at the head of 40-mile long Cayuga Lake . Theeleva tion of the lake, in the city, is 383 feet above sea level and theCornell campus, the highest part of the city, is approximate ly 800feet above sea level.

HISTORICAL - Ithaca was settl ed in 1789, ten years after thevisit of a detachment of 200 men commanded by Col. Dearbornfrom the expenditionary force of GeneralSullivan first visited thearea on Septem ber 23, 1779. It was named Ithaca by SimeonDeW itt , Surveyor General und er Wash ington in 1795, after theancient Gr eek island of Ithaca . Incorpora ted as a village in 1821, itwas cha rtered as a city in 1888 and has bee n the co unty seat ofTompkins Coun ty since the co unty's form ation in 1817. In dayslong past , Ithaca was a cent er of inland wate r transportation aswell as the salt ce nte r of New York State .

POPULATION - Ithaca 's met ropolitan area has a population,according to the 1980 cen sus, of 51,148. Th is includes the City ofIthaca , Village of Cayuga Heights , Ithaca Townsh ip, Village ofLansing and the students of Cornell Universityand Ithaca College.As in many co mmunities, extensive growth has been seen in thepop ulat ion outsi de the central city. Between 1900and 1981 the citypopulation increased from 13,150 to 28,886 or 120%. The studen tpopulation in 1900 was slightly less than 3,000 today there ar e ove r23,000.

Tompkins Co unty , acc ording to the 1980 feder al ce nsus, had87,046 inhabitants , including students .

MERCANTILE Ithaca is a trad ing cente r of some 100,000persons and has stores comparable with those of cities muchlarger. Because of the Univer sity popu lation, in a communitywhich wants the best , re tail stores ca rry merchandise equa l invariety and quality to s tores in leadin g cities . In Tompkins Cou ntyther e are over 700 ret ail stor es , employing over 4,000 persons withannua l sales in excess of $242,000,000. There are also ove r 70wholesale houses with annual sales ofove r $46,500,000. About 630

ser vice trade establishmen ts are also located in TompkinsCounty. There are about 300 professional offices locat ed withinthe city alone , and the city's nat ionally-known Ithaca Commonspedestrian shopping mall is suppl ement ed by seven shoppingcenters in the urban ar ea .

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Photo by Curt Foer sterDATA TERMINALS DIVISION OF THE NC R C O RPORATION

MORSE INDUSTRIAL C ORP.

MO RSE AUTOMOTIVE PRODUCTSBORG-WARNER CORP.

INOUSTRIAL - Although Ithaca is no t primarily an industrialcity, it has 51 man ufacturing establishme nts with an empl oymen tfigure in excess of 5,700 and a payroll totaling ove r $44,000,000.Co rnell Univer sity emp loys 8,500 fulltime work ers, Ithaca Collegeover 1000, and the New York State Electric & Gas Corporation650.

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Amon g the principal product s manufac tur ed her e a re : co m­pute r terminals , sh otguns , high-quality sc ientific research in­struments , heat -resistant materials , and guidan ce sys tem co m­ponents for the space industry , power dr ive cha ins, for auto­mative and o the r applica tion s , tec hnical quality coatings forscie ntific optical inst ru me nts , preci sion machine tools , da taprocessing and livestock monitoring instrume nts , salt, pho toengraving, books , maga zines , woodworking, and dairy product s .

THERM INC. , ITHACA, NY

The Cornel Un ivers ity Industry Res earch Park , located near theairport , ser ves several large co nce rns which enjoy a virtualpartnersh ip with the university in promoting many kinds ofrese arc h .

Part of the CAMPUS OF ITHACA COLLEGE

There are sites available for industrial development and several)rganizations are active in the promotion of industrial expansionwithin the Ithaca trading area . Inquiries addressed to the City ofIthaca Department of Planning and Development , 108 E. GreenSt., Ithaca, will bring a prompt repl y.

EDUCATIONAL Ithaca is amo ng the leading educa tiona l:ente rs of the sta te . The Ithaca City School Distri ct includ es 7alernentary sc hools with an enrollme nt of ove r 5,700 and a staff ofl60 teacher s and administra tors. Th e District co vers 160 sq uar eni les.

There are 2 middle schools , grades 6-9, and 1 alternatecommu nity sc hool , grades 6·12 and one of the most modern highschools in the sta te . Th ere is on e parochial school in Ithacaprovi ding clas se s fro m kinderga rte n through eighth grade . TheBoa rd of Cooperative Educa tional Services is also located in theIthaca area on Warren Road.

Tompkins Cortland Community Colle ge , a fast-growi ng juniorco llege , is located on a modern campus of the Tompkins-Sen eca­Tioga hillside along Route 13 in Dryden. Sponsored jointly byTompkins and Cortland Counties, the College was foun de d in1966. TC3 . as it is kn own locall y, grants associate deg rees in a widerange of car eer-oriented and libera l arts programs. More tha n3,500 students are enr olled part-time a nd full-ti me. day and night.T ompkins Cortland Community College is fully accredited, an da lso serves as a community center for residents of the area, wit hprograms conducted in communitie s throughout the bi-cou ntyarea as well as in its advanced-design "i ndoo r campus" in a singlegiant building.

TO MPKINS CORTLAND CO MMUNITY COLLEGE

ITHACA SENIOR HIG H SCHOOL

Cornell University , on e of the great universities of NorthAmerica , located on one of America's most beautiful ca mp usesove rloo king the city on Lake Cayuga , was founded in 1865 by EzraCornell. Th e average enrollment is about 17,000 students. TheUniversity includ es colleges of Arts and Sciences, Med icine ,Engineering, Architecture ; the State Col leges of Agricultu re andLife Scien ces , Veterinary Medicine, Human Ecology an d the Sta teSch ool of Industria l and Labor Rela tion s; and a Graduate Sch oolwhich , in addition to the major divisions of Law , Hot el Adm inis ­tration , management , and Medical Scie nce , offers degrees inhundreds of special subjects in 87 fields of study as diverse asAerospace Engineering, C ity and Regional Planning, MedievalStudIOS, Music and Zoo logy. It occ upies abo ut 7,000

acres of land and some 300 buildings on the Ithaca campus, whichalso houses governmental and private facilities such as thenatio nally-known Boyce Thompson Institute of Plan t Research .Other university facilities include the New York State AgriculturalResearch Station at Geneva , the Medical College and the ILRex tension in New York City, the Shoals Marine Laboratory in NewHamsphire and the National Atmosphere and Ionosph eric Cent erin Puerto Rico .

Ithaca College's contemporary ca mpus on South Hilloverlooksthe city of Ithaca and Cayuga Lake, and afford s a splendid view ofthe rolling hills around Ithaca. Founded as a Conservatory ofMusic in 1892, the College outgrew its DeWitt Park environmentdowntown and built a new campus in the 1960's . The College nowoffers more than 1,400 courses and 65 degree programs thr oughits six schools: Allied Health Professions; Business; Communica ­tions ; Health, Physical Education and Recreat ion ; Human ities;and Sciences; and Music. Ithaca College is now the largest privateresidential college in New York State , with an undergraduateenrollm ent of 5,000 and a graduate enrollmen t of some 150.

LIBRARIES There are many libraries , including: Tompkin sCoun ty Public Library which is located in the heart of the businessdist rict and gives an extensive service to the pub lic ; the Corn ellUniversity Library, located on the campus, has over 1,000,000volumes including special collections having international fame;the Ithaca College Library; and the Free Directory Librarymaintained by the H. A. Manning Co . at the Tompkins CountyPublic Library, 310 North Cayuga St. Also at Cornell Universityare the special ized libraries of Agricultur e , Industrial and LaborRelations, Engineering, Law, Hotel Administration, Fine Arts andothers . A five million dollar Research Library is located at Corn ell.

FINANCIAL - Ithaca has two commercial banks; one savingsbank , three out-of-co unty branch banks and one savings and loanassociation. These banks are well housed and progressive andhave grown with the city. The per capita wealth is high. The nettaxable value of city property for 1980 was $307,692,519.00. Thecity gove rnment has operated within its budget for the past 40years, has a low bonded indebtedness and the highest financialrating.

TRANSPORTATIO N - Ithaca is ser ved by U.S. Air,Empire/­Piedmont Airlines, and Brockway Air which operates from theTompkins County Airport with flights to New York City , Washing­ton , Pittsburg, Detroit and Chicago; and providing direct airpassenger, mail and cargo service to many New York , communi­ties as well as several in New England . Ithaca is the hub of anet work of highways that make travel to centra l New York State atou rist's dream. The city operates the Ithaca Transit Systemserving the entire city, the Tompkins Community Hospital andIthaca College. Bus ser vice to the surrounding suburbs is providedby Tomtran, a county-wide public transportation service of theCounty of Tompkins. Ithaca is ser ved by the Greyhound BusLines and pro vides a terminus for interurban bus service fromElmira , Watkins Glen , Binghamton, Owego , Cortland , Syracuse ,Rochester, New York City, etc .

Ithaca is also a te rminus of the New York State Barge Canalsystem and is prov iding with docking facilities for boats operatingon the can al. Several hundred pleasur e craft including large motorcruise rs have Ithaca as their home port. Several large boatyardsprovide sheltered waters and cove r for boats whose valuatio napproxi mates a million dollars , owne d by person from thesurround ing area and cities as far away as Elmira, Binghamton ,Osw ego and Sc ranton. The City's Cass Park and New YorkState 's Allan H. Treman State Marine Park provide recreation andboati ng with space for 350 boats.

Daily trucking service is provided to all business in the area bynum erous motor truck freight lines and is also served by Conrail.

PARKS SCENIC RESOURCES AND BOATING -The naturaltopography of the land here mak es the city a natural park. Thereare many public parks within the city with recreation and athleticfacilities . The Corn ell campus is exte nsive and supplies a verybeautiful parklike effect for the upper par t of the city. Scen icbeauty spots in and not far from the city are : Butt ermilk Falls Stat ePark , Cascad illa Glen , Cayuga Lake , Coy Glen, Rober t H.Treman State Park . Fall Creek Gorge , Ithaca Gorge and Falls ,Point Lookout , and Taughann ock Falls State Park.

The City and State have developed the former municipal airportand marina into a In-acre regional recreation facility with a 391­boat State Marina , an olympic sized swimming pool and cove redice rink. The form er hangar building has bee n co nverted into arepert ory theatre for the arts . Op port unities for fishing, hunting,hiking, boating and other outdoo r recreation abo und in the area .

CITY'S CASS PARK

Ithaca and Cayuga Lake have become a headquarters for smallboating enthusiasts throughout the Southern Tier of New YorkState and much of north ce ntral Penn sylvania . Each yea r moreand more sail and power boats are brought to Ca yuga Lake. It ises timated that ove r $1,000,000 worth of pleasure craft have madeIthaca their "home part ". In add ition , hundreds of transient boatsvisit Ithaca each year using both the public and private launchingand docking facilities.

Detailed information on recreation in the Ithaca area can beobt ained from the Tompkins Co unty Chamber of Commerce andthe Finger Lakes State Parks and Recreation Headqu arters ,Trumansburg.

IVY LEAGUE COLLEGE FOOTBALLon Corn ell's Sch oellkopf Field

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SPORTING EVENTS - A wealth of spectator and participantsporting events may be found in the Ithaca area . There are fourgolfcourses, including a municipalcourse and bowling, swimming,ten nis, archery, and many ot her sports facilities are ava ilable.Lynah Ice Rink at CornellUniversity and the City's Cass Park rinkare open to the public. Major sports suc h as footba ll, ice hocky,soccer, lacrosse , basketball, and track and field, as wellas lesser­known sports with growing followings such as gymnastics ,wres tling, fencing, swimming and polo are only a few of the manyspectator events taking place in Ithaca thro ughout the year. Mostof the recreational facilities and sporting events at Ithaca Co llegeand Cornell University are ope n to the pub lic.

CORNELL UNIVERSITY CAMPUS

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AGRICULTURAL CENTER - Ithaca is often referred to as oneof the agricultural ce nters of the northeastern United States. Hereare located the N.V. State College of Agriculture, with its state­wide ex tension se rvice; the State College of Veterinary Medicine ;the home of both the Eastern Artificallnsemination Co-op., Inc.,Boyce Thomp son Institute for Plant Research and the EmpireLivestock Mark eting Coop ., Inc.; a United States Plant, Soil andNutrition Laboratory; and branches of many organizations serv­ing the farm er.

Gross income from farm produ cts sold in Tompkins Countywas es timated to be over $40,000,000. The major cash products ofTompki ns County farm s include milk, chicks, poultry and eggs ,livest ock of all types, hay, co rn, wheat , vegetable crops and fieldbeans .

SPECIAL EVENTS AND INTERESTING FACTS - Ithaca &Tompkins County has very active fraternal, club and social lifewith over 400civic, social and service organizations listed. There isone hospital of 191 beds, 4 nursing homes and 2 family healthce nters, 5 commercial movie theatres with a capacity of over3,000, ten auditoriums with a capacity of 7,000, 28 churchescove ring nearly every major den omination, and several motels,plus tou rist homes. Listing ofaccommodations are available at theChamber of Commerce.

There are over 35,000 passenger cars registered in TompkinsCo unty and 25,948 electric meters , 10,263 gas meters, and 23,092teleph ones in use. The city's water storage capacity is 280,000,000gal. with a daily pump of over 5,000,000.

Ithaca is served by five local rad io stations , WHCU-AM/FM,WTKO -AM, WVBR-FM, WEIV-FM, WICB-AM/FM, two local TVstations, WCIC -TV & WICB-TV plus a 12 channel commercialca ble with a local access channel and HBO , and two local dailynewspapers, The Ithaca Journal and The Cornell Daily Sun, andseveral weekly papers .

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