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PROGRAMS

CARBON CYCLE

SITE VISION

Start-up Work and LiveProviding a supportive environment for post-graduates and young entrepreneurs to live, work, and florish in.

Connect and PlayConnect missing links in trail accessibility, thereby bringing back the stunning views of Ithaca Falls and Downtown Ithaca to the public.

Behold and CreateAct as a steward of Theater arts and local performance by creating outdoor amphitheater and gallery.

Grow and EatCreating a new food center shampioning solar energy and garden to table practices.Providing wide raning cuisines from food trucks to Ithaca Fall Grill to the local community and beyond.

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Theater Art

Food

Start-UP

Recreation

71%

49%

59%

6,636

3,000,000,000

of U.S. Adults Accessed the arts at leaset

of U.S. Adults Participated in the visual

of U.S. Adults went to the movies

Students Graduate from Cornell Every Year.

in funding.

Cornell Listed Startups have raised

of the graduation class stayed in Tompkins County. Doubled the number of 2007.

Missing trail linkage from Cornell Plantation to Ithaca Fall.

Inaccessible view of Ithaca Fall and Downtown.

Co-working Spaces and Post-graduation Liviing

Cornell Start-Ups.

once during a 12-month period through elec-tronic media.

or performing arts at least once during a 12- month period.

Center of food desert. Closest grocery is 20 mins walking distance.

Command-High density residential area between west campus and Fall Creek neighborhood.

at least once during a 12-month period.

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CONCEPT

The growth of start-ups and the available funding in Ithaca coupled with the lack of a strong support network for the start-up lifestyle.

The vibrant fine arts scene without very many venues hosting theater and performing arts

The enthusiasm for local and organic food but only one existing community garden in the city of Ithaca

A foodies’ city in the truest sense, but with a site at the center of a 15-minute-walking-radius food desert

The town of trails, vistas, and gorges, but with views obscured and trails disconnected by the site

SITE ANALYSIS

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SITE PLAN

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Start-Up Incubator

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Community Garden

Compost Center

Food Truck Area

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Gimme Coffee

Ithaca Fall Grill

Constructed Wetland

Metal Garden

Overlook

Fountain Plaza/ Iceskating

Ezra’s Tunnel Trail

Art Gallery/ Performance Center

Overlook Open Theater

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PHASING

Phase 1 Re/Order

Phase 2 Re/Connect

Phase 3 Re/Center

Phase 4 Re/Energize

Phase 5 Re/Create

Ezra’s Tunnel Trail

Overlook

Gimme Coffee

Constructed Wetland

Metal Garden

Compost Center

Food Truck Area

Walk-through Vendors/Maket

Fountain Plaza/ Iceskating

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Start-Up Incubator

Small Unit Housing

Community Garden

Ithaca Fall Grill

Parking Lot

Art Gallery/ Performance Center

Overlook Open Theater

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GeraniumMustard

Sunflower

Co-working

Entrepreneurliving Rooftop garden

Solar PV

Constructed Wetland

Compost

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Phyto- StabilizationSequester or immobilize con-taminants by absorbing them into their roots and releasing a chemical that converts the con-taminant to a less toxic state.

Phyto- ExtractionPlants take up contaminants with their roots and accumu-late them in large quantities within their stems and leaves.

Performance Art

Restaurant patio

Theater Art

Food

Start-UP

Recreation

Circulation

Planting