TY - BOOK AU - Travis,Mack TI - Shaping a city: Ithaca, New York, a developer's perspective SN - 9781501730153 AV - HD268.I8 U1 - 333.3309747/71 23 PY - 2018/// CY - Ithaca PB - Cornell University Press KW - Travis, Mack. KW - Real estate development KW - New York (State) KW - Ithaca KW - History KW - City planning KW - Urban renewal KW - Central business districts KW - Promotion immobilière KW - New York (État) KW - Histoire KW - Rénovation urbaine KW - BUSINESS & ECONOMICS KW - Real Estate KW - General KW - bisacsh KW - ARCHITECTURE KW - Urban & Land Use Planning KW - fast KW - Ithaca (N.Y.) N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; 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 N2 - "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"-- UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=1781651 ER -