The Breeze

 

Yet another apartment building under construction in Ithaca.  This one is going to be called the Breeze and will be located at the former Ithaca Gun factory site.  That's some toxic dirt piled up there, I'm not sure where it's being sent, but I won't be stealing any to build up the soil on our garden.  The city is spending a big chunk of money to determine if the smokestack is sound enough to preserve.

Also part of the project is a proposed new overlook of Ithaca Falls.  If it's included in the project, it will have an obstructed view of the falls.  I am lobbying common council (scroll down to Breeze Overlook Design update) to take responsibility for the overlook it already has but is in disrepair.  I had to climb over a chain link fence to get this picture.  It is the third version of fencing they have had to install to keep people back from the crumbling stone wall.

The city got the overlook from the Quakers who owned it and the adjacent house.  This is the former meditation hut.  It is in better shape than the stone wall over the falls or the cinder block garage.