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GIAC previews plan for Red and White Cafe at 402 West Court Street; board raises floodplain and zoning questions
Summary
GIAC presented conceptual plans Nov. 4 to restore the Red and White Cafe at 402 West Court Street as a ground-floor cafe with second-floor culinary training; planning staff warned that floodplain code changes and site constraints will affect whether the project can be rehabilitated or must be rebuilt with variances.
The Greater Ithaca Activities Center (GIAC) presented conceptual plans Nov. 4 to the Ithaca City Board of Zoning Appeals for the former Red and White Cafe at 402 West Court Street, proposing to restore a cafe on the ground floor and add culinary-arts classrooms and offices above.
Leslyn McBean Clearborn, GIAC director, said the city acquired the property and the organization aims to re-establish a cafe and an expanded teen culinary and entrepreneurship program. Architect Caroline O'Donnell presented renderings showing a low, two-story building with a ground-floor cafe and teaching kitchen, second-floor classrooms and a small roof deck. The presenters said the existing building shows substantial water damage and structural deterioration; the…
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