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Ithaca honors local projects with Susan Blumenthal Pride of Ownership awards

Ithaca Common Council · December 4, 2025
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The Ithaca Common Council hosted the Susan Blumenthal Pride of Ownership awards recognizing six public‑facing projects, including a 6‑unit infill at 601 East State, a restored Italianate house at 404½ N. Cayuga, a new Cornell academic building, a Dorothy Cotton mural, and market improvements at Steamboat Landing.

The Ithaca Common Council recognized a series of local architecture, landscape and public‑art projects tonight with the Susan Blumenthal Pride of Ownership awards.

Margaret Hobby, chair of the awards committee, opened the presentation by noting the program recognizes projects that go beyond baseline requirements and improve the public realm. Winners included a new six‑unit infill at 601 East State Street by owner Charlie O’Connor and Designers Trade Design Build; a carefully restored and landscaped 404½ North Cayuga Street by Witham Planning Design & Landscape Architecture; the Ann S. Bowers College of Computing and Information Science at Cornell; a Dorothy Cotton mural outside…

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