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Planned Parenthood Site Photos

July 3, 2013 // by Jason Henderson

All the recent rain has added a pond to this site, but now there’s a sign up for LeChase Construction, a large General Contracting firm out of Western and Upstate NY, as well as North Carolina. They acquired Northeastern Construction a couple years back, which significantly added to their prominence in the area (Northeastern built Gateway Commons). Hopefully we’ll get a break from this rain soon; wet weather can really put a damper on construction, especially this early on in a project.

Planned Parenthood Site Photos

June 27, 2013 // by Jason Henderson

The drill rig threw me off on this- not sure what it’s for. Looks like the grading for site prep is done.

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Planned Parenthood Site Photos

June 21, 2013 // by Jason Henderson

Looks like they’ve been filling-in the future paved portions with gravel, and rolling the dirt where the building will sit. Definitely a sign of slab on grade foundation. Once it’s flattened-out and settled properly, the footer will be dug out along the edges for the reinforcement bars and deeper concrete fill, then the slab section will be filled with concrete.
 

Purity Apartments Parking, Transit & Planning

June 16, 2013 // by Jason Henderson

If you’ve got some time to kill, these are all good reads on the Purity project. Bruce Lane’s memorandum spells out the intentions and major challenges in this project, and the applicant memorandum by John Snyder delves into the design and planning board issues that have been brought forward throughout the site plan review process. There’s no doubt about the risk in doing a project like this on the West End, but the development team has some great answers to the questions brought forward by the planning board. Let’s hope they can work it out- this looks to be a high quality building.

 

Bruce Lane’s (Owner) Memorandum on the project:
 

 

Applicant Memorandum by John Snyder (architect) & Lisa Nicholas (Senior Planner, City of Ithaca), JoAnn Cornish (Director of Planning & Economic Development, City of Ithaca):
 

 

SRF Associates Parking Evaluation:
 

 

TCAT Map and Email correspondence with Doug Swarts about the bus stop:
 

Purity Apartments Renders

June 16, 2013 // by Jason Henderson

Here are some new exterior and interior renders from John Snyder Architects, including a view looking south showing the building’s profile:

 

Here’s a previous render looking north:

Planned Parenthood Site Photos

May 16, 2013 // by Jason Henderson

Nestled between the Rhine House and the new Iacovelli Apartments, this would seem to be the future site of Planned Parenthood along West Seneca St. At the time of Ithacating’s Article, the houses were still up, but they’ve since been demolished and trucked away, leaving behind this nice flat lot seen here. The building design looks quite fresh (see last page of the site plan post), and the three separate driveways onto the previous four parcels will be consolidated into one entry/exit drive.