Ithaca Is Gorgeous!

Tyfoid Kid: 28th Mar 2006 - 17:13 GMT

I like how you caught the change of depth color change (light green on top, dark green on the bottom) on the shot of small falls before Taughannock Falls. Even on a grey day you found plenty of color. Nice!

galaxy: 28th Mar 2006 - 19:04 GMT

looks like a fun roadtrip. i just took a trip up to upstate this past summer, we went to check out the falls in ithica but the one we visited- who's name i don't recall was all dried up to the surprise of myself and the local upstate ny peeps i went with.

ha! i like the 'eva gabor wigs' photo.

GGP: 28th Mar 2006 - 19:20 GMT

cool trip and great shots! esp. like those fang-like icicles!

sally the muscle man: 28th Mar 2006 - 20:41 GMT

you wanna see ithaca guns? i'll show you some ithaca guns...

a'la: 28th Mar 2006 - 21:18 GMT

Ok, looking at this again makes me really want to visit Ithaca now.

jack: 28th Mar 2006 - 22:18 GMT

must be fun to swim in those waters. i always loved waterfalls.

Amanda : 15th Aug 2006 - 13:45 GMT

I went into the the old ithaca gun factory a few times an it was great...of course illegal but awlsome. very spooky but also very adventures. at the gun factory they have a place called gobblins alley and it is really cool when you get a chance you should def go in there but dont get caught. did you go to the 1st damn?? In the summer time make sure you go there and you dont have any pics of the gorge near the Ithaca commons. Thats a beauty

John: 21st Sep 2006 - 23:39 GMT

Thanks for the great photos! I grew up in Ithaca, been in CA for 23 years. My Dad worked at Ithaca Gun, and we used to make that climb up the falls all the time. There's tunnels from an abandonded hydro-electric generator next to the falls that are REALLY spooky! Maybe someday I'll get a chance to visit...

Jim Knapp: 23rd Sep 2006 - 16:28 GMT

Great story and pictures. I grew up on E. Lincoln St. & Aurora St. If you look in the reflection of the windows in the 'Wig Shop' picture, you will see the house I grew up in (white with black shutters). I worked that Ithaca Gun for a few years after the Army. I now live in California, but I will retire back in Ithaca someday. Again, great pictures.

Rich Brand: 23rd Sep 2006 - 18:08 GMT

These shots remind me of how cold it gets there in the winter. I too grew up in Ithaca and worked at the Gun Co. briefly (63-64) and Taughannock State Park, incidentally, before migrating west like others posting here. I'm sure we climbed all over most of the gorges in the area. Haven't been back since '68, but hope to some day. Sure was a great place to grow up.

paul himmelreich: 1st Jan 2007 - 20:31 GMT

Thanks for the short "vacation". I always say, if you can't afford a vacation, you can always take an ego trip-they are fast free and instantaneous. With your photos, I got the vacation without leaving Texas. Good shots by the way.

Guy McLaren: 2nd Jan 2007 - 05:36 GMT

If it weren't for that nasty white stuff you could be in paradise. We have scenes similar to those but without the ice.

Lee Douglas: 22nd Mar 2007 - 18:59 GMT

I grew up in Ithaca in the 50's. It was a great time to be a young kid growing up on South Hill. I graduated Ithaca High School in 1960, and returned each summer to work at Cornell University to help pay my way through college. I have many fond memories of good times and good friends.

Craig: 22nd Mar 2007 - 20:13 GMT

This is great. I love how this site can take me places I've never been and show them to me as no normal publication will. Kudos.

Leo from Upper US: 1st Jun 2007 - 13:46 GMT

I too lived in Upstate and migrated to California.(winter SUX)
If any of yall heard of "The second dam" in Ithaca
I am a legitimate maniac that jumped from the highest
cliff there into the deep water next to the dam and lived to tell about it. I am wondering the height of The Second Dam?
I am sure it was at LEAST 100 ft.
The hike in to the dam was "legal" (not POSTED) back in 1980.
Don't know if it still is...but MAN....the Rope-SWING was OUT OF THIS WORLD!

delboy : 23rd Nov 2007 - 10:24 GMT

Thanks for photos I was lucky to visit Ithaca with my family from london England am going back this christmas for a few days, who knows might re locate there.

Herb Holland: 8th Mar 2008 - 18:47 GMT

I grew up in Ithaca. B.1924. Grad IHS 1940. Then to Cornell. Then WW II. Back to Cornell. Worked for a short time at Ithaca Gun in 1950. Left Ithaca. Lived south hill first, then N. Aurora St, Cascadilla Ave, later Falls St. Many memories! Into genealogy. Would love to correspond w/ "old" Ithacans.

Matt: 14th Jun 2008 - 06:50 GMT

My father (born in 1927) went to Cornell after the war. He lived at 420 Eddy Street. I live in Kansas and vacations usually take place out west. Can anybody tell me anything about my father's old aforementioned address?

Sue Freeman: 2nd Jul 2008 - 13:47 GMT

Anyone who wants to go explore these and other Ithaca area waterfalls would do well to pick up a copy of "200 Waterfalls in Central & Western New York - A Finders. Guide." http://www.footprintpress.com. It's loaded with maps & directions to lots of gorgeous waterfalls.

anon (): 9th Aug 2008 - 16:46 GMT

I live in Ithaca now. The summers ARE paradise...the winters aren't so fun though. But because of darkness there is light and left there is right and, of course, summer there is winter. Take the good with the bad I guess. Come visit us if you ever get a chance. Bring your kayak, mountain bike, thirst for wine (we have the BEST rieslings around) and sense of adventure. This place rocks.