The Cornell Daily Sun (https://cornellsun.com/tag/student-agencies/)
Straddling the corner of College Avenue and Oak Avenue, the Student Agencies Building is home to more than 50 apartments and a future location of Ithaca Beer Co.
Completion of the new Student Agencies Building this summer will add 56 new luxury apartments to the Collegetown housing market.
Ithaca Beer Co. is setting up a second location in the space that used to be occupied by CTB.
The $21 million apartment development replacing the now-razed historic Chacona Block building — the former home of Collegetown Bagels — is on track to open its doors in August 2021.
The Ithaca Planning and Development Board gave the official go-ahead for next June’s planned demolition, which will level the historic Chacona Block building in favor of six stories of sleek new apartments during its meeting on Tuesday.
Imagine you are an alumnus from the Class of 2010: You and a couple of your college friends make the trek to Ithaca to visit your old stomping grounds. After checking out campus for a little while, you head towards Collegetown for dinner. “How about Stella’s?” your friend suggests, “It’s got great atmosphere.”
“Sounds good!”
You walk across Cascadilla Gorge and down College Avenue. You see the black awning — “COFFEE LUNCH BRUNCH STELLA’S DINNER WINE COCKTAILS.” As you come nearer, however, you see the windows are covered with paper “FOR RENT.” No problem, you can walk a bit further and go to The Nine’s. They’ve got great atmosphere and the deep-dish pizza is delicious, you think to yourself, I remember going there with my friends during my first week on campus.
The plans include an outdoor gathering space similar to Collegetown Bagels’ busy outdoor plaza. The plans may not include Collegetown Bagels.
The company also promises special routes out of Ithaca over fall and Thanksgiving breaks that will include White Plains, Albany and Long Island in New York, Boston, Paramus, New Jersey and Stamford, Connecticut.
The central question motivating these petitions is whether or not the Chacona Block should be officially designated as a historic landmark.