Ithaca, N.Y. — You know the old joke …
Q: What are the seasons in Ithaca?
1 — Winter.
2 — Still winter.
3 — Construction.
We appear to be in the third season. Ithacans have bemoaned the Commons construction as it stretches into this fall and, likely, the winter.
Related: 9 photos of Ithaca’s gorges from the 19th Century
So it may be comforting — or, perhaps, not — to be reminded that this kind of construction has always been with us. As part of our #ThrowbackThursday series, here are 10 historic photos of construction in Ithaca (found with the help of the good folks at the History Center in Tompkins County):
1 — North Tioga Street. Taken by Charles Brown | Donated to history center Sept. 10, 1942
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5 — From remodeling of Rothschild Building in 1913
6 — Construction of Six Mile Creek. Undated
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8 — Construction of the Kappa Sigma building at Cornell. Dated from 1890 to 1910.
9 — Six Mile Creek in 1903.
10 — “The Cornell Foundry — Sibley Dome Visible”
