On Thursday, August 13th Charlene Temple and Taylor Oniskey continued priming the south elevation of the DPW Pavilion. They completed about 3/4 of the elevation. The south elevation should be complete by the end of the next workday (8/20/09). Some large wild rose bushes were removed to improve access and protect the pavilion from damage (due to the close root systems and vines).
On August 8th, 2009 Cass Park hosted an open house to give the Ithaca community an opportunity to see what’s new in the park this summer. The Ithaca Children’s Garden also had their annual Turtle Egg Hatch Day, this year to celebrate the fourth birthday of Gaia the turtle . Activities organized by the Waterfront Trail included a historical tour along the waterfront trail, a children’s bike ride around the two mile loop, and a bird walk to celebrate the opening of the new bird kosk and garden. Charles Eldermire of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology led the bird walk tour, where 33 different bird species were seen along the edge of the Inlet during the course of the 90 minute walk. (For more information on the tour’s bird sitings visit: www.ebird.org). Carol Kammen, Tompkins County Historian, led the history tour and gave participants her view of the role our waterfront played in Ithaca’s development. Dave Hoffer and Erin Johnson lead an energetic band of youngsters on a two mile bike ride, and even the trikesters finished the whole loop!
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On Thursday, August 6th Charlene Temple, Michelle Snider, Claudia Villalta and Erin Johnson continued the work on the DPW/Wharton Pavilion. In 3 hours, they finished priming the North elevation and began on the South elevation. The sun was out and with scaffolding, the work went much quicker. Thank you to George Gull for lending us the scaffolding!
The trail is in full bloom! We figured we would post some pictures to give everyone a little incentive to come see the beauty in person!
