Michael Salm

Review of Downtown Ithaca Alliance (aka ...

The cold black heart of a dying pedestrian mall th...

The cold black heart of a dying pedestrian mall that is slowly being strangled by the local acid casualties' fear of automobiles. Ithaca has done everything possible to prevent access to downtown by car including overpriced parking that requires finding an pay station far from your car, speed bumps every few feet, and eliminating parking near any destination. And they wonder why nobody shops there.

Which is actually not a problem, as there's nothing to BUY downtown unless you are in the market for an overpriced bong. Do yourself a favor and go to Lansing where parking is plentiful and prices reasonable. Let the hippies live in their concrete canyons that blot out the sky... God knows we need more hotels around here.