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39-463: Early in Cornell's history, at the turn of the 20th century, banker and hardware magnate Robert H. Treman , Class of 1878, built his family estate on University Hill, just west of today's West Campus. Treman hired his friend Warren Manning, a pioneer of American landscape architecture, to design the site. On November 2, 1901, The Ithaca Daily News reported that the west lawn would be "left to nature as

78-574: A tabloid -sized insert called Ticket is included in The Ithaca Journal . Ticket includes local arts and entertainment news and events calendar. A similar publication, Cortland Ticket , is included in newspapers sold in the Cortland, New York , area on Fridays. The Ithaca Journal produces a youth-oriented tabloid-sized publication called Buzz every week. The publication is distributed at no cost at retail locations and vending machines throughout

117-535: A buffer between the University and the surrounding community. In 1970, the University proposed to construct a parking lot behind Von Cramm Hall. This proposal was dropped after by protests led by Gordon G. Chang . As part of its "West Campus Residential Initiative," Cornell decided to relocate approximately 176 parking spots to the area occupied by the Redbud Woods, about 2 blocks from the new dorms. However, in 2001,

156-433: A daily morning newspaper Monday through Saturday. No edition is printed on Sundays. Starting on March 27, 2006, The Ithaca Journal included four sections Monday through Friday. The first section includes local, national and international news. The second section includes several pages of city and county news and sports. The third section, which was launched March 27, 2006, is called Life. The front of this section includes

195-607: A director on the board of the Tompkins County National Bank . He would go on to become the bank's president in 1901, a role in which he would stay for more than 30 years before becoming the chairman of the board and heading up a merger with the Ithaca Trust Company. In 1913, Treman was elected to the board of the directors of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York . He would later serve as the deputy of

234-413: A heart attack. Treman was elected by his fellow Cornell alumni to the university's board of trustees as an alumnus trustee in 1891. He served in the role for five years before being re-elected as a trustee by the full board. He remained a member of the board for 46 years until his death and, at the time, held the longest continuous record as a trustee in the history of the university. As trustee, Treman

273-434: A historic urban green space for a surface parking lot was unsustainable. They suggested that parking needs might be satisfied elsewhere on campus and be further mitigated through demand management, promotion of public transit, and planning. Those in opposition to construction of the lot also argued that paving the woods might increase localized flooding and allow for the leakage of toxic materials, for example motor oil, into

312-590: A memorial plaque to the Ithaca Common Council in early 2006, to be placed on public land adjacent to the parking lot. Despite opposition from Cornell University, the City of Ithaca approved the plaque on July 5, 2006, and it was installed later that year. The plaque reads: Redbud Woods The land before you was once home to the extended family of Robert H. Treman, creator of parks and protector of green spaces throughout Tompkins County. The woodland that grew up here

351-400: A rotating selection of features: In addition, Life also includes an Arts & Entertainment page that includes entertainment and celebrity news, TV listings and Amy Dickinson 's advice column. There is also a full page of comics and puzzles. Business and personal finance news appears on a page called Dollars & Sense. The fourth section is entirely classified advertising . On Saturdays,

390-573: The Binghamton office. By June 2020, the newspaper's local staff was down to just a single reporter: Matt Steecker. This has resulted in days with no news from Ithaca. Instead, the newspaper uses content from Gannett properties in Binghamton and Elmira to fill the paper and website. The Journal was awarded a Pulitzer Prize special citation in 1964 for meritorious public service. The Journal has been frequently criticized throughout its history as pro-war and pro-corporate. Critics have pointed out that

429-659: The Ithaca Common Council named Redbud Woods a historic district. The University sued the city, and in 2005, the New York State Supreme Court's Appellate division ruled in Cornell's favor, allowing construction of the parking lot to proceed. In the fall of 2004, then University President Jeffrey Lehman had presented three challenges to the University, the third of which was sustainability. Lehman went on to more fully articulate Cornell's "institutional commitment to sustainability." Some, including many Cornell faculty, students and Ithaca community members, argued that paving

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468-460: The Journal also was home to three photographers, whose work was noted throughout Gannett and the newspaper industry. In May 1996, The Journal switched to a morning printing and distribution schedule after many years as an afternoon daily. Until that point, the newspaper run by Cornell University students, The Cornell Daily Sun had been the only morning daily paper in the city. On June 12, 2006,

507-554: The Tompkins Consolidated Area Transit bus system that services Ithaca and the rest of the county The New York Times published three articles about the Redbud Woods controversy in June and July 2005. The Ithaca Journal and The Cornell Daily Sun published many articles over the course of 2004–2005 about the protests. A key point in the negotiated agreement signed by student protesters (but not community members)

546-410: The University in the fall of 2005 and 2006 who did not purchase parking permits, the agreement included commitments on the university's part to involve the community more in administration decisions, as well as to engage in constructive dialogue concerning sustainability on campus. By August 2005 several thousand new students had taken advantage of the free travel passes, which helped to raise demand on

585-526: The area and features stories of interest to a younger audience as well as an events calendar. Buzz is also distributed in the markets of The Ithaca Journal's sister publications, the Binghamton Press & Sun-Bulletin and Elmira Star-Gazette . Founded in 1815 as the Seneca Republican , it was renamed The Ithaca Journal in 1823. According to its website, the first daily edition of paper

624-665: The bank's first governor, Benjamin Strong Jr. , from 1916 to 1919 and took the role of acting governor when Strong was recovering from tuberculosis during World War I . He was also selected as the bank's representative to serve on the Federal Advisory Council . Treman's term on the bank's board of directors ended on January 1, 1931. Treman married Laura Hosie on June 24, 1885. The couple had two children, Robert Elias Treman and Allan Hosie Treman, both of whom attended Cornell University. Treman died on January 4, 1937, following

663-454: The best gardener." Upon his death in 1937, Treman, who preserved all of the Ithaca area's gorges, donated $ 5000 to the University specifically for the beautification of the campus. Much of his west lawn grew into the Redbud Woods, which retains many original Manning design elements and boasts locally rare yellow oak and hackberry trees as well as an unusually dense stand of redbuds. Redbud Woods

702-434: The classified ads expand to two sections. The Ithaca Journal is located on West State Street in downtown Ithaca, New York . The Journal ' s offices spread over two buildings, the newspaper's original building and the neighboring Greenstate Building. The newsroom is located on the second floor of the original building with various administrative offices on the first floor. The first floor of Greenstate building houses

741-477: The developments are inconspicuous. He also helped preserve an old flour mill which had ceased operations nearby. That site would later be designated Enfield Falls Mill and Miller's House by the U.S. National Register of Historic Places in 1979. Not satisfied with the achievements in Enfield Glen, Treman and his wife would purchase an additional 387 acres of land around the gorge by 1920. That year, they donated

780-693: The establishment of a unified state parks system for the state, and Treman was appointed the first chairman of the state parks commission for the Finger Lakes region. He would go on to serve in that role until his death in 1937. The Ithaca Journal The Ithaca Journal is a daily morning broadsheet newspaper published in Ithaca, New York . It is locally edited and printed in Johnson City, New York , and publishes Monday through Saturday. It has been owned by Gannett since 1912. The Ithaca Journal publishes

819-634: The house until 1942, and Cornell began negotiations to purchase the house from the family in 1944. The building today houses the Cornell Southeast Asia Program 's George McT. Kahin Center for Advanced Research on Southeast Asia. Treman and his family played an instrumental role in the formation of state parks around the Finger Lakes region of New York state. During a picnic trip to Enfield Glen and Lucifer Falls in 1914, he became concerned about

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858-555: The late 18th century to the late 20th century. His family owned an iron foundry and had controlling interests in the Ithaca Gas Light Company and the Ithaca Water Works. He attended Ithaca Academy and studied mechanical engineering at Cornell University , graduating in 1878. At Cornell, Treman played baseball and became the team's captain in his senior year. He also rowed on the crew team, played football , and

897-550: The maintenance of pedestrian paths near area gorges . Many of these paths and bridges were built in the 1890s, but they were not well-maintained despite the popularity of the site for picnic parties. The following year, he purchased the lands containing the gorge to rehabilitate it. In 1916, Treman once again hired Warren H. Manning to advise on a plan to restore the trails in the forty acres of land around Lucifer Falls. Manning designed improvements that included stone arch bridges, with steps and railings made from natural stone so that

936-401: The name The Ithaca Journal . Among its stars were Kenneth Van Sickle, the long-time sports editor who had a popular column for decades, covering everything from Cornell University and Ithaca College to high schools to local recreational sports. The newspaper in 1985, under Managing Editor Joseph Junod, won Best of Gannett for Sports Coverage for its weekly Softball magazine. At that time,

975-514: The newspaper strongly supported the Vietnam War , headlining an editorial in 1967 "U.S. Troops Must Stay in Vietnam," and condemned protests of the first Persian Gulf War as "unrealistic" in 1991. Prior to World War II, The Journal , as with many American newspapers of the era, praised Europe's dictators. "No objective critic can fail to see that, viewed by the practical standard, [Fascism] has been, on

1014-744: The newspaper's printing facilities were relocated to the Gannett Central New York Production Facility in Johnson City, New York , located outside of Binghamton, New York . This new facility also houses the printing facilities for the Binghamton Press & Sun-Bulletin and Elmira Star-Gazette , both daily newspapers owned by Gannett. Following this relocation, The Ithaca Journal's existing building will be renovated to include expanded office space. In late 2006, The Ithaca Journal laid off some of its Ithaca-based circulation, marketing and advertising staff. The newspaper's circulation and marketing needs are now managed out of

1053-547: The newspaper's public lobby as well as the advertising offices. Much of the newspaper's general administrative operations are handled from the Binghamton, New York , offices of the Press & Sun Bulletin . Behind the original building, on Green Street, is the newspaper's old press facility. This press has been unused since June 10, 2006 when printing was transferred to the Gannett Central New York Production Facility. On Thursdays

1092-469: The site's more than 400 acres of land to the State of New York to be designated as Enfield Falls Reservation. After Treman's death, the state changed the name of the reservation to Robert H. Treman State Park . The Tremans also acquired land that would become Buttermilk Falls State Park (acquired in 1916, gifted in 1924) and Taughannock Falls State Park . In 1924, New York Governor Alfred E. Smith endorsed

1131-502: The state in the 1920s to become Enfield Glen State Park (later renamed in Treman's honor after his death), Buttermilk Falls State Park , and Taughannock Falls State Park , among others. Treman was born in Ithaca, New York on March 31, 1858, the oldest son of Elias Treman and Elizabeth Lovejoy Treman. Members of the Treman family played important roles in the history of Ithaca and the surrounding Tompkins County over five generations from

1170-634: The storm sewer system and ultimately into Cayuga Lake , which supplies drinking water for many living in Tompkins County . Major protests around the construction of the parking lot continued through the summer of 2005, including the occupation of President Jeffrey Lehman's office on April 28, 2005 by eight students, as well as a protracted direct action occupation of the woods themselves by students, faculty, and community members, in opposition to what appeared to be imminent destruction. Notably, former Ithaca mayor, and Cornell professor emeritus, Ben Nichols

1209-468: The university, completing two campus master plans with landscape architect Bryant Fleming in 1910 and 1930. In 1901, Treman and his brother began building their family estates in Ithaca's East Hill, a new and prestigious neighborhood on the edge of the Cornell campus. His modified Arts and Crafts style house on 640 Stewart Avenue had a view of Cayuga Lake and was designed by architect William Henry Miller . Treman family members continued to live in

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1248-458: Was a member of the Chi Phi fraternity. Treman's father, Elias, was a partner in the hardware business started by his two brothers and a prominent business leader in the Ithaca community. After graduating from Cornell, Treman joined his father's business as salesman and eventually became a partner several years later. He became interested in banking early in his career, and, in 1891, was elected as

1287-473: Was a member of the committee on buildings and grounds. He led beautification efforts of natural features on campus, such as Cascadilla Gorge and Fall Creek, protecting them from privatization and development and keeping them open for public use. Treman invited Boston-based landscape designer Warren H. Manning to Ithaca in 1900 to design an estate for his family near the Cornell campus. Following this engagement, Manning would later become involved in projects with

1326-403: Was an American banker and financier who served as a director and deputy governor of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York . A native of upstate New York , he attended Cornell University and was a member of its board of trustees for 46 years. Treman was instrumental in the establishment of several state parks in the Finger Lakes region of New York. Lands acquired by his family were gifted to

1365-470: Was cited during protests against the deforestation plan. [1] On July 18, 2005, Cornell University interim president Hunter Rawlings visited Redbud Woods and signed an agreement between the University and many of the Redbud protesters, effectively ending the dispute, although some independent protests continued. Along with a pledge by Cornell to offer free travel passes for buses to all new students entering

1404-448: Was inhabited for decades by diverse fauna and more than fifty plant species, including numerous redbud trees. Redbud Woods was razed on July 20, 2005 by the Cornell administration to build a parking lot. This plaque has been erected by Ithaca community members in memory of this cherished woodland. Remember the trees… Remember all who tried to save them. Robert H. Treman Robert Henry Treman (March 31, 1858 – January 4, 1937)

1443-469: Was part of the landscaping of Robert H. Treman's historic estate. In the late 19th century, Warren Manning designed the landscape of the Treman family estate (now Von Cramm Hall, 660, and the Kahin Center) so that it would grow into natural woodlands and beautify the campus. The woods, if left to grow untouched, might eventually reach the stage of a climax forest. Over time, Redbud Woods became perceived as

1482-453: Was published in 1870 and its offices are housed in the same building it has occupied since 1905. The Journal was purchased by Frank E. Gannett in 1912, thereby becoming the second local newspaper of what would later become the media conglomerate Gannett Co, Inc. It merged with the Daily News in 1919 and officially adopted the name The Ithaca Journal-News , although it is published under

1521-506: Was that students receive free travel passes to encourage sustainable transportation. Cornell began this process for incoming students during the semester immediately following the occupation for incoming students, adding to free passes which were already provided to transfer and graduate students. Two years later, free passes for graduate, transfer, and sophomore students were eliminated, and the program only offered going forward to first year students. A faculty and community committee proposed

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