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The Ithaca HOUR was a local currency used in Ithaca, New York, though it is now no longer in circulation. [1] It was one of the longest-running local currency systems, and inspired other similar systems in Madison, Wisconsin; Santa Barbara, California; Corvallis, Oregon; [2] and a proposed system in the Lehigh Valley, Pennsylvania. [3]
Glover published local histories of Ithaca starting in the 1970s with Glad Day Press. In 1992, he founded the Ithaca Hours, one of the first local currency systems. He said he founded it because there wasn't enough money in the local community.
Paul Glover created Ithaca Hours in 1991. Each HOUR was valued at one hour of basic labor or $10.00. Professionals were entitled to charge multiple HOURS per hour, but often reduced their rate in the spirit of equity. Millions of dollars' worth of HOURS were traded among thousands of residents and 500 businesses.
Cornell Heights Historic District is a national historic district located in Ithaca, New York.The district contains 208 contributing buildings and one contributing site. It consists of an early 20th-century residential subdivision developed between 1898 and 1942, and originally conceived as a "residence park" for faculty members of Cornell University, directly north of the Fall Creek go
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Cayuga Heights is village in Tompkins County, New York, United States, and an upscale suburb of Ithaca, New York.The population was 4,114 at the 2020 census. The Village of Cayuga Heights is in the Town of Ithaca, directly northeast of the City of Ithaca and the main campus of Cornell University.
Within 12 hours of the deadline, the station signed on with borrowed staff and equipment. On July 8, 1940, WESG's call letters were changed to WHCU, which stood for "Home of Cornell University". [16] WHCU's first complete studios and offices were completed in 1941. New studios were built in downtown Ithaca in 1957.
Ithaca most commonly refers to: Homer's Ithaca, an island featured in Homer's Odyssey; Ithaca (island), an island in Greece, possibly Homer's Ithaca; Ithaca, New York, a city, and home of Cornell University and Ithaca College; Ithaca, Ithaka or Ithica may also refer to: