Ithaca Commons

Hippies congregate near head shops, buskers trade tunes for coin and businessers do their daily deal. Restaurants galore, summer concerts, pedestrian only and in the heart of Ithaca, New Yrok. Visit the award-winning Downtown Ithaca Commons. A four-block pedestrian shopping area with over 100 unique shops, restaurants, street vendors & street entertainers; adjacent to Cornell University & Ithaca College. Year round events and festivals. In the heart of downtown Ithaca. Also home to the legendary Moosewood Restaurant (famous for its vegetarian menu and its bestselling cookbooks). Summer is the perfect time of year to explore Downtown Ithaca, particularly in the Fall Creek neighborhood near the Ithaca Commons. Here you will find spectacular front yard gardens, some ornate and some with simple wildflowers that will make you smile.