From: brucew@phaeton.ee.cornell.edu (Bruce Willner)
Newsgroups: rec.music.phish
Subject: Corrected Directions to Cornell
Date: 18 Nov 92 08:02:51 GMT
Article-I.D.: uvaarpa.1992Nov18.080251.26123
Reply-To: brucew@phaeton.ee.cornell.edu
Organization: The Internet

Here are corrected directions to Ithaca.  Someday I'll learn my right
from left.  Thanks to those who saw the mistake.

Parking near the Nines is difficult.  There is a pay parking garage
on Dryden, but it is frequently full (and $.50 an hour).  I recommend
driving the nearby streets until you see a spot. 
 
|From Binghamton and South

Take I-81 North to the Whitney Point exit.  Turn right, and then left at
the end of the road.  Follow NYS 79 west towards Ithaca. (Don't miss the
left turn NYS 79 makes about a mile outside of Whitney Point.  Follow
NYS 79 for about 30 miles.  After seeing the signs "Town of Ithaca" and
"City of Ithaca", make a sharp RIGHT at the first stop sign onto Mitchell
St. (also NYS 366).  Then make the first LEFT onto College Ave.
About 200 yards later you will see the Ithaca Fire Station No. 9 on the
right.  The next building on the right is the Nines.

|From Albany

The easiest, but not quickest route is to take I-88 to Binghamton, turn onto
I-81 North and follow the Binghamton directions.  A shorter, hillier, and
twistier route is to take I-88 to NYS 206 (Bainbridge exit), and take
206 west to Whitney Point where you meet NYS 79 (cross the bridge and turn 
right) and follow the Binghamton directions from there.

|From Syracuse and North

Take I-81 South towards Cortland.  Look for the sign which says Ithaca.
Get off on that exit.  Go to the end of that road (its short) and turn
left.  Follow this road for a few miles, and it will become NYS 13.
Follow NYS 13 to Ithaca.  NYS becomes a highway in Ithaca.  Get off
at the first exit (Triphammer Rd.) and turn left.  Follow Triphammer
Rd. to its end and take a left, and then an immediate sharp right.
(Be careful in this intersection, its confusing.  And ignore the sign
directing you to Cornell.)  You should still be on Triphammer Rd. now.
At the end of Triphammer road (again) turn left, and at the end of this
short street turn left.  Go over the bridge onto campus.  You are now on
East Ave.  The first stop sign is for Tower Rd. You would turn left there
to head to Bailey Hall.  To go to the gathering, continue straight. At the
next stop sign, turn right onto Campus Rd.  Then make a left at the first
traffic light.  Go straight thru a traffic light, and the Nines will be
on your left (before the fire station).

|From Rochester, Buffalo

I don't remember this one so well, so part of it is up to you.
take I-90 (the NYS thruway) East until NYS 96.  I don't think there's an
exit for 96.  You have to use your own discretion as to when to get off
I-90 and get on US 20, which does meet up with NYS 96.  (its near Geneva,
Seneca Falls, and Waterloo).  Follow NYS 96 south into Ithaca.  You will
pass a Hospital on you left, go down a long hill, and into the octopus
(one of the most poorly thought out intersections in the world.  Follow
the direction of 96.  Go straight through NYS 13.  You are now on
State St.  You need to get one block over to the right going in the same 
direction as you are on State St.  Do this anywhere. (ie turn right, then
left).  On Green St. stay in the right lane, you will be dumped onto 
State St. again (it doesn't connect).  Follow State past one light, and then
make the third left onto Mitchell St.  (half of the cars on the street will
be turning here.  Make the first LEFT onto College Ave.
About 200 yards later you will see the Ithaca Fire Station No. 9 on the
right.  The next building on the right is the Nines.


|From the Nines to Parking for the show.

Go up College Ave. to the second light.  Turn left (Campus Rd.).  Go 
straight thru 2 stop signs.  At the third stop turn left (Garden Ave.).
You will reach a traffic light.  Bailey hall is straight ahead, but there's
no parking there.  Instead turn right (Tower Rd.).  Shortly up Tower
Rd. there is parking on the right, both along and off the road.

There is more parking around campus, but this is the closest large lot
to Bailey Hall.
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