The Ithaca Commons is a two-block pedestrian mall in the business improvement district known as Downtown Ithaca that serves as the city's cultural and economic center. The Commons is a popular regional destination, and is filled with upscale restaurants and shops, public art, and frequent community festivals.
Ithaca Commons west entrance, at Cayuga Street
Ithaca Commons looking east from Cayuga Street with a Martin Luther King Jr. sculpture on the left
Panorama of the Commons before its reconstruction. The Sun from the Carl Sagan Planet Walk can be seen on both sides.
The Sciencenter's Sagan Planet Walk is a walkable scale model of the Solar System, located in Ithaca, New York. The model scales the entire Solar System—both planet size and distances between them—down to one five billionth of its actual size. The exhibition was originally created in 1997 in memory of Ithaca resident and Cornell Professor Carl Sagan.
The walk begins at the Sun Obelisk at Center Ithaca in Ithaca, New York. The Mercury Obelisk can be seen in the background.
The asteroid belt
The Carl Sagan Bridge with planet symbols
The Sun