<p>If you think downtown Ithaca really needs an update, you should have seen it five or six years ago, before the Hilton Garden Inn was built and Starbucks, etc. were added. There’s a whole slew of construction projects going on these days, including luxury condos along Six Mile Creek and another hotel going up at the corner of State Street and Green Street.</p>
<p>But some of us liked it the old way. I can get Starbucks anywhere. But I can’t get the growlers from Chappy or the juevos rancheros at ABC Cafe anywhere else.</p>