Maybe Cornell gave the school board a lousy, flood-prone site (in  exchange 
for a good site?), but I can't see them just telling the school board  
where to put their high school --there's too much liability for Cornell. In any  
case, it would be quite unusual, at least in my experience, for the  
architect to pick the building site.  The owner usually comes to the  architect 
with the site in hand and says "gimme a building  here."  
 
Ralph
 
 
In a message dated 2/16/2010 5:20:53 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
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On  2/16/2010 4:57 PM, [log in to unmask] (mailto:[log in to unmask])   wrote:  
I don't suppose the school board had anything to do with purchasing or  
selecting the site.
 
Ralph
 
I  think our HS is still where it was put, even though it was next to a 
creek  and on a flood plane and the gym used to flood. Count on all the Cornell 
 architects for that  idea.



About as relevant as the Montauk  Lighthouse people being at fault for 
accepting the unbreathable paint that  failed them that the contractor told them 
was the best stuff to  use.

You would need to know Ithaca. Essentially it is a company town...  no, 
hold that, company county with only one business, Cornell... and Ithaca  
College over on another hill.

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