ITHACA, N.Y.—There’s no telling what will happen in 2023. But some say the best way to predict the future is to gaze upon the past.

Thus, here are 50 or so images from the last year in Ithaca to gaze upon.

After a year of wonderful weather, will the Ithaca Parade return to its customary monsoon-esque rains?

Will the City of Ithaca’s government shed its burgeoning reputation for dysfunction?

What surprises lie in store during the continued return from the COVID-19 pandemic?

Will Ithaca’s F Nest Smoke Shop finally become Ithaca’s Finest Smoke Shop?

All burning questions that we will have to wait to answer. Here’s to a wonderful 2023.

All photos were taken by Casey Martin, staff photographer for The Ithaca Voice. Use the arrows on either side of the pictures to navigate the gallery.

  • Perhaps they forgot the “i.”
  • Former Mayor Svante Myrick announced his resignation in January to take leadership of People for the American Way.
  • The Empire Kings performed their typically energetic show on the Commons for the Downtown Ithaca Alliance’s Summer Concert Series.
  • The Gus Macker 3-on-3 Basketball Tournament at Greater Ithaca Activities Center. Credit: Casey Martin / The Ithaca Voice
  • Founders Way, Ithaca Neighborhood Housing Services’ most recent accomplishment.
  • Slope Day 2022
  • A debate over zoning divided Caroline for most of the year—even before the zoning laws were public.
  • A team of dancers from the Armstrong School of Dance participated in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade.
  • One of the scenes from a tense Common Council meeting in November that saw dozens of city employees challenge leadership’s budget.
  • Mayor Laura Lewis won re-election in November, but the end of her year was plagued by discord among Common Council and city workers.
  • Fay Gougakis made a triumphant return to in-person city meetings after the pandemic hiatus.
  • Pizza Aroma’s owners had to move their business due to problems in their longtime location on Cayuga Street.
  • Eduardo Acevedo’s taco stand on Spencer Road quickly became one of the city’s most popular lunch spots. Credit: Casey Martin / The Ithaca Voice
  • Starbucks workers, after unionizing, have been in a constant struggle with the company. The most significant issue came when the company closed its Collegetown location. Credit: Casey Martin / The Ithaca Voice
  • Police were involved in an hours-long standoff on West Seneca Street in May, though the suspect had already left the residence in question.
  • Northeast Principal Liddy Coyle was quietly removed from her position under unexplained circumstances. Coyle has always declined to comment, but the community did not.
  • Summer was dominated by pro-choice rallies in Ithaca after the leak of the Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision, regarding the federal right to an abortion.
  • Jay Dietershagen completes his 13-day bike ride to fight hunger.
  • A new Ithaca Beer location opened in Collegetown.
  • There’s a new Bike Share in town, a development welcomed with both celebration and chagrin.
  • The mural was very cool when it was visible.
  • Credit: Casey Martin / The Ithaca Voice
  • Unsuccessful Congressional candidate Josh Riley votes on Election Day.
  • Tops closed, taking away a key downtown grocer in Ithaca.
  • Protests against evictions continued in early 2022.
  • TCAT had maybe its bumpiest year ever in 2022.
  • Ithaca’s second murder of the year came in October, claiming the life of Michael Monroe. Credit: Casey Martin / The Ithaca Voice
  • Credit: Casey Martin / The Ithaca Voice
  • They’re curling rutabagas. Yeah that’s the whole deal.