In this photo assignment, we are required to document the everyday life and the culture on a street in Ithaca, NY. I selected Lincoln Street. Mostly occupied with the neighborhoods, the street still has a diner that's been running for 20 years, a laundry mat, a bar, a church, and a hair cut place.
Consumers sit at the counter and chat with the server Amy Magdon Wednesday, Mar. 6, 2024 at Lincoln Street Diner, Ithaca, NY. Photo by Xinyi Qin.
A customer smokes outside the bar, Friday, Feb. 23, 2024 at Fall Creek House Bar, Ithaca, NY. Photo by Xinyi Qin.
Seren Villwock, a graduate student at Cornell University, leads the dog Georgia home Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2024 on Lincoln Street, Ithaca, NY. Photo by Xinyi Qin.
Childbirth worker Kate Dimpfl sits on the couch with her dogs Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2024 at 304 East Lincoln Street, Ithaca, NY. Ithaca is one of the cities that has the highest percentage of home birth rate, according to Dimpfl, who has been working as a birth worker in Ithaca, NY since 2010. Photo by Xinyi Qin.
Children of former Karen refugees of Myanmar gather and sing at a retirement party Sunday, Feb. 18, 2024 at Tabernacle Baptist Church, Ithaca, NY. Photo by Xinyi Qin.
Ryan Yang, an architecture graduate student at Cornell University, passed the street after fishing Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2024 at Ithaca Falls Natural Area, Ithaca, NY. Photo by Xinyi Qin.
Ithaca resident Gary points down and opens the door for the cat Wednesday, Mar. 6, 2024 at Lincoln Street Diner, Ithaca, NY. Gary, who prefer not to share the last name, has been a customer at Lincoln Street Diner for 16 years. Photo by Xinyi Qin.
Tenzin Tsokyi, president of Tibetan associeation in Ithaca, prays in the morning Sunday Feb. 18, 2024 on Lincoln Street, Ithaca, NY. Tsokyi and her husband Nyima Dhondup are one of the 1,000 Tibetan families being supported by United States in 1992. Photo by Xinyi Qin.
From left 8-year-old Issac Beltz and pastor Elijah Beltz attend worship service Sunday, Feb. 18, 2024 at Tabernacle Baptist Church, Ithaca, NY. Issac Beltz is a homeschooled student. Photo by Xinyi Qin.
Business owner Christopher Obrien cooks breakfast for customers Wednesday, Mar. 6, 2024 at Lincoln Street Diner, Ithaca, NY. Obrien works as the main chief and has been running Lincoln Street Diner for 20 years. Photo by Xinyi Qin.
Freelance therapist Suki Montgomery Hall sits in front of the dinning table at her home Friday, Mar. 1, 2024 at 412 Lincoln Street, Ithaca, NY. Hall lives in a duplex with her friend, a retired chemistry teacher who is 10 years older than her. Photo by Xinyi Qin.
Amy Magdon cleans the table Wednesday, Mar. 6, 2024 at Lincoln Street Diner, Ithaca, NY. She is the main server who has been working at the diner for four years. Photo by Xinyi Qin.
A customer sits at a table and drinks beer, Friday, Feb. 16, 2024 at Fall Creek House Bar, Ithaca, NY. Photo by Xinyi Qin.
Claudia Protts prepares the raw materials for cooking cabbage Wednesday, Mar. 6, 2024 in the kitchen of Lincoln Street Diner, Ithaca, NY. She has been working at the diner for 3 years. Photo by Xinyi Qin.
Jeff Hubberman, an United States Postal Service carrier, greets Ithaca residents Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2024 on Lincoln Street, Ithaca, NY. Photo by Xinyi Qin.
From left Lis Meiss, a registered nursing student at Jamestown Community College, and software programmer Miles Hilton fold laundry clothes Saturday, Feb. 17, 2024 at Fall Creek Laundromat, Ithaca, NY. Meiss and Hilton drives from Jamestown, NY to explore and look for potential housing in Ithaca, NY. Photo by Xinyi Qin.
Business owner Christopher O'brien brings the bill to the customer Wednesday, Mar. 6, 2024 at Lincoln Street Diner, Ithaca, NY. Photo by Xinyi Qin.
From left postdoctoral Haibi Wang and town member Scott Creary eat chicken while waiting for the laundry Friday, Feb. 16, 2024 at Fall Creek Laundromat, Ithaca, NY. Photo by Xinyi Qin.
