The Ithaca Commons downtown is the shopping street — bookshops, outdoor gear, indie record stores, and small designer boutiques in red-brick buildings around a pedestrianised plaza. Collegetown near Cornell adds more student-oriented stores. The Ithaca Farmers Market down by the lake on weekends is one of the best in upstate New York. The Shops at Ithaca Mall on North Triphammer Road handles the chain-store needs.