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This exacerbated the move of Allentown families to the city's suburbs, and shopping centers and services began being developed outside the city to accommodate these growing communities. In 1966, Whitehall Mall, the first closed shopping mall north of Philadelphia, opened. Ten years later, in 1976, the even larger Lehigh Valley Mall opened north of U.S. Stores in Allentown's downtown shopping district began closing, replaced with stores whose customers were less affluent. Large areas of Allentown's downtown were subsequently torn down for parking lots, and the downtown business district was rebuilt in an attempt to compete with the newer suburban shopping locations. A multi-block row of stores known as the Hamilton Mall was developed, including covered sidewalks and reduced traffic.
It is one of roughly a dozen famous McElfatrick designs still standing in the nation and has been used for burlesque shows, vaudeville, silent films, symphony orchestras, and other entertainment for over a century. Other performing arts facilities and programs include the Pennsylvania Sinfonia, Community Concerts of Allentown, Allentown Band, and Community Music School of the Lehigh Valley. By the mid-1960s, Allentown's economy had been booming for decades, but rising taxes in the city and the inability to expand the city's geographic limits led to migration of much of the city's baby boom generation to Allentown's suburbs. Salisbury, South Whitehall and Whitehall townships each had large areas of farmland that were prime locations for residential real estate development.
Public school districts
There, Washington and his troops rested and watered their horses, then went their way to their post of duty. Homes for sale in Orefield, PA have a median listing home price of $399,450. There are 17 active homes for sale in Orefield, PA. Some of the hottest neighborhoods near Orefield, PA are West Watch, Trexler Park, West End Theatre District, Hamilton Park, Rose Garden. You may also be interested in single family homes and condo/townhomes for sale in popular zip codes like 18104, 18103, or three bedroom homes for sale in neighboring cities, such as Allentown, Bethlehem, Easton, Macungie, Quakertown.
Two years later, in 1843, Northampton Bank failed due to excessive speculation by the bank, resulting in financial ruin for many families. Then, on June 1, 1848, a large fire burned down most of Allentown's Central Business District between Seventh and Eighth Streets on Hamilton Street. A new bridge was built across the Lehigh River, and brick buildings were constructed to replace the wooden ones that were burned in the 1848 fire. Roberto Clemente Charter School, located at 4th and Walnut Streets in Allentown, is a Title I charter school that provides educational services to mainly Hispanic students in grades 6 through 12. Center City Allentown along Hamilton Street between 5th and 10th Streets was the primary shopping district in Allentown for most of the 20th century.
Cityscape and neighborhoods
The Allentown Band, Marine Band of Allentown, Municipal Band of Allentown, and the Pioneer Band of Allentown all regularly perform at the bandshell in the city's West Park. Youth Education in the Arts, the sponsoring organization of The Cadets Drum and Bugle Corps, is headquartered in Allentown. Allentown's J. Birney Crum Stadium, the second largest high school football field in the state, hosts the annual Drum Corps International Eastern Classic, which brings together the world's top junior drum and bugle corps for a two-day event.
Financial challenges to the Allentown School District, in turn, further increased the number of working class families who fled the city for its suburbs, creating a sea change in the city's demographics. By the mid-20th century, Allentown was a major retailing and entertainment center separate from Philadelphia and New York City. At least seven cinemas and stage theaters were developed along Hamilton Street between Fifth and Tenth Streets.
American Civil War
The area's only landfill, Waste Connections of Canada, is locally headquartered in Bethlehem. Water and sewage, prior to 2013, were controlled by the city and are now managed by Lehigh County following the end of a 50-year lease agreement. Due in part to Allentown's proximity to Philadelphia, cheesesteaks are immensely popular. Yocco's Hot Dogs, a regionally well-known hot dog and cheesesteak establishment with four area locations , was founded in 1922 by Theodore Iacocca, uncle of former Chrysler chairman and president Lee Iacocca. A-Treat Bottling Company, a regionally-popular soft drink beverage company, has been based in Allentown since its 1918 founding. The PPL Building, at 2 North 9th Street, is Allentown's tallest high rise building at 322 feet .
Lehigh County is part of the Philadelphia broadcast media market, the nation's fourth largest media market. Numerous New York City radio and television stations are also carried in the county. Three television stations are based in the county, WBPH-TV Channel 60, WLVT Channel 39 (the Lehigh Valley's PBS affiliate), and WFMZ Channel 69 . To the north, the county borders Blue Mountain, which has an altitude of 1,300 to 1,604 feet . To the south, it is bordered by South Mountain, which has an altitude of 700 to 1,100 feet and cuts through the southern portions of both Lehigh and Northampton counties.
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Several private bus lines, including Trans-Bridge Lines, provide bus service from Allentown to New York City's Port Authority Bus Terminal, Philadelphia's Greyhound Terminal and 30th Street Station, Atlantic City's Bus Terminal, and other regional locations. Of this, 345 square miles is land and 3.1 square miles (8.0 km2) (0.9%) is water. As the Civil War progressed, multiple Union Army units were drawn from Lehigh County, including roughly seventy percent of the 47th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment.
Allentown Transportation Center, located on North 7th Street, serves as a major hub for LANTA buses. Martz Trailways stops in Allentown as part of its route between Scranton-Wilkes-Barre and Philadelphia and as part of its commuter routes to New York City, which are part of the Amtrak Thruway route that connects Amtrak trains at 30th Street Station in Philadelphia. Allentown's public parking is managed by the Allentown Parking Authority. Adjacent counties include Carbon County to the north, Northampton County to the northeast and east, Bucks County to the southeast, Montgomery County to the south, and Berks County and Schuylkill County to the west. The Allentown Symphony Orchestra performs at Miller Symphony Hall, located on North 6th Street in Center City. The city has a musical heritage of civilian concert bands and is home to the Allentown Band, the oldest civilian concert band in the nation.
Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 18.0 square miles (46.6 km2) with 17.8 square miles (46.1 km2) of it being land and 0.2 square miles (0.5 km2) being water. Bodies of water include Jordan Creek and its tributary, Little Lehigh Creek, which join within the city limits and empty into the Lehigh River. Other bodies of water within the city limits include Lake Muhlenberg in Cedar Creek Parkway and a pond in Trexler Park. Brickworks flourished in Allentown until the end of World War I. The clay unearthed in various sections of the Allentown area proved highly suitable in manufacturing building brick and fire brick. Bricks were the first Allentown products shipped by rail and sold nationally.
Under the Köppen climate classification, Allentown falls within either a hot-summer humid continental climate if the 0 °C (32 °F) isotherm is used or a humid subtropical climate if the −3 °C (27 °F) isotherm is used. Summers are typically warm and muggy, fall and spring are generally mild, and winter is cool to cold. In 1850, Henry Leh contributed significantly to Allentown's industrialization with the opening of a shoe and ready-to-wear clothing store called Leh's.
Good previously served as captain of the Allen Rifles, a Lehigh County militia established in 1849, and later went on to be a three term mayor of Allentown. Captain Samuel Yohe of Easton was appointed colonel of the 1st Pennsylvania Volunteers and Thomas W. Lynn was awarded the rank of major. William H. Gausler, the leader of another Allentown-based militia, the Jordan Artillerists, was later placed in charge of Allen Rifles. The city's primary commercial airport, Lehigh Valley International Airport, is located 3 miles (4.8 km) northeast of Allentown in Hanover Township and is operated by the Lehigh–Northampton Airport Authority. The airport has direct flights to Atlanta, Charlotte, Chicago–O'Hare, Detroit, Philadelphia, and multiple cities in Florida. The region is also served by Allentown Queen City Municipal Airport, a two-runway facility located on Lehigh Street in South Allentown used predominantly by private aircraft.
