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steve carell's in scranton there, buddy!

excellent show, tubs. i've always liked allentown. (go iron pigs!) the fairgrounds farmers market there is great.

this photo thread is an A-TREAT.

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I'll agree that Allentown doesn't get enough rep. I spent a day there some years back and was impressed with the urban fabric. The city has some grit, but not near what many other rust belt cities have.

Tt, where did you take the overhead pics from? I tried to get to the upper floors of the PA Power & Light building when I was there, but security put the stops to that.

Thanks for the tour.
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Allentown has some good bones!
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Thanks folks! I'll need to do the residential areas and industry in this town more in-depth some day.
And check out the West End sometime. It's truly beautiful. Allentown is actually a pretty diverse place. I moved there in 1971 from Albany (left in 1978 after graduating from William Allen HS). Downtown Allentown was an amazingly vibrant, crowded place. That new-ish PP&L complex at 9th & Hamilton, which I'm sure you noticed, used to be the site of the impressive Hess's Department Store, a real old-school gem. Further down Hamilton, east of 7th Street was Leh's Department Store, another old-school gem, though less upscale than Hess's. When I drive down Hamilton Street these days, I wonder how things can change so much.
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I am so happy to finally see a great photo thread on Allentown. I have been there several times and it packs an urban punch and it is diverse. There is a lot of NYC and Philly influence on Allentown. A lot of people have moved there since the cost of living is much lower. Some commute to Philly and NYC/Jersey from Allentown in pretty suprising numbers. The metro area itself is pretty large too so it has that draw and its growing pretty quickly.
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This just reminds me of how unfamiliar I am with the "interior east," or how i still don't really have a feel for the compact geography of the eastern seaboard states...I didn't realize how close it was to Philly.
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Definitely a down-home kinda town...something you'd enjoy on a Sunday morning...I like it!
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I've heard so many bad things about Allentown, such as "the city is ghetto," and comments like that. It's hard to believe after seeing the pictures. The city doesn't look bad at all. And the architecture looks great.
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Great thread, Thundertubs!! I can't recall ever seeing Allentown on this site!! Great buildings, rowhouses, with lots of activity!!
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Now this is what a city is supposed to look like.
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I forget about Allentown a lot. Usually I think of Harrisburg (which I think feels bigger) as the state's 3rd city.

Anyway, nice to see it. Another one of these mid-sized mid-Atlantic cities that I need to visit.
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oh self-storage, pretty much one of the worst offenders of architecture monstrosity today

oh, and nice tour.
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never heard of Allentown before.nice!
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Well this sure was an eye-opener for me! (O_O)

With some solid streetscapes like that, it should definitely have a much more recognizable name for itself...
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Wow, Amazing photo thread. You captured Allentown well.
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oh self-storage, pretty much one of the worst offenders of architecture monstrosity today

oh, and nice tour.
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Allentown; Doesn't look as cool as I thought it was. lol. Looks very similar to Reading, PA it seems. Also looks like a bigger Wilkes-Barre.

Harrisburg is def a much more impressive 3rd city.
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Fluffyians hear 'Allentown' and think 'Dorney Park'.

I think 'PPL Building'.

We're such nerds here.

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