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BCIU was formed November 10, 1955, at the White House Industrial Cooperation Council Conference, as an initiative directed by U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower.It was established with the purpose of improving foreign understanding of business practices within the United States, [1] thereby lifting a national image that had suffered greatly through the course of the Cold War.
Bassett's Ice Cream at Reading Terminal Market Harry Ochs Original Harry Ochs meat stand. Open-air markets have flourished in Philadelphia since its founding. Growth of the city demanded more markets, and the string of open-air markets extending from the Delaware River ran for six blocks, or one full mile, prompting the main street (then called 'High Street') to be renamed 'Market Street' in ...
Reading (/ ˈ r ɛ d ɪ ŋ / RED-ing; Pennsylvania German: Reddin) is a city in and the county seat of Berks County, Pennsylvania, United States.The city had a population of 95,112 at the 2020 census and is the fourth-most populous city in Pennsylvania after Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, and Allentown.
In 2004 Yochai Benkler noted that online platforms, alongside free software and wireless networks, allowed households to share idle or underused resources. [14] As the sharing economy inspires itself largely from the open source philosophy, [15] open source projects dedicated to launching a peer to peer marketplace include Cocorico [16] and ...
In 1889, the Philadelphia and Reading Railway decided to build a train depot, passenger station, and company headquarters on the corner of 12th and Market Streets. The move came eight years after the Pennsylvania Railroad opened its Broad Street Station several blocks away at 15th and Market Streets, and one year after the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad opened its 24th Street Station at 24th and ...
As of 2020, there were 12.92 miles (20.79 km) of public roads in West Reading, of which 1.84 miles (2.96 km) were maintained by the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) and 11.08 miles (17.83 km) were maintained by the borough. [8] U.S. Route 422 is the main highway serving West Reading. It follows the West Shore Bypass along a ...
Inter-City Bus Terminal (ICBT) was the primary regional transportation hub serving Berks County, Pennsylvania.Located in downtown Reading, ICBT had daily service to Philadelphia, New York, and Harrisburg via Greyhound Bus Lines and Klein Transportation.
The township is located in eastern Adams County and contains the settlements of Hampton and Lake Meade.According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 26.8 square miles (69.3 km 2), of which 26.3 square miles (68.2 km 2) is land and 0.42 square miles (1.1 km 2), or 1.60%, is water. [3]