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A fourth store in the Wyoming Valley Mall near Wilkes-Barre opened in 1971. [9] Like many other major department stores in the 1970s, however, suburbanization and the growth of indoor shopping malls led to declining sales of large department stores in Allentown's central business district. In 1975, Zollinger's was still profitable, but in 1976 ...
Merchants Square Mall [3] Allentown Outlet Mall Merchants Commerce Center Allentown: 19?? - 2023 Closed to public; plans exist for conversion to industrial usage. Meadville Mall Vernon Place Meadville: 1976 - 2008 Demolished MJ Mall Carlisle Commons Shopping Center Carlisle: Redeveloped as a power center North Hills Village: Pittsburgh: 1976 ...
Prior to its construction, the only bridges connecting Center City Allentown and South Allentown were Lehigh Street and the 8th Street bridges, although the single-lane 19th century stone arch Schreibers Bridge (1828, rehabilitated in 1920) provided west end access to southwest Allentown via Lehigh Parkway East. Original bridges were metal ...
Entrance to Ross Stores at South Mall, June 2015. Hess's South, an early satellite location of the Hess's downtown Allentown department store, opened at the site of the mall in 1971. [2] Hess's built a modest enclosed mall on the north side of the department store in 1975, adding a Weis Markets location and several specialty shops. [2]
Allentown, the largest city in the Lehigh Valley, third-largest city in Pennsylvania, and county seat of Lehigh County Trout Hall, built in 1770 by James Allen, son of Allentown founder William Allen, is one of the oldest houses in Allentown; from 1867 to 1905, it served as the home of Muhlenberg College The 24-story PPL Building in Center City Allentown, the city's tallest building PPL Center ...
Lehigh County Historical Society is a nonprofit organization, founded in 1904, dedicated to collecting, preserving, and exhibiting the history of Lehigh County, Pennsylvania and the Lehigh Valley region of eastern Pennsylvania. The Historical Society and Lehigh Valley Heritage Museum are located at 432 West Walnut Street in Allentown.
The mall was located on the eastern edge of the Lehigh Valley, the metropolitan area of Allentown, Pennsylvania. The mall's anchor store was Kohl's. Other anchor stores were The Bon-Ton, Sears, and Black Rose Antiques & Collectibles. Demolition of the remaining mall structures began in February 2024 and was completed by July 2024.
Hazel Kibler Memorial Museum, Girard, operated by the West County Historical Association [13] Heritage Center Museum, Lancaster, closed in 2011 [14] JEM Classic Car Museum, Andreas, collection sold in 2003 [15] Jewish Museum of Eastern Pennsylvania, Pottsville, closed in 2014 [16] Kready's Country Store Museum, Lititz [17] [18]