Slide Title
Preview

Date
4-1-1965
Description
This photograph shows the the Urban Renewal Project area of Allentown before construction began. As in many cities, urban renewal in Allentown displaced many individuals and families. While Allentown did achieve some new apartment complex's, elderly housing, and municipal buildings, a 1973 moratorium on subsidized housing, signed by Preisident Nixon, left much of the city with large areas of vacant land where there had once been neighborhoods
Creator 1 Role
Photographer
Building Type
Urban Redevelopment
Subject Headings
Aerial views -- Pennsylvainia -- Allentown; Urban renewal -- Pennsylvainia -- Allentown; City planning -- Pennsylvainia -- Allentown; Factory buildings
Country Name
United States
Region Name
Pennsylvania
City Name
Allentown
Recommended Citation
Smolski, Chester, "Allentown: Project Area" (1965). Browse All. 960.
https://digitalcommons.ric.edu/smolski_images/960
Keywords
aerial; railroad; urban renewal; construction; vacant land; industry;
Notes
Bibliography: http://explorepahistory.com/hmarker.php?markerId=1-A-3DE
Retrieved 5 July 2012 http://www.lehighcounty.org/Departments/Corrections/LehighCountyPrison/HistoryofLCP/tabid/280/Default.aspx
Retrieved 5 July 2012 http://www.allentownartmuseum.org/about-us/museum-expansion
Retrieved 5 July 2012