Thank you Ferry, Katy, Marilyn, Kathy, Harry, Lou Ann, Taffy, Gloria, Babs, Katrina and Wendy!
I truly appreciate all your views, comments and favs! I'm glad some of you noticed the texturing. I really wanted to bring out the gritty feeling of the steel mill that used to be here.
@randystreat This mill closed down somewhere around the late 70's, early 80's. It totally devastated the area economy. Billy Joel that had a song with a line in it, "Well I'm livin' here in Allentown..." which was all about the closing of the steel mills in Bethlehem and Allentown. Both cities were basically in a slump for decades. However, about 5 years ago one casino bought one of the mills and turned it into a resort and gambling hotel. I think it's thriving now. This plant though has been turned into a historical site. There is now a walkway you can take through the mill, a museum with all the stuff on display and a park where they have concerts and other events. There is still a lot of economic depression but there is also some significant growth which bodes well for a revival of sorts in the area.
Billy Joel. I remember it well because I used to go to Girl Scout camp outside of Quakertown was near Allentown, that and the fact that my maiden name is Allan (spelled alternately of course). I grew up a bit closer to Philadelphia and there were plants between my town and Philly that closed during this period of time, too. I'm glad that at least two were repurposed.
@randystreat I asked Jeff which one it was during dinner and he told me as you knew that it was Billy Joel. I really had no connection to it until the first time I visited this building which is part of the museum area.
June 18th, 2020
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Thank you Ferry, Katy, Marilyn, Kathy, Harry, Lou Ann, Taffy, Gloria, Babs, Katrina and Wendy!
I truly appreciate all your views, comments and favs! I'm glad some of you noticed the texturing. I really wanted to bring out the gritty feeling of the steel mill that used to be here.
@randystreat This mill closed down somewhere around the late 70's, early 80's. It totally devastated the area economy. Billy Joel that had a song with a line in it, "Well I'm livin' here in Allentown..." which was all about the closing of the steel mills in Bethlehem and Allentown. Both cities were basically in a slump for decades. However, about 5 years ago one casino bought one of the mills and turned it into a resort and gambling hotel. I think it's thriving now. This plant though has been turned into a historical site. There is now a walkway you can take through the mill, a museum with all the stuff on display and a park where they have concerts and other events. There is still a lot of economic depression but there is also some significant growth which bodes well for a revival of sorts in the area.