Staberdearth
7:30 am on Wednesday, November 14, 2012
I would follow the money to private/public cozy political connections to the contractors and other awarded the work. You are quite on the mark Bruce.

While a Moravian Star is nice to look at in this vicinity, no one would miss it if it was never placed there. Why not Laser project one onto the street?

This sort of public works project is what politicians not beholden to your tax money and more than likely sent spendable manna from Harrisburg or maybe even Washington will do. Perhaps they saw these as those highly promoted "shovel ready" jobs...all on your tax dollar. But another example of income redistribution instead of solid business sense. Hey, the US just voted for more of this... to expand the argument from the micro to the macro...

Send those who are hungry down to that intersection to see if they can find a scrap of edibility in it.

Liberty Property Trust and the City needs to back off the rest of this project and focus their money on more directed needs for the downtown merchants---like signage and parking. Replacing the sidewalks on Main Street is a frivolous use of funds with little added benefit and more pain for the merchants. While some leveling of the sidewalks would be appropriate in certain areas around trees, there is no need to replace the entire sidewalk area along Main Street with bricks.

I agree, I do not want trash pick up to be by one hauler.....saving taxpayer is a lie, before the ink is dry on the contract, the price of hauling trash will go UP. Anyone notice the outstanding info taxpayers received on curbside recycling....$1 a yr, now $5 quarterly.....no I have seen trash hauler strikes...using one means NO ONE gets pick up. I am sooo happy with my company. Here is an idea to save small hauler jobs, instead of WM (way too big for their britches) ....leave well enough alone. Mayor just leave office ...quietly...I didn't vote for this one, or THE LAST....!

I fail to understand how a large granite star in the middle of the intersection fits in with the historic nature of the city. Is there any historic precedent for this? I understand it may look cool, but I doubt it's value historically. We should look more toward Williamsburg, VA if we want to move more toward authenticity and less toward what appears to be someone's gaudy idea of how to attract shoppers to downtown.

They aren't replacing the Granite Star nor relaying that but only relaying the bricks that surround the Star that were coming loose. I would have to agree with the person regarding the historic authenticity of the star as it is neither the Bethlehem Star nor the Moravian Star but some knockoff aberation. I would agree that we should be appreciative of the contributions made to improve the intersection; but it will have zero effect on tourism and money could have been spent much better on things that would really matter matter in that regard.