Mayor Pitches $3.2 Million Main Street Facelift
Initial phase would bring brick pavers and a 50-foot inlaid granite Moravian star to the intersection of Main and Market streets.
Bethlehem Mayor John Callahan announced a $3.2 million project to overhaul the sidewalks and streets on Main Street in the Downtown Historic District on Wednesday. Phase one of the project would be improvements to the T-intersection of Main and Market streets. The sidewalks and roadway will be covered in brick pavers with granite trim, according to The Morning Call. Adding a touch of drama, a 50-by-30-foot inlaid granite Moravian star at the center of the intersection. After the work at Market Street is completed, the streetscape improvement project would shift north toward Broad Street. The last portion to be completed will be the southern portion of Main, which includes the Moravian Book Shop and the Historic Hotel Bethlehem. The last …
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James
8:21 pm on Monday, August 27, 2012
This isn't Scranton, people. Bethlehem's 500 and 600 blocks are a tourist attraction- full of shopping and places to eat. Esthetics are everything... if Jim Thorpe can come in Number Five in the nation's nicest towns (and only the village area around the courthouse/Packer Mansion is truly picturesque) than why not entice people to the Historic District at times other than Musikfest, Celticfest, … more ›