redevelopment

A lot has been happening in south Bethlehem. There is construction everywhere. It looks like the phoneix does rise from the ashes of steelmaking.

Yesterday, my walk was a tour of redevelopment projects. Above it the corner of 3rd and New. At one time it was 3rd Street Chicken. Then it burned down. They ripped down everything on New street past the RR tracks, and Graham Street. To the back side of the sneaker store. Third they took the vacant lot and the Maze garden lot. And they took Graham street and everything on it to Vine Street.

Facing Third is a 6 story building with store space on the bottom. Lehigh will have officces there, as will St. Lukes.

The New Street side to the Greenway is still the building.  Eventaully, the greenway will go thru there. (The development is called the Greenway Gardens".) There are bridges to carry people from the deck to the offices.

The entrance to the parking deck is on New and the exit on Vine. It is at least 5 stories.

I remembered my dollar store selfie stick and could actually take a not creepy picture of myself.

On the greenway the trees were wrapped for winter and theylook like sculpture. I think next year, colored burlap!

At 4th and Polk is another building and it goes all the way to the old bank (now the Social Still) at Pierce. The back bumps into Mechanic Street.

Across the street at the Steel, Northampton Community College is also being renovated.

The museum now has signage, a plaza, pieces of rusty machinery and fencing. It looks like a real museum.

Finally, the construction is done on the Fahy Bridge. You can walk under it. And up it. Those stairs are a dream compared to the old ones.


Miles/Steps:   3-ish miles
Bathrooms:     I-3.5, Banana Factory   
Weather:        50°, drizzle to heavy drizzle.
Extra:             In the morning, I volunteered at the homeless shelter. I parked and ran in. It was 5am. I didn't see that I was blocking someone's driveway. At least I wasn't towed.

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