Today I had a hair appointment. It's near 10th and Walnut in Allentown. Sharon also comes, so today instead of chatting I decided to walk around downtown for thirty minutes.
I went up 10th to Hamilton and headed toward Ninth. Almost the entire block had changed on one side. The just bull dozed everything and built new buildings. On the other side many had zoning notices in the window. With the rate of redevelopment in Allentown it will no longer have any charm. It will be generic office Park number 10 Zillion. Glass and steel.
I went down 10th to Linden and out Linden back to 10th. The cemetery is in horrible shape. And there in front of someones house was a tombstone like thing but there were no words. Maybe at one time it had a plaque. The front was distressed. The back was not. Maybe it was art?
The block with the Stonewall had a lot of character. I don't remember these doors on the Stonewall's brownstone, and they've also painted the stairs a rainbow. This person dispensed with the sign company all together and just airbrushed the sign.
Then it was back out Hamilton toward 11th. There I discovered that AAA was for sale, and that the ILGWU building with the beautiful Art Deco letters was empty. But this former dry cleaner has great glass. And I bet the neon is nice too.
Then it was back down 11th to Walnut and back to the car for our purses, then on to the salon.
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