2017 - Hamilton Street Christmas Skyline - Allentown PA

2018 - Center Square - Looking Northeast - 12 Oct - Allentown PA

Center City is the downtown and central business district of Allentown, Pennsylvania, the third largest city in the

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. It has a dense population and is currently undergoing an

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process.

Boundaries

Allentown's Center City is generally defined as the area centered around

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and Seventh Street: bordered by the

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to the east, Martin Luther King Jr. Drive to the south, the city line with

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to the north, and 15th Street to the west.

Demographics

Center City's population based on a 2007 estimate was 53,548. Center City is defined as 6.271 sq. mi., making the population density 8539/square miles.

Neighborhood features

Center City's tallest building is the PPL Building at 322 ft (98 m). The

Allentown Art Museum The Allentown Art Museum of the Lehigh Valley is an art museum located in Allentown, Pennsylvania. It was founded in 1934 by a group organized by noted Pennsylvania impressionist painter, Walter Emerson Baum. With its collection of over 19,000 ...

Miller Symphony Hall Miller Symphony Hall is a 1,100-seat performing arts facility in Allentown, Pennsylvania that hosts the Allentown Symphony Orchestra. The hall was previously known as Central Market (1896), Lyric Theater (1899), and Allentown Symphony Hall (1959). ...

, the former site of

Hess's Hess's was a department store chain based in Allentown, Pennsylvania. The company started in 1897 with one store, originally known as Hess Brothers, and grew to nearly 80 stores by its peak in the late 1980s. The chain's stores were closed or sol ...

Department Stores' original and flagship store,

Baum School of Art The Baum School of Art is a non-profit community art school located in Allentown, Pennsylvania. In 2016–2017, the school had a total enrollment of 3,346 students, 1,921 of which were children and teens, and 1,425 of which were adults. 178 clas ...

Lehigh County Historical Society Lehigh County Historical Society is a nonprofit organization, founded in 1904, dedicated to collecting, preserving, and exhibiting the history of Lehigh County, Pennsylvania and the Lehigh Valley region of eastern Pennsylvania. The Historical So ...

and Heritage Museum, and The

Liberty Bell Museum The Liberty Bell Museum (also the Liberty Bell Shrine Museum) is a non-profit organization and museum located in Zion's United Church of Christ (formerly Zion's Reformed Church) in Allentown, Pennsylvania in the Lehigh Valley region of eastern P ...

are Center City landmarks. An 8,500-capacity indoor arena, PPL Center, opened in August 2014, and is the home arena for the

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, the primary development team of the

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of the

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Neighborhoods

Center City Allentown includes several residential

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: Seventh Street, Downtown, Old Allentown, Old Fairgrounds District, and NOTI (North of Tilghman Street).

Economy

Center City is home to the corporate headquarters of

PPL Corporation PPL Corporation is an energy company headquartered in Allentown, Pennsylvania in the Lehigh Valley region of eastern Pennsylvania. The company is publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange. History Pennsylvania Power & Light was founded in 1 ...

Education

Center City Allentown's public schools, which are operated by

Allentown School District The Allentown School District is a large, urban public school district located in Allentown, Pennsylvania in the Lehigh Valley region of eastern Pennsylvania. The district is the fourth largest school district in Pennsylvania as of the 20 ...

, include:

High schools

* Allen High School * Dieruff High School

Middle schools

*Francis D. Raub Middle School *Harrison-Morton Middle School *South Mountain Middle School *Trexler Middle School

Elementary schools

*Central Elementary School *Cleveland Elementary School *Hiram Dodd Elementary School *Jackson Elementary School *Jefferson Elementary School *Lehigh Parkway Elementary School *Lincoln Elementary School *Luis A. Ramos Elementary School *McKinley Elementary School *Mosser Elementary School *Midway Manor Elementary School *Muhlenberg Elementary School *Ritter Elementary School *Roosevelt Elementary School *Sheridan Elementary School *Union Terrace Elementary School *Washington Elementary School

Charter schools

* Roberto Clemente Charter School

Private schools

Allentown Central Catholic High School Allentown Central Catholic High School (ACCHS) is a private, parochial school located at 301 North Fourth Street in Allentown, Pennsylvania. Located in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Allentown, ACCHS predominantly serves students from the Lehigh ...

*Cathedral of St. Catharine of Siena School *Holy Spirit School *Mercy Special Learning Center *Sacred Heart School *St. Francis of Assisi School

External links

Old Allentown Preservation Association website
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Neighborhoods in Pennsylvania