Molovinsky's Nostalgia Train

I suspect that this blog will be spending a lot of time in the near future in the distant past. Frankly, I don't see much news to report on. I'll leave the arena news and Pawlowski's proclamations to The Morning Call. In a few weeks he'll be cutting the ribbon on the 15th Street Bridge, and we'll hear about infrastructure, and what he could do for all of Pennsylvania as governor. In truth, that bridge was on the books since 1985. In truth, they accomplished more work in a week on the high priority arena, as South Allentown dangled for almost three years without the bridge. In the picture above we're back in 1946. Allentown would be serviced by trolleys for another six years. In center city, the main north and south lines were on 6th and 7th Street, as were the stores. Here, the trolley is on 6th, between Turner and Chew Streets. Graf Court, one of Allentown's first apartment houses, shown on the left side, is still there. Out of view, on the upper right side, was the Jewish Community Center, now Alliance Hall.

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above reprinted from December of 2013

UPDATE JUNE 2, 2021: The Morning Call endorsed Pawlowski in 2005, and actively supported him until his indictment in 2015.  Starting in 2007, this blog alone scrutinized Pawlowski's administration. (Later I was joined by fellow blogger Bernie O'Hare.) The NIZ has replaced Pawlowski in being overlooked by the newspaper's blind eye, but being scrutinized by this blogger.  While the paper recently promoted Reilly's new plans for the former AAA building, they ignored the fact that it is beyond the original designated NIZ District. The NIZ was written in pencil, and modified to allow land swaps of opportunity.  Just as the Morning Call was good to Pawlowski,  Reilly and the NIZ now enjoy the same benefit.