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Linden Street is reduced to one lane today, as a private contractor installs stencils on the street for the bike lane. I had forgotten about this idiotic plan. Let us hope that the projections for the arena's success are more realistic than their vision for the bike lane's use. Also observed on my patrol today was the unbelievably slow progress of the 15th Street Bridge project. More concrete and steel is completed in one day on the arena and City Center buildings, than has yet to be completed on the bridge. The entire southside of Allentown remains prisoner to misplaced priorities. Talking of misplaced priorities, yesterday the Administration applauded itself for starting the eastside fire house, a year and half late. UPDATE: ABOUT THIS POSTCARD- Earlier this week I used a postcard of Lehigh Parkway in the Give A Damn, Save A Dam post. Both cards have a similar coloration and were photographed by Harold Becraft in the early 1950's. Becraft was a photographer from Suffern N.Y., who produced many of the images used in the postcards of Allentown's parks. These cards were produced locally by E.H. Schall Co. In addition to Becraft's name on the front, they're also marked Kodachrome. Although Becraft did many park scenes for Schall, the image shown above is one of his few cityscapes.
reprinted from May of 2013
While it may be slightly off topic, In my travels in the last few days I marvel at the time it now takes to complete simple road projects.
ReplyDeleteThe widening in fogelsville has been going on for years, the interchange of I-78 and 61 has been a dangerous and never ending project.
Is it a fact that the Northeast extension of the Pa. turnpike took 3 years to complete, but the improvements have been going on for a decade?
I ride my bike downtown several days a month and I'm very glad for any upgrades that will make my rides safer. Earlier this week you criticized the "bike trail" on Martin Luther King from Schriebener Bridge to S. 24th Street. The only improvements I've noticed are the painted bike symbols on the pavement to remind car drivers of their responsibility to share the road with bicyclists. This road segment suffers from chronic vehicle speeding and is a very significant bicycling link between the Lehigh Parkway and central/west Allentown via St. Elmo Street. I use it all the time. The minimal street painted symbols seem like a reasonable safety feature.
ReplyDeleteThe good old days when news was news instead of a advertisement gimmick to sell something. Things were real and tangible not just a fact in the wind with a 20yr life expectancy.
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