"This wasn't just a bunch of historic buildings...this was a neighborhood, where people lived and cared about each other." -Mary Pongracz
How and why was this neighborhood lost?...
"The focal point probably was Gus's Hot Dog Shop on the corner of New and Packer."
-Mr. James Ruhf, former resident of Verona Street
Gus’s was known for providing a good meal, and...
If a neighbor hadn’t seen smoke pouring from 433 Vine Street, fire may have claimed the Iampietro family and their home. John Iampietro remembers the source of the fire – a cigar butt a boarder...
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Lehigh University
Bethlehem, PA 18015
27 Memorial Drive West, Bethlehem, PA 18015