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Allentown (Pennsylvania Dutch: Allenschteddel, Allenschtadt, or Ellsdaun) is the county seat of Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, United States. [9] It is the third-most populous city in Pennsylvania with a population of 125,845 as of the 2020 census and the most populous city in the Lehigh Valley metropolitan area, which had a population of 861,899 and was the 68th-most populous metropolitan area ...
It is estimated that the Neighborhood Improvement Zone has generated $1 billion in development with notable projects, including the Renaissance Allentown Hotel, Strata Flats, Two City Center, and the PPL Center, a 10,000-seat stadium, which hosts the Lehigh Valley Phantoms, an American Hockey League team and the primary developmental team of the Philadelphia Flyers of the National Hockey League.
Matthew Tuerk (born March 18, 1975) is an American politician and economic development official serving as the mayor of Allentown, Pennsylvania since January 2022. Despite entering a crowded field with low name recognition, he was the first candidate to defeat an incumbent mayor in an Allentown primary since 1973, becoming the city's first Latino mayor.
Lehigh County (/ ˈ l iː h aɪ /; Pennsylvania Dutch: Lechaa Kaundi) is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.As of the 2020 census, the county's population was 374,557. [1]
1 – Samuel Milton McHose 1867–1869 Republican First mayor under the first Allentown City Charter, sworn into office on May 19, 1867. Born February 16, 1816, in Lower Saucon in Northampton County, the son of Isaac McHose.
Allentown, the largest city in the Lehigh Valley, third-largest city in Pennsylvania, and county seat of Lehigh County, in May 2010. The culture of Allentown, Pennsylvania dates back to the early 18th century settlement of the city and the surrounding Lehigh Valley, which was then part of the Province of Pennsylvania, one of the original Thirteen Colonies, by German immigrants almost ...
Allentown, the largest city in the Lehigh Valley, third-largest city in Pennsylvania, and county seat of Lehigh County Trout Hall, built in 1770 by James Allen, son of Allentown founder William Allen, is one of the oldest houses in Allentown; from 1867 to 1905, it served as the home of Muhlenberg College The 24-story PPL Building in Center City Allentown, the city's tallest building PPL Center ...
Lehigh Parkway, the largest park in Allentown, built during the 1930s as a Works Progress Administration project, in 2012 Cedar Creek Park in west-side Allentown in 2019 Franklin Park at 218 N. 14th Street in 2021