The track is now used for a demolition derby. The farmers market actually extends under the grandstand seats. Right across there is Ag Hall. Lots of shows, farm produce exhibitions, gray rick con era back in the day( Rush!)
You never mentioned the great development that has taken place downtown, nice restaurants, boutiques, brand new buildings, new condos and much more.... A great place to visit and live.
Allentown was known a the truck capital of the world: Mack trucks! The transitor invented at Western Electric on union blvd. Should of mentioned Allentown's largest employer it one time. Mack trucks put Allentown in the map! They still have huge plant in Macungie.
@@TheCoverageProject it’s the wars. There’s so much lost history in reference to my family and our origins in relation the the founding of the country. It’s such a drudge. I am a New Yorker from Manhattan. We’re Swiss-Dutch so naturally Manhattan. And of course up and down the east coast. The Maryland state flag is my family’s crest. So much has been lost with the constitution and it’s application. That’s my current research. Your video was über insightful. Merci vielmals.
@@TheCoverageProject anyway on the west coast. Cute but the east coast is historically richer. Or at least east coasters are a bit more enchanted with history.
They also have the Pip The Mouse Puppet Show, which now lacks the glitter of the old days when it's home was to the left of one of the main entrances of Hess Brothers ( you had to be there).
Kuhnsville was a great old town. I remember visiting family friends as a kid in an old one-story farm house, with a phone system like Green Acres (you could talk to the operator). Amazing times.
I remember Kuhnsville before the housing developments. We had some old Pennsylvania Dutch friends who lived in a small shack of a house like Ma and Pa Kettle. Had the phone like Green Acres with the operator you could talk to but no dial. Roosters, old cars, rocking chairs, ate apples off the tree, wash haning outside, old wood stove to cook and heat, out-house (no bathroom). Johnny Cash blaring in the background. Take me back.
If there was one thing that I’d recommend for others on a day trip around here, those Coplay Cement Kilns featured at the start of the video are right outside of the city and along a nice park area with great parking. They serve as a great relic of the area’s history as an industrial powerhouse. The Allentown farmers market I went to is also quite interesting but it’s only open on certain days, so best of luck if someone tries to visit there!
The fairgrounds are still home to the Great Allentown Fair every year, which fills the entire fairgrounds area with a carnival type event. The way you described it to people not from here would lead them to believe that it’s a thing of the past. It’s not. Please come back this September (Aug 31 to Sept 6) and show the fairgrounds when they are at their peak. The bell would have been melted down for cannonballs. I own a home on 4th st near Hamilton and can’t wait to see what the riverfront development does for downtown
I remember going to the fair and getting dissed by that one clown who makes fun of you while you try and throw a baseball at a target to get him to fall in a dunk tank. Good times!
@@EagleLogic I believe the original BoBo Quit because he got Beat Up a few times. Guys he Mocked waited till the Fair was closing and Jumped him! I don't think they allow that anymore!
That bench at 3:50, those side wheels make me think of the wheels on the carts sent in & out of the mines (back in the coal mining days). I might be wrong of course ...
Yes, Allentown, the Queen City , the gay community loving it !!!! Seriously, they destroyed Hamilton Street, but outsiders only see shiny new, high-rise office buildings with colored lights, and they think its cool. Actually I'm disgusted! They tore down so much history, and continue tearing it down. Allentown "was" a beautiful city and it only needed the right mayor/s/leadership with an eye on "preservation". If all those buildings were preserved, Allentown would be a masterpiece of of Pennsylvania and the USA! The shopping district with 3 big anchor stores -- Hess Brothers, H. Leh, and Zollinger's -- was fun and exciting. Anyone old enough to remember? Remember Speedy's Record's, The Nut Hut, Woolworth, Grants, and a variety of tiny shops that carried everything imaginable. They conveniently condemned and tore it all down in the name of "progress". Whose progress? RIP Allentown.
@@travelingwithrick Daddona created the Hamilton Mall, but I'm not sure how great it was. Still think he was a good mayor. Loved his health food store in West Allentown.
@@jamesalexander5623 Movie stars and celebrities at the Patio...... Pip the Mouse in Hess's front window. Perfume in vestibules. Chandeliers. Big Saturday sales. Miss it all.
Nice vid however towards the end, when you walk down the alley of Zion Reformed Church, THAT is where they hid the Liberty bell. It's like a 260 year old historic center, u should'e gone in for a couple of minutes. It would've added a lot of history to your vid.
Honestly I’m not too sure! How I ended up there was by driving to the “Coplay Cement Kilns” or at least that’s what I entered on my GPS! I wandered off a bit in order to locate the Lehigh River
@@HunterRex there's a section near the strip mall on lehigh st called queen city. Its a really old name. Most people today just call it a town. The A and many times I hear people refer to it collectively with Bethlehem and Easton as the A.B.E
@@travelingwithrick no it wasn’t, he said it was about Levittown in some interview. he wrote the music but couldn’t find words or a plot then remembered what happened in the valley years back and Allentown fit and wrote song about the Allentown Bethlehem area.
It was ordered that several of the more important bells in Philadelphia be removed from the city to prevent the British from melting them down to forge weaponry
Thank you all for contributing to this video's 5000+ views! A small but quite meaningful milestone for me.
The track is now used for a demolition derby. The farmers market actually extends under the grandstand seats. Right across there is Ag Hall. Lots of shows, farm produce exhibitions, gray rick con era back in the day( Rush!)
You never mentioned the great development that has taken place downtown, nice restaurants, boutiques, brand new buildings, new condos and much more.... A great place to visit and live.
Sorry I can't be more supportive.
Allentown was known a the truck capital of the world: Mack trucks! The transitor invented at Western Electric on union blvd. Should of mentioned Allentown's largest employer it one time. Mack trucks put Allentown in the map! They still have huge plant in Macungie.
My Dad worked at Western and brought home some Transistors for us to see!
Namesake. Thanks so much for the history lesson. The east coast is just dripping in history and culture.
Thanks for the support! You are totally right, there is SO much to learn from visiting America's east coast.
@@TheCoverageProject it’s the wars. There’s so much lost history in reference to my family and our origins in relation the the founding of the country. It’s such a drudge. I am a New Yorker from Manhattan. We’re Swiss-Dutch so naturally Manhattan. And of course up and down the east coast. The Maryland state flag is my family’s crest. So much has been lost with the constitution and it’s application. That’s my current research. Your video was über insightful. Merci vielmals.
@@TheCoverageProject anyway on the west coast. Cute but the east coast is historically richer. Or at least east coasters are a bit more enchanted with history.
Yes the fairgrounds was a race track , my grand father raced with Mario Andretti thier.
That's really cool, there's always a fascinating historical legacy to these lesser known areas!
been at Allentown many times, never thought about its history
For sure, always more one can learn, even in the places we least expect!
11:18 that's the church that kept the liberty bell in the basement
They also have the Pip The Mouse Puppet Show, which now lacks the glitter of the old days when it's home was to the left of one of the main entrances of Hess Brothers ( you had to be there).
Those kilns are not located in Allentown
The lehigh valley still produces cement the plants are all outside Allentown in other towns.
Coplay is pronounced Cop-lee.
Should have went to trout hall
I grew up right outside Atown , in kuhnsville
Kuhnsville was a great old town. I remember visiting family friends as a kid in an old one-story farm house, with a phone system like Green Acres (you could talk to the operator). Amazing times.
I remember Kuhnsville before the housing developments. We had some old Pennsylvania Dutch friends who lived in a small shack of a house like Ma and Pa Kettle. Had the phone like Green Acres with the operator you could talk to but no dial. Roosters, old cars, rocking chairs, ate apples off the tree, wash haning outside, old wood stove to cook and heat, out-house (no bathroom). Johnny Cash blaring in the background. Take me back.
I’m going to Allentown tmr from CT. Can someone recommend where I should visit? 🙏🙏
If there was one thing that I’d recommend for others on a day trip around here, those Coplay Cement Kilns featured at the start of the video are right outside of the city and along a nice park area with great parking. They serve as a great relic of the area’s history as an industrial powerhouse.
The Allentown farmers market I went to is also quite interesting but it’s only open on certain days, so best of luck if someone tries to visit there!
@@TheCoverageProject IT's pronounced Cop-Lee .....
The fairgrounds are still home to the Great Allentown Fair every year, which fills the entire fairgrounds area with a carnival type event. The way you described it to people not from here would lead them to believe that it’s a thing of the past. It’s not.
Please come back this September (Aug 31 to Sept 6) and show the fairgrounds when they are at their peak.
The bell would have been melted down for cannonballs.
I own a home on 4th st near Hamilton and can’t wait to see what the riverfront development does for downtown
I remember going to the fair and getting dissed by that one clown who makes fun of you while you try and throw a baseball at a target to get him to fall in a dunk tank. Good times!
@@EagleLogic BoBo .... He would Mock the Hell out of Guys so they would buy Basket after Basket of Balls to Dunk him!
@@jamesalexander5623 I haven’t been to the fair since early 2000’s. You know if he’s still there ?
@@EagleLogic I believe the original BoBo Quit because he got Beat Up a few times. Guys he Mocked waited till the Fair was closing and Jumped him! I don't think they allow that anymore!
That bench at 3:50, those side wheels make me think of the wheels on the carts sent in & out of the mines (back in the coal mining days). I might be wrong of course ...
You could be just as right as my guesses in the video. Sometimes it’s fun not to know for sure but rather make one’s own speculation haha
They look like a trains steel wheels.
I'm from Allentown, PA.
Awesome channel, im really feeling the energy! keep up the good work...
Thanks a lot! I think it’s the pure passion towards this project that helps to deliver the energy you talk about haha
It’s also called the Little Apple
Never heard this before
We were always the Queen City as far back as I can remember.
I liked your video. Thanks for sharing. Coplay is pronounce Cop-lay no Co play. Stay well.
Thanks for the info, stay well yourself!
@@TheCoverageProject cop-lee
I can show you another side of allentown dark side, some spots with legends
I'm from Allentown I would love to know what legends 🥺
@@spiritharris2528 where people like u live.
@@spiritharris2528 Hanover Acres housing project (recently town down) has legends in Depression Era poverty and crime in latter years.
@@shymeeee my uncle lived their. Eleanor Roosevelt visited there.
@@travelingwithrick Yes, Eleanor did... I lived there too in the early 70s and my family saw and faced unbelievable crime.
Live right outside of easton and I hate it anymore to many ignorant people trashing the place all from ny,nj same with the Poconos
Thank you!
Poconos now 90% new yorkers. Lived and taught school there.
Yes, Allentown, the Queen City , the gay community loving it !!!! Seriously, they destroyed Hamilton Street, but outsiders only see shiny new, high-rise office buildings with colored lights, and they think its cool. Actually I'm disgusted! They tore down so much history, and continue tearing it down. Allentown "was" a beautiful city and it only needed the right mayor/s/leadership with an eye on "preservation". If all those buildings were preserved, Allentown would be a masterpiece of of Pennsylvania and the USA! The shopping district with 3 big anchor stores -- Hess Brothers, H. Leh, and Zollinger's -- was fun and exciting. Anyone old enough to remember? Remember Speedy's Record's, The Nut Hut, Woolworth, Grants, and a variety of tiny shops that carried everything imaginable. They conveniently condemned and tore it all down in the name of "progress". Whose progress? RIP Allentown.
Joe Daddona was a great mayor. Pawloski the corrupt jailbird the worst.
Whe I was a Kid in the 50's going to Hess's was like going to Church! Our Mom would dress us up and we had to have a Bath too! It was Special!
Worked at both Hess’sand Zollingers in the display department in the 60s. Totally agree with you downtown has been destroyed in the name of progress.
@@travelingwithrick Daddona created the Hamilton Mall, but I'm not sure how great it was. Still think he was a good mayor. Loved his health food store in West Allentown.
@@jamesalexander5623 Movie stars and celebrities at the Patio...... Pip the Mouse in Hess's front window. Perfume in vestibules. Chandeliers. Big Saturday sales. Miss it all.
Nice vid however towards the end, when you walk down the alley of Zion Reformed Church, THAT is where they hid the Liberty bell. It's like a 260 year old historic center, u should'e gone in for a couple of minutes. It would've added a lot of history to your vid.
I was honestly kinda looking for that as I did mention it haha. Is that church open to the public to just walk in and look around?
What is the name of the park where you started the video?
Honestly I’m not too sure! How I ended up there was by driving to the “Coplay Cement Kilns” or at least that’s what I entered on my GPS! I wandered off a bit in order to locate the Lehigh River
Saylor Park in Coplay
@@CraptasticJack That definitely sounds familiar, thanks for the info!
I was in Allentown last year in march and it is a nice place to visit. I like your video showing the bizarre parts of town.
Exactly what the Coverage Project is all about!
I live there
So does Mistress Warrior!!!! !!!!
Love your videos 🤩🤩🤩 your very handsome 😍
Thank you for your support!
Where is the people?
You shoulda gone to 2nd st😂
What’s happening at 2nd St?
We lived on 2nd street -- 6th Ward for a few years -- the Arabic part of Allentown. Great people, food and memories.
Never heard Allentown being called "the queen city" and ive lived here my whole life
Ikr
That’s why the smaller airport is called Queen City Airport.
@@HunterRex there's a section near the strip mall on lehigh st called queen city. Its a really old name. Most people today just call it a town. The A and many times I hear people refer to it collectively with Bethlehem and Easton as the A.B.E
Never heard of the queen city diner?
Bro right? Since when was it called the queen city I been a resident here my whole life
best part of Allentown: the Sam Adams Brewery. Followed by Dorney, and then that quaint vineyard near Sam's (forgot name)
Weathered Vineyard..
"Well we're living here in Allentown and thy're closing all the factories down"
That song was about Bethlehem but Allentown rhymed better.
@@travelingwithrick no it wasn’t, he said it was about Levittown in some interview. he wrote the music but couldn’t find words or a plot then remembered what happened in the valley years back and Allentown fit and wrote song about the Allentown Bethlehem area.
It was ordered that several of the more important bells in Philadelphia be removed from the city to prevent the British from melting them down to forge weaponry