[PDF] Scranton The Electric City eBook

Author : Alyssa Amori
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 30,4 MB
Release : 2007
Category : Scranton (Pa.)
ISBN : 9780979504532

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Over 100 full-color, high gloss photos depict the city of Scranton, Pennsylvania in 2007.Among the photos included are:Roger Clemens' appearance with the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre YankeesNay Aug ParkHilton Scranton & Conference CenterCentral Scranton Expressway MuralLackawanna County CourthouseRadisson Lackawanna Station HotelWilliam J. Nealon Federal CourthouseEverhart MuseumUniversity of ScrantonLackawanna CollegeScranton Times-Tribune TowerCity HallAlbright Memorial LibraryGino Merli Veterans CenterSteamtown National Historic SiteSt. Peter's CathedralSt. Patrick's Day ParadeWilkes-Barre/Scranton PioneersStatues and MonumentsPhotographer Alyssa Amori's ultimate hope is to get the book into the hands of as many Scranton service men and women serving in Iraq and Afghanistan as possible. The book is designed to provide the troops with a much-welcome glimpse of home. Amori is looking for individuals or groups willing to either provide addresses or donations to finance the printing and mailing of the books to the troops. To offer assistance, please email Amori at [email protected]

Author : Brian Fanelli
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 153 pages
File Size : 40,47 MB
Release : 2024-07-16
Category : Travel
ISBN : 1953368786

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In Currents in the Electric City, an installment of Belt’s City Anthologies series, the story of Scranton gets told by the people who know it best. Scranton, PA, is more than just the setting for The Office. It's a living city, one with a rich industrial and labor history, that also has a small-town feel. Who is considered “from Scranton” is fiercely guarded even as the city sees immigration from around the world. Neighborhood talk can reveal your family secrets before you even know them yourself, as Barbara J. Taylor writes. Pieces in this anthology talk about desires to leave, ties that bind, and decisions to stay, as well as impressions from newcomers to the Northeastern Pennsylvania hub. As coeditor Joe Kraus notes in his foreword, Scranton was once a prominent stop on the vaudeville circuit—vaudeville translating literally into “the voice of the city.” The chorus of voices that fill the poems and essays in this anthology tell a complicated story of the Electric city that many have heard of, but few know.

Author : Mark Olderr
Publisher :
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 20,36 MB
Release : 2010-01-27
Category : Historic buildings
ISBN : 9780615343716

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The Industrial Revolution in America found its legs in cities like Scranton. Its abundant natural resources, such as coal and lumber, mad Scranton the ideal location to serve as a railroad hub. Its vibrant industry, transportation and proximity to natural resources and markets enabled Scranton to thrive. As we progress through the Information Age, Scranton has redefined its identity with education, medicine, recreation and culture. This book defines this transformation from 19th Century coal/railroad city to a modern thriving community of the 21st Century.

Author : Applewood Books
Publisher : Commonwealth Editions
Page : 116 pages
File Size : 28,86 MB
Release : 2019-05-28
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781516264223

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A Travel Journal Featuring a Photograph by Carol Highsmith of Electric City Sign in Scranton, Pennsylvania

Author : Olapeju Simoyan
Publisher : Olapeju Simoyan
Page : 122 pages
File Size : 46,32 MB
Release : 2023-10-20
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN :

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The first edition of Scranton, a Place to Call Home was published to commemorate Scranton’s 150th anniversary in 2016. This edition contains relevant updates and new photographs reflecting developments since then. With just the right amount of historical and current information to accompany the photographs, this book provides an overview of Scranton and the surrounding area, highlighting tourist attractions, educational institutions, healthcare organizations and much more. It will make a perfect gift for friends and family, not to mention being a great addition to your coffee table collection!

Author : Glenna Lang
Publisher : New Village Press
Page : 481 pages
File Size : 33,54 MB
Release : 2021-05-04
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1613321406

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A thorough investigation of how Jane Jacobs’s ideas about the life and economy of great cities grew from her home city, Scranton Jane Jacobs’s First City vividly reveals how this influential thinker and writer’s classic works germinated in the once vibrant, mid-size city of Scranton, Pennsylvania, where Jane spent her initial eighteen years. In the 1920s and 1930s, Scranton was a place of enormous diversity and opportunity. Small businesses of all kinds abounded and flourished, quality public education was available to and supported by all, and even recent immigrants could save enough to buy a house. Opposing political parties joined forces to tackle problems, and citizens worked together for the public good. Through interviews with contemporary Scrantonians and research of historic newspapers, city directories, and vital records, author Glenna Lang has uncovered Scranton as young Jane experienced it and shows us the lasting impact of her growing up in this thriving and accessible environment. Readers can follow the development of Jane’s acute observational abilities from childhood through her passion in early adulthood to understand and write about what she saw. Reflecting Jane’s belief in trusting one’s own direct observation above all, this volume has been richly illustrated with historic and modern color images that help bring alive a lost Scranton. The book demonstrates why, at the end of Jacobs’s life, her thoughts and conversations increasingly returned to Scranton and the potential for cohesion and inclusiveness in all cities.

Author : A.C. Bernardi
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 113 pages
File Size : 10,24 MB
Release : 2012-09-18
Category : History
ISBN : 1614236925

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A tour of the spookiest spots in this Pennsylvania city, filled with local history and legends . . . Includes photos! At the heart of the Lackawanna Valley, Scranton is haunted by those who once walked its streets and worked its mines and rail lines. From the woman in white who lingers in Courthouse Square to the passenger of trolley car #46 who never reached her destination, the specters of Scranton make their presence known. Supernatural investigator A.C. Bernardi chronicles chilling tales of the city’s landmarks, from the mysterious happenings on the sixth floor of the Lackawanna Station Hotel to stories of the angry spirits of victims of the Spanish influenza epidemic who lurk in the basement of the Banshee Pub. Join him as he traverses the dark side of Scranton, Pennsylvania.

Author : Anthony C. Bernardi
Publisher : History Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,38 MB
Release : 2012
Category : History
ISBN : 9781609495855

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At the heart of the Lackawanna Valley, Scranton is haunted by those who once walked its streets and worked its mines and rail lines. From the woman in white who lingers in Courthouse Square to the passenger of trolley car #46 who never reached her destination, the specters of Scranton make their presence known. Supernatural investigator A.C. Bernardi chronicles chilling tales of the city's landmarks, from the mysterious happenings on the sixth floor of the Lackawanna Station Hotel to stories of the angry spirits of victims of the Spanish influenza epidemic who lurk in the basement of the Banshee Pub. Join Bernardi as he traverses the dark side of Scranton, Pennsylvania.

Author : Cheryl A. Kashuba
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 150 pages
File Size : 35,34 MB
Release : 2009-11-13
Category : History
ISBN : 1625842945

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The intense heat of the steel mills and the clatter of coal-filled locomotives once filled the streets of Scranton, Pennsylvania. Hardworking immigrants, iron rails, and anthracite coal from beneath the surface of the lush Lackawanna River Valley powered America's Industrial Revolution, and until World War II, the city reigned as a cutting-edge boomtown. Local journalist Cheryl A. Kashuba chronicles the history of Scranton from the glory days of the Lackawanna Iron and Coal Company and the Dickson Works through the post-Industrial decline and an eventual revitalization of the city. With a deft hand, Kashuba captures the spirit of a proud community and creates a fascinating portrait of the Electric City.

Author : Comic Notes
Publisher : Independently Published
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 42,70 MB
Release : 2019-03-25
Category :
ISBN : 9781091502307

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Are you looking for a notebook or diary? Then today is your lucky day. Your perhaps new journal contains 110 lined pages and a great logo. Enough space to write down all your notes, important ideas and other important thoughts. Perfect as a gift for men, women and children. Mother, father and kids can also enjoy this beautiful notebook for Christmas or birthday. For more paperbacks of this kind click on the author's name!