Ghost Bull Durham Sign Restored

Part of historic funkiness got restored this week on 7th Street. Along with repointing 601 N 7th's facade, we restored the old advertising "ghost" sign for Genuine Bull Durham which was pretty much faded away. 603 N 7th - the green and yellow checkerboard building is scheduled for a historic facelift next month!

getting started:

during priming of lettersalmost done
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ghost_sign

600 block facades under way

625 N 7th Street has gone from Drab...

to fab...Germania's Jeans Collection has opened and also undergone a facade transformation...our newest retailer is doing brisk business in the 600 block across the street from the Little Apple Market...stop by and check them out

Before and After: Rodriguez Check Cashing

What a difference a facade grant makes.

Pharmacy Coming to 7th Street

The neighborhood has been without a pharmacy ever since Rite Aid left the old Sears building at 602 N. 7th St. to return to Hamilton. Leaking and code problems, and not poor sales, forced the move. Rite Aid's 7th was reportedly among the busiest in the region.

Enter Allentown Pharmacy. The new drug store is set to open "soon" just down 7th, in part of the old Sears Auto Center, at 530 N. 7th St.

More details to come.

Seventh Street Receives $500,000 for Pedestrian Lighting Improvements

The Morning Callreports that the city of Allentown received a $499,100 award for pedestrian lighting improvements along Seventh Street.

Seventh Street Nativity Featured on Channel 69

WFMZ's cameras captured Seventh Street's St. Luke's Lutheran Church live nativity:

The story of Christmas was brought to life at an event in Allentown.

Folks were treated to a live nativity at St. Luke's Lutheran Church on 7th Street Sunday afternoon.

The display featured alpacas, goats and burros, that were all brought in from a local farm.

This is the first year the church put together the live nativity.

Banking Switch on Seventh Street

Welcome to Seventh Street, Wells Fargo. (Wachovia was, of course, acquired by Wells Fargo back in 2008, but only now is the Wachovia name getting phased out.)