ArtsQuest recently celebrated a construction milestone for the historic Turn & Grind Shop project with a beam signing ceremony.
Community leaders, partners and supporters left their mark on the 155-year-old Bethlehem Steel Corp. building as the project moves toward a 2027 opening. Built in the 1860s, the Turn & Grind Shop was part of Bethlehem Steel’s industrial operations and remains one of the physical links to the site’s manufacturing history. Today, the project team is carefully balancing preservation of that legacy with the infrastructure necessary to transform the building into a modern public venue with programming throughout the year.
All this is being made possible by a new investment in the project through Pennsylvania’s statewide Local Share Account (LSA) grant program. Approved by the Commonwealth Financing Authority, LSA funding was made possible with the support of State Rep. Steve Samuelson and State Sen. Lisa Boscola…