Construction is about to begin on a new apartment building in downtown Allentown. It’s blocks away from PPL Center, the Da Vinci Science Center, Archer Music Hall, offices and restaurants.
The Swans, which will have 142 units and its own parking garage, is being built on the 800 block of West Turner Street. Unlike much of the development downtown, that is outside the Neighborhood Improvement Zone, the city’s unique taxing district.
It’s about a block away from the NIZ, directly across the street from Central Elementary School…