ALLENTOWN, Pa. — More than 200 years after its inception, Allentown’s Center Square is close to realizing its full potential, according to local leaders.
A project to transform the city’s main intersection at Seventh and Hamilton streets officially got underway Monday evening as Mayor Matt Tuerk, state Sen. Nick Miller and some of the city’s other lawmakers led a downtown groundbreaking.
Flanked by ceremonial shovels and ongoing construction at the former Merchants National Bank building, the mayor highlighted the Center Square project’s place in a series of downtown investments…