Posted February 8, 201213 yr Home to great architecture, Steamtown National Historic Site, and Dunder Mifflin... Steamtown Mall University of Scranton Aren't we all? Steamtown National Historic Site Goodnight
February 8, 201213 yr Home to great architecture, Steamtown National Historic Site, and Dunder Mifflin... Lazy Scranton Music Video- The Office Thanks for sharing. Nicer than I had expected.
February 8, 201213 yr Great tour. "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
February 8, 201213 yr Loved this. I've always wanted to visit Scranton. It looks like it is in a good state of preservation, or are there more blighted areas?
February 8, 201213 yr Imposing downtown buildings, and the place looks clean. Steamtown National Historic Site is captivating, and the adjacent Electric City Trolley Museum offers vintage streetcar rides to local historic industry sites. Also, don't forget the Anthracite Heritage Musem and Lackawanna Mine Tour. If you're an industrial heritage geek, it would be easy to spend a couple of days in Scranton; I spent a whole day, didn't see as much of Steamtown as I would have liked, and never got downtown at all.
February 8, 201213 yr My mom is from that area and I went back there 2 summers ago with my wife to show her my grandma's old house, etc. Thing that struck me was how largely unchanged everything was, even though I hadn't been back there since 1997. And most of the people there had been there for generations. Like a time capsule of sorts. I was glad I made the trip.
February 10, 201213 yr Wonderful tour! I'd never seen pictures of downtown Scranton. I've seen pictures of Wilkes-Barre and Binghamton NY, and the three -- all linked by I-81 and not too far apart -- seem to have thrived around the same time and to have a similar feel. I want to catch them all on a trip.
February 10, 201213 yr I have been fascinated by Scranton and Wilkes-Barre for as long as I can remember. That region has lost more than a few hundred thousand people since the 1930s and yet it looks great. I think the lack of prosperity during the urban renewal era saved the cities from the worst ravages of those times, and the natural setting is just phenomenal.
February 10, 201213 yr I've been overnight in Scranton twice now. Both times at that Lackawanna Station hotel. Ink did a great job catching the vibe of their downtown. The first time there was a benefit night at the downtown bars and I did a music/pub crawl thing. The place has better nightlife than you'd expect (and you'd expect maybe 'Springfiedl')....place is remarkably intact though you can see some urban renewal stuff it was mostly infill/reconstruction like near the hotel. First time I drove the valley to Wilkes-Barre and back. This time I went to Steamtown and the mining museum up on the hill. History here is quite interesting. Industrialization came in part as a way to use the "idle labor" of the wives and daughters of the miners to weave linen....so this became a textile center as well as a mining center. I have been fascinated by Scranton and Wilkes-Barre for as long as I can remember. That region has lost more than a few hundred thousand people since the 1930s and yet it looks great That's right, and driving around I was expecting to see evidence of a lot of abandonment...empty houses and vacant lots. I really didnt see that at all! And thats my only complaint with this set...no neighborhood snaps. That's what really impressed me about Scranton and nearby towns...that their inner city areas dont have that "shrinking city" urban vacancy feel to them, including the neighborhood business areas....
February 10, 201213 yr I stayed overnight in Scranton one night in 1963, but I arrived late at night and left early in the morning so I didn't see much or take photos. I was active-duty USAF then, and stayed at the YMCA because I could stay there very cheaply and YMCAs generally had Spartan but clean and adequate facilities. I went out for a walk around downtown, was out about an hour and didn't see even one other person, and everything was coated with coal dust and soot. Even the leaves on the trees were black with it. It seemed a desolate and dirty place then, but if I had seen it during a pleasant weekday during business hours I probably would have had a different impression. I seem to recall that at night at the Y they closed and locked a gate to block off the stairway that led from the lobby to the floors above, and I had to go to the desk and show my room key to get someone to take me up on the elevator.
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