Center Square Redesign Project Update

  • Center Square Redesign Project Update
Mayor's Office
February 07, 2024

The Center Square Redesign Project at 7th & Hamilton in downtown Allentown unveils its final design, celebrating community engagement and embodying the Vision 2030 Plan with enhanced paving, green spaces, and public art, set to be completed by 2025.

We're excited to share the final design for the Center Square Redesign Project at 7th & Hamilton!

Center Square is the historic center of downtown Allentown, marked by the iconic Soldiers and Sailor's monument. It brings together community – the site of celebrations, festivals, protests, parades, and daily life in the city.

The design is based on feedback we received from public engagement last summer and will embody the goals of our Vision 2030 Plan, as well as the 2016 Art & Nature Landscape Development Framework Plan.

This civic plaza celebrates the centrality of the monument, while prioritizing the natural flow of traffic and pedestrian safety around it. Improvements will include enhanced paving as well as new street trees, green spaces, and public art.We anticipate this project to be completed by 2025.

 

¡Estamos emocionados de compartir el diseño final del proyecto de rediseño de Center Square en 7th & Hamilton!

Center Square es el centro histórico del centro de Allentown, marcado por el icónico monumento a los Soldados y Marineros. Reúne a la comunidad: el lugar de celebraciones, festivales, protestas, desfiles y la vida cotidiana en la ciudad.

El diseño se basa en los comentarios que recibimos de la participación pública el verano pasado y encarnará los objetivos de nuestro Plan Visión 2030, así como el Plan Marco de Desarrollo del Paisaje de Arte y Naturaleza de 2016. Esta plaza cívica celebra la centralidad del monumento, al tiempo que prioriza el flujo natural del tráfico y la seguridad de los peatones a su alrededor. Las mejoras incluirán pavimentación mejorada, así como nuevos árboles en las calles, espacios verdes y arte público. Anticipamos que sea completo en el 2025. 

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