Union Terrace Amphitheater – Allentown PA

City:
Allentown, PA

Site Type:
Parks and Recreation, Amphitheaters and Bandshells

New Deal Agencies:
Works Progress Administration (WPA), Work Relief Programs

Description

Allentown’s historic and distinctive Union Terrace Amphitheater was constructed by the WPA. A brook separates the terraced viewing area from the stage. Stone structures, including stairs, abound.

Mcall.com article:

Union Terrace, Jordan Park, Fountain Park and the Lehigh Parkway in Allentown and Saucon Park, Monocacy Park and Franklin Park at Sand Island in Bethlehem were built under WPA and its precursor[s] …

“Probably it would have taken 50 years of slow progress to accomplish what has been done under WPA in two years,” Robert J. Wheeler, then-secretary to the Allentown Planning Commission, told The Morning Call in 1937.

Source notes

https://articles.mcall.com/1999-06-27/news/3245291_1_wpa-monocacy-creek-monocacy-park (accessed Dec. 25, 2017)

https://molovinskyonallentown.blogspot.com/2012/12/tragedy-at-union-terrace-amphitheater.html

https://articles.mcall.com/2011-09-04/news/mc-allentown-wpa-preservation-20110904_1_wpa-workers-lehigh-parkway-allentown

https://articles.mcall.com/2009-05-31/news/4382939_1_balboa-park-city-park-stone

Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on December 25, 2017.

Location Info


Union Terrace
Allentown, PA

Coordinates: 40.592810, -75.498181

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