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Bethlehem Steel Stacks, Bethlehem PA 

5/27/2014

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I live and work here in the Lehigh Valley region of Southeastern Pennsylvania. We're just about an hour and a half north of Philadelphia and about the same east of New York City. This central location was home for many, many years to Bethlehem Steel. They were the main employer in the Lehigh Valley for over 140 years before closing in 2001. Steel supplied by Bethlehem Steel helped build the George Washington Bridge, The Golden Gate Bridge, Madison Square Garden, Rockefeller Center, and the Hoover Dam. 

The site of the old steelworks has been revitalized and repurposed to an Arts and Entertainment Center. The SteelStacks is home to The Sands Casino Bethlehem, ArtsQuest (a community arts program), The Levitt Pavilion (and outdoor concert venue) and for two awesome weeks every summer, Musikfest's Americaplatz and the Sands Steel Stage on PNC Plaza, with features some of the biggest names in music today. 

Standing watch over all this activity is the old blast furnace, left intact and providing a unique backdrop. Beautiful rusting steal during the day and lit up at night for a dramatic effect. There are still crumbling buildings and broken out factory windows, as there is much more planned for the site, but it all lends to some very interesting photography. Here are some photos I took of the campus and the rails that run behind the site. Enjoy! 
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    I'm a Bethlehem based photographer with a focus on people and places! I love capturing couples, families, and babies, as well as photographing nature, landscapes, cityscapes, and street photography.

    I'm married to my best friend and we're parents to a crazy cat named Nesta and a rescue pup named McLovin.  In the summer I enjoy hiking, riding my trail bike along the Delaware or Lehigh canals, swimming at the Jersey Shore, and tending to my backyard vegetable garden. In the winter I ski almost every weekend at Shawnee Mountain. I also love to cook, read and travel.  I come from a loud & crazy Italian family, which means I am loud & crazy most of the time!  ​

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