Monday, February 15, 2010

Allentown PA at night

This is a photo I took last night in Allentown Pennsyivania. It's of the Pennsylvania Power and Light building. The PPL Building was built from 1926 to 1928. It was built by the PPL corporation and to this day is still the headquarters of the company. The building was designed by architect and skyscraper pioneer Harvey Wiley Corbett (who would later have a hand in designing New York's Rockefeller Center) and was supervised by his assistant, Wallace Harrison (who would later design Lincoln Center, LaGuardia Airport and the U.N. Headquarters Building). The building exterior features bas reliefs by Alexander Archipenko. In 1930, the PPL Building was named the "best example of a modern office building" by Encyclopedia Britannica, and also featured the world's fastest elevator.

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