
City Center Complex Plaza - Bethlehem, PA
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N 40° 37.099 W 075° 22.712
18T E 467981 N 4496456
The City Center Complex is where the Public Safety Building, City and Town Hall, and the Library are arranged around a concrete plaza overlooking the southern part of the city.
Waymark Code: WMMGQ8
Location: Pennsylvania, United States
Date Posted: 09/18/2014
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In Bethlehem's downtown area is the City Center Complex, which is where many of the city government's buildings are arranged around a concrete plaza.
The complex is located along W Church Street and is bounded by Church and New Streets. Parking is available along the roads - pay heed to signs and feed the meters.
The plaza is a mostly flat concrete area where major government are located. There is a sign by the road that identifies each building. The Public Safety Building is on the left (east). The City Hall and Town Hall are left and toward the rear (southeast). The library is located to the right (west). If you walk beyond the library and take a right, you enter a small tree garden with a fountain. If you walk to the south edge of the plaza, there is a view of the bridge over the Lehigh River and the south side of Bethlehem, with the hills by Lehigh University behind the city.
Also on the plaza are two statues. One is of children in a ring. Another is an abstract form several stories high. There is a sculpture that is a concrete abstract form that is a 9/11 memorial.
Off the plaza on the other side of the library is a Japanese garden.
Name: City Center Complex
 Street Location: 10 W. Church Street
 Local Municipality: Bethlehem
 State/Province, etc.: PA
 Country: United States of America
 Web Site: [Web Link]
 Memorial/Commemoration: Not the plaza. Certain buildings have plaques for Bethlehem residents and politicians.
 Date Established: 1/1/1968
 Picnic Facilities: None
 Monuments/Statues: 9/11 Monument
 Art (murals/sculpture, etc.): Sculpture of children, an abstract form, a form on the fountain, Japanese garden.
 Fountains: 1 by tree garden
 Ponds/Lakes/Streams/Rivers/Beach: None
 Traditional Geocaches: "Dig Into Reading" Multi-cache
http://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC4C3V6_dig-into-reading
Others nearby.
 Recreational Facilities: Not listed
 Special Events: Not listed

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