The city adopted its flag in 1898. The flag as it is today was executed by Bailey, Banks & Biddle, of Philadelphia, and was adopted by Councils as the official standard of the city. The flag consists of three vertical stripes, red, white [...]
Egelman’s Park, about 30 acres, along the west side of Hill Road (above Angora Road), was once one of the “beauty spots” of the Reading Park system. It owes its beginnings to Egelman’s Springs, which was once a source of water for the [...]
Equus Capital Partners, Ltd. (“Equus”), one of the nation’s leading real estate investment managers, announced Dec. 28, 2020 the sale of a three-building office and lab portfolio within The Knitting Mills, a 53-acre campus in Wyomissing, PA. The properties were originally part of [...]
One of the most productive residents of the City of Reading during its period of major growth had absolutely nothing to do with business, commerce, or the trades. He was Monsignor George Bornemann, and he served as pastor of St. Paul’s Roman Catholic [...]
In 1970, M.O. Lee, then-president of VF Corp., introduced the outlet concept. But it was Kitty Solomon who helped spawn the outlet industry. Under the leadership of Kitty Solomon, the Berks County Pennsylvania Dutch Travel Association turned to tourism to increase area earnings. [...]
On Dec. 15, a ribbon cutting ceremony was held for a new A-Plus convenience store at the corner of Fourth and Washington Streets. The 3,500 square-foot store, which sits across the courtyard of the Washington Tower apartment building's lobby, features typical products, such as [...]
In 1890, observing that the braiding industry had rapidly developed in the United States during the last 20 years of the 19"' century, Ferdinand Thun and Henry Janssen rented a suitable brick building, at 222 Cedar Street, Reading for a modest $40.00 [...]
The remodeling and retrofitting of the former CNA building at 401 Penn Street in downtown Reading has started. Alvernia University finalized the purchase of the building on June 30, 2020. Below: CNA building at 401 Penn Street in downtown Reading. Click images to [...]
The Madison Building at 400 Washington Street was sold for $2,500,000. Developer David Hasenfeld, owner of Madison 2020 LLC, New Castle, Delaware, has an adaptive reuse plan to create 85 high-end apartment units with both one and two-bedroom floor plans. [...]
The Rainbow District of the city had a rather inauspicious start, though it later grew to house the seats of city government and education, and many major industries. The area got its name from the Rainbow Fire Co. which was formed on March [...]
