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A majority of Bethlehem Planning Commission members wants to make sure homes as well as retail businesses are built on a redeveloped Martin Tower property. Early Thursday evening, a split planning commission narrowly recommended that Bethlehem City Council approve a new zoning ordinance for the property that ensures an unspecified number of homes will be included. The proposed ordinance also would allow Martin Tower itself to be demolished to make way for redevelopment of the site. No one at Thursday’s planning commission meeting objected to the possibility of the 21-story former Bethlehem Steel headquarters being torn down. Martin Tower is the tallest building in the Lehigh Valley. It stands on a 52.5-acre site near the intersection of Eighth and Eaton avenues in Bethlehem. Click here to view the full article
A majority of Bethlehem Planning Commission members wants to make sure homes as well as retail businesses are built on a redeveloped Martin Tower property.
Early Thursday evening, a split planning commission narrowly recommended that Bethlehem City Council approve a new zoning ordinance for the property that ensures an unspecified number of homes will be included.
The proposed ordinance also would allow Martin Tower itself to be demolished to make way for redevelopment of the site.
No one at Thursday’s planning commission meeting objected to the possibility of the 21-story former Bethlehem Steel headquarters being torn down.
Martin Tower is the tallest building in the Lehigh Valley.
It stands on a 52.5-acre site near the intersection of Eighth and Eaton avenues in Bethlehem. Click here to view the full article