Tour of the Montgomery County Jail
FIVE on 2
Wyomissing: An American Dream
Just west of Reading lies the Berks County borough of Wyomissing. With tree-lined streets, well-appointed homes and ample amenities, the community serves a living legacy to its founding fathers: Ferdinand Thun and Henry Janssen.
The two German immigrants came to Berks County as young men in the 1890’s, forged a partnership and created a textile company that would become a legend in Wyomissing Industries. The company became one of the biggest hosiery mills and machine shops in the world and employed thousands of people around the clock under the leadership of patriarchs who cared about the products they made, the people who made them and community they shared.
Together with their families and community partners, Thun and Janssen built homes and hospitals, parks and playgrounds, libraries, museums and even universities. They made things to last whether it was a factory, a house, a business or a community, and in doing so, they left a legacy in Wyomissing: An American Dream.
The Story Of Pennsylvania
Story of Pennsylvania Video Project
2016 Berks History Conference
Jill Horner speaks with Sime Bertolet, Executive Director, Berks History Center (berkshistory.org) about its Berks History Conference exploring Berks County’s Pennsylvania German history and culture, scheduled for April 23, 2016. Follow on Facebook.com/berkshistory and on Twitter @berkshistory.
Recorded on February 2, 2016.
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History of Pennsylvania
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What do you think about Downtown Alive
This is fan reaction to the free Downtown Alive concert series in Reading, Pa. More info at DowntownAliveReading.com
Berks County Community Foundation
Classic Style Boscov's: A Neon-Soaked Special Presentation - Raw & Real Retail
This is a compilation of three of the remaining first generation Boscov's designs still in operation. This early design featured mirrored ceilings, lots and lots of neon everywhere, numerous glass chandeliers, and bare light bulbs all over the place. This type of layout is reminiscent of older department stores in the 1960s thru 1980s and has been left behind in modern times in favor of a sterile white design. In my opinion, walking through an untouched old Boscov's store is a good feeling, and transports me back to an older time when shopping was an a big event and the store made you feel like you were at an event.
Songs used in this video (in order):
Jack Trombey - Moving On In
Frank McDonald & Chris Rae - Network
Frank McDonald & Chris Rae - Rio Carnival
Billy Cobham - Thinking Of You
Alphonse Mouzon - Funky Snakefoot
Here is a brief history of the Boscov's company from wikipedia:
Boscov's Inc. is a family-owned department store with 47 locations in Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Ohio and Connecticut, as well as a future location in Rhode Island. Most stores are located in Pennsylvania. The company chairman is Jim Boscov, who took over after his uncle Albert Boscov died from pancreatic cancer on February 10, 2017. Corporate headquarters are in Exeter Township, Pennsylvania.
Solomon Sol Boscov was of Jewish descent. He immigrated from Russia to Reading, Pennsylvania, in 1911. He had $1.37 in cash on arrival in the United States. He worked as a traveling salesman with an initial $8 worth of merchandise. Because he spoke Yiddish, he was able to converse with people in Berks County who spoke Pennsylvania Dutch. Boscov's fortunes changed in 1914 when he opened the first Boscov's store at 9th and Pike streets in Reading. Boscov's began expanding in the Pennsylvania suburbs during the 1960s. By 1968, Boscov's had five stores, 2,200 workers, and annual sales exceeding $50 million. Solomon Boscov retired and was succeeded by his son Albert Albie Boscov as head of the company in 1960. He bought Fowler, Dick and Walker, the Boston Store in 1980. One of Wilkes-Barre's last remaining downtown department stores, it was also Boscov's first multi-story store. Boscov's first entered the Philadelphia market in the late 1980s by opening Ports of the World outlet stores. These stores would later be re-branded as Boscov's sometime in the mid-1990s.
In 2006, Albert Boscov, the son of Solomon Boscov, retired and his nephew Kenneth Lakin became chairman and chief executive. Lakin led an aggressive expansion of the chain, opening 10 new stores by 2008. The new stores did not perform as expected. In August 2008, just prior to the 2008 economic downturn Boscov's filed for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy. Al Boscov came out of retirement and regained control of the company. As part of the bankruptcy, 10 stores were closed. The company emerged from bankruptcy in September 2009.
Albert Boscov died from pancreatic cancer on February 10, 2017, at the age of 87. The chain is now headed by his nephew, Jim Boscov.
Boscov's continuing success makes it regarded as an outlier in a retail market where many department store chains are failing and closing stores. Boscov's saw record sales of $1.2 billion in 2017. Since 2009, the chain continues to expand and opened its 47th store in Milford, Connecticut in October 2018. Boscov's plans to continue to open one store per year and has invested in older stores by renovating them. Boscov's has announced plans to move into Rhode Island's Providence Place mall in 2019, following the departure of Nordstrom, which terminated the lease on the space.
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When was Reading, Pennsylvania founded?
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Driving Around Reading, Pennsylvania
Driving Around Reading, Pennsylvania
Mary Weaver. Pennsylvania Immigration Resource Center
PIRC: Educates immigrants in detention and in the community about their legal options; provides direct legal representation, coordinates pro bono legal assistance, and pro se assistance; and advocates through language access assistance, partnerships with law schools and universities, and legal training and education.
Reading Pa's Christmas on The Mountain 2018
Christmas on the Mountain is located on Hillside in Reading PA. 1.7 Million lights have been used to light up the entire area. FREE to the public with pictures with Santa, hot cocoa and a snack area. Open 5pm to 9pm daily through December. Go to ReadingsChristmasOnTheMountain.com for more details!
MIC: Reading, PA Mayor Tom McMahon
Reading (PA) Mayor Tom McMahon reflects on his experience with the Mayors' Institute on City Design.
The Pagoda on the Reading 120 Pro Bike Race Course
Here we see views of Reading's historic Pagoda on Skyline Drive high atop Reading's scenic Mount Penn, in Reading and Berks County, PA, USA. This site has been the host for many bicycle racing events including the WEEU Cycle Series, the Berks Area Mountain Bike Association Duryea Downhill and The United States Cycling Federation (USCF) Junior National Championships and the Reading 120 UCI Pro Bike Race.
Drone pilot, Christopher Henne, EpaVision
Executive editor, voiceover and music bed, Dave Kline, Pretzel City Productions, LLC
On the Loop music bed
From the soundtrack of the Reading 120
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New Classic Music
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Roadside America At Casonia Park
Laurence Gieringer, founder of the original Roadside America working on his mniature village and model train display sometime between 1939 and 1941. Scenes are from the location at the former Carsonia Park near Reading, PA. where Roadside American's first public display was built. You can learn more about this place at their web site at
07-17-19 Reading,PA Flash Flooding In The City Of Reading
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07-17-19 Reading,PA Flash Flooding In The City Of Reading.
First Clip: Warren St Bypass in Reading,PA
Second Clip: Spring St Tunnel In The City Of Reading,PA
Storm Chaser - Justin Selig
Exploring Reading, Pennsylvania - Drone Footage
Little and beautiful flight on Reading, PA - Tones of history in this city.
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Beata + Zack | Art Museum Wedding | Reading, PA
Watch Zack and Beata's wedding highlight film as they celebrated their special day at the Reading Public Museum.
Reading, Pennsylvania | Wikipedia audio article
This is an audio version of the Wikipedia Article:
Reading, Pennsylvania
00:02:08 1 History
00:07:42 2 Climate
00:09:25 3 Geography
00:10:41 4 Economy
00:11:24 5 Infrastructure
00:11:33 5.1 Transportation
00:16:17 5.2 Utilities
00:17:12 5.3 Health care
00:17:52 6 Demographics
00:20:10 6.1 Estimates
00:21:19 7 Neighborhoods
00:21:28 8 Fire department
00:22:15 9 Education
00:23:09 10 Sports
00:24:55 11 Culture
00:27:40 12 Sister city
00:28:17 13 Attractions
00:29:30 14 In media
00:30:22 15 Notable people
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Reading ( RED-ing; Pennsylvania German: Reddin) is a city in and the county seat of Berks County, Pennsylvania, United States. With a population of 87,575, it is the fifth-largest city in Pennsylvania. Located in the southeastern part of the state, it is the principal city of the Greater Reading Area, and is furthermore included in the Philadelphia-Reading-Camden PA-NJ-DE-MD Combined Statistical Area.
The city, which is approximately halfway between the state's most populous city, Philadelphia, and the state capital, Harrisburg (as well as about halfway between Allentown and Lancaster) is strategically situated along a major transportation route from Central to Eastern Pennsylvania, and lent its name to the now-defunct Reading Railroad, which transported anthracite coal from the Pennsylvania Coal Region to the eastern United States via the Port of Philadelphia. Reading Railroad is one of the four railroad properties in the classic United States version of the Monopoly board game.
Reading was one of the first localities where outlet shopping became a tourist industry. It has been known as The Pretzel City, because of numerous local pretzel bakeries. Currently, Bachman, Dieffenbach, Tom Sturgis, and Unique Pretzel bakeries call the Reading area home.
According to the 2010 census, Reading has the highest share of citizens living in poverty in the nation.In recent years, the Reading area has become a destination for cyclists. With more than 125 miles of trails in five major preserves, it is an International Mountain Bicycling Association Ride Center and held the Reading Radsport Festival on September 8–9, 2017.In April 2017, it was announced that an indoor velodrome, or cycling track, will be built in Reading as the first of its kind on the East Coast and only the second in the entire country. Albright College and the World Cycling League formally announced plans April 6, 2017, to build the $20 million, 2,500-seat facility, which will be called the National Velodrome and Events Center at Albright College. It will also serve as the Cycling League's world headquarters.
Berks Family Detention Center Protest
On this Mother's Day 2016 we stand with the mothers and children imprisoned for the crime of fleeing the horrors in their respective country that almost always is a result of our country's foreign policies.
Gruber Wagon Works
The Gruber Wagon Works survives as one of the most complete examples of an integrated rural manufactory of its kind in the nation. Erected in 1882 by Franklin H. Gruber, the wagon works evolved from a single craftsman shop, having a variety of specialized hand tools, into a family-operated business which employed up to 20 men who utilized mass-production methods. Unlike a modern assembly process, wagon parts were transported back and forth between various rooms in order to complete a segment of the work.
Wagon wheels were constructed in the bench shop, and wooden parts of the wagon were made from patterns in the wood shop. Wheels were tired and wagons were ironed and assembled in the blacksmith shop. The distinctive striping and scrollwork were applied by hand in the paint shop.
Gruber Wagon Works is a historic building currently in Bern Township, Pennsylvania.
Franklin H. Gruber, who had been making farm-use wagons since the 1870s, constructed the wagon works in 1882. The business continued operating under the family's ownership, expanding to wagon repair and other manufacturing to adapt to changing demand, until it closed in 1971.
Unfortunately, the building's original site on the Licking Creek in Pleasant Valley fell within the planned area of Blue Marsh Lake, so it was bought by the Army Corps of Engineers and during the winter of 1976–1977 they relocated it 5 miles (8 km) east to its present location.
It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1977.
It is located on Red Covered Bridge Road in Tulpehocken Creek Park, in vicinity of Reading.
Gruber Wagon Works is now part of the Berks County Heritage Center, an open air complex that also includes the C. Howard Hiester Canal Center with exhibits about canal transportation, Wertz's Covered Bridge, Melcher's Grist Mill, Deppen Cemetery, several memorials and gardens. The Center is open seasonally and offers tours of the historic buildings.
During the winter of 1976-77, the Gruber Wagon Works was moved by the Army Corps of Engineers from its original location near Mt. Pleasant. In 1978, the Gruber Wagon Works was designated as a National Historical Landmark by the United States Government, commemorating its historic significance as an industry from a bygone era of American craftsman.
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