The skyline of Center City Allentown, Christmas 2017Center City Allentown with the Albertus L. Meyers Bridge (foreground) and the PPL Building and the Allentown skyline (background) in May 2007Entrance to the PPL Center (on left) in Center City Allentown, October 2018The 24-story PPL Building, Center City Allentown's tallest building, at 2 North 9th Street in January 2007Allentown Art Museum on North 5th Street in Center City Allentown in July 2008PPL Center in Center City Allentown, home arena of the Lehigh Valley Phantoms, the primary development team of the Philadelphia Flyers
Allentown's Center City is generally defined as the area centered around Hamilton Street and Seventh Street: bordered by the Little Lehigh Creek to the east, Martin Luther King Jr. Drive to the south, the city line with Whitehall to the north, and 15th Street to the west.
DemographicsEdit
Center City's population based on a 2007 estimate was 53,548. Center City is defined as 6.271 sq. mi., making the population density 8539/square miles.
Center City Allentown includes several residential neighborhoods: Seventh Street, Downtown, Old Allentown, Old Fairgrounds District, and NOTI (North of Tilghman Street).
EconomyEdit
Center City is home to the corporate headquarters of PPL Corporation.
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