High on the hog: will Steamtown Historic Park and its adjacent $101 million mall save Scranton, or are they just another example of pork-barrel politics at its worst?
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Scranton, PA, has committed more than $25 million for the development of a downtown shopping mall, although the city is close to bankruptcy. The city hopes the project and the Steamtown National Historic Site will revitalize the town.
Publication Name: Philadelphia Magazine
Subject: Regional focus/area studies
ISSN: 0031-7233
Year: 1992
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Sid Mark, speaking Frankly
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Sid Mark has hosted 'Friday with Frank,' a radio show featuring the music of Frank Sinatra, for several decades. His Sinatra shows are the only music on WWDB, a talk radio station. Mark discusses being a DJ and his love of Sinatra.
Publication Name: Philadelphia Magazine
Subject: Regional focus/area studies
ISSN: 0031-7233
Year: 1993
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Joan on the range
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Joan Kron has spent her life building up connections in the art world, society and the design field. In 2001 at the age of seventy-three Kron is focussing on cosmetic surgery and her ranch in Pennsylvania.
Publication Name: Philadelphia Magazine
Subject: Regional focus/area studies
ISSN: 0031-7233
Year: 2001
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