The year 2010 looked a long way off in 1968, I was 18 and a freshman at Catholic University in Washington, D.C., having left safe, secure, clean, friendly Scranton for a city that had just come through a riot with blocks of charred buildings. The closest thing I ever came…
For most people in Northeast Pennsylvania, Interstate 81 is a convenient way to get around. Increasingly, the highway has become the region’s defining feature for real estate professionals, who have dubbed Northeast Pennsylvania by the terse, inelegant moniker “I-81 Corridor.” I-81 Corridor has popped up in the past. But about…
By David Falchek (Staff Writer) Published: October 4, 2012 A downtown developer’s plans for a vacant building on Franklin Avenue promises to bring more business and foot traffic to what just a year ago had been a neglected block of downtown. This week, Art Russo of Scranton purchased the Bittenbender…
