University of Scranton Buys Downtown Building

SCRANTON — Fresh off the opening of its newest and biggest campus building, the University of Scranton has picked up property downtown, and it’s causing some controversy. The Adlin building on the corner of Adams Avenue and Linden Street has been home to stores and law offices in the past,…

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Restaurants, residences planned for former Whistles Pub

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…

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