Status Complete Completed 1928 Height 98 m Opened 1928 Architectural style Art Deco | Type Commercial offices Roof 98.02 m (321.6 ft) Floors 24 Floor area 2 ha Construction started 1926 | |
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Alternative names Pennsylvania Power and Light Building Location 2 North 9th Street
Allentown, Pennsylvania Similar Martin Tower, Trout Hall, Americus Hotel, Liberty Bell Museum, Nineteenth Street Theater | ||
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The PPL Building, formerly the Pennsylvania Power and Light Building, is a 24-story, 98 m (322 ft) skyscraper in Allentown, Pennsylvania. It is the tallest building in the city, and the second tallest in the Lehigh Valley after Bethlehem's Martin Tower. The building serves as the headquarters for the electric utility, PPL.
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- Lehigh valley drone ppl building allentown
- Map of PPL Building 2 N 9th St Allentown PA 18101 USA
- Elton john ppl building allentown pa
- History
- References
Map of PPL Building, 2 N 9th St, Allentown, PA 18101, USA
The PPL Building is often uniquely illuminated at night, especially during the Christmas season. During the 1960s, Pennsylvania Power & Light Company supported the local United Fund community fund drive program by using the building's brightly lit windows at night to spell out the abbreviation "U.F." to remind area residents to contribute to the fund drive.
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History
The PPL Building was built from 1926 to 1928. It was built by the PPL corporation and to this day has been the headquarters of the company. The building was designed by architect and skyscraper pioneer Harvey Wiley Corbett, who would later have a hand in designing New York's Rockefeller Center among other buildings. The building exterior features bas reliefs by Alexander Archipenko. In 1930, the PPL Building was named the "best example of a modern office building" by Encyclopædia Britannica, and also featured the world's fastest elevator.
Exterior shots of the building were used in the motion picture Executive Suite.