Category: Culture
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On this Day April 5th
Read more: On this Day April 5thTop Headlines in the April 5th 1968 Reading Eagle: Martin Luther King Jr. assassination
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The Reading Drive-in Theatre
Read more: The Reading Drive-in TheatreThe Reading Drive-In Theatre opened on August 26, 1949. It cost 65 cents to per adult to watch “Perils of Pauline” on opening night. The Reading Drive-In was located on the 5th Street several miles north of Reading in Temple, Pa. The opening day newspaper ad boasted that the cost to build the entire outdoor theatre and…
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On this Day April 3rd
Read more: On this Day April 3rdAbove the fold in the April 3rd 1987 Reading Eagle Trying to revitalize downtown The Dutch Apple Dinner Theatre opens 30 years ago today. In the Movie Theatres
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Boscov’s West Fire
Read more: Boscov’s West FireIn 1962, the company began its expansion program with the opening of an exciting, contemporary “Boscov’s West” in November, located at 3564 Penn Avenue in Sinking Spring/West Lawn. Boscov’s West caught on fire on November 20th, 1967 only 5 years after it had opened, and ironically the same exact day Boscov’s East, the newest venture was…
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The Shillington Diner
Read more: The Shillington DinerThe Shillington Diner can trace its roots back to the farmers market located at Museum Road and Lancaster Ave that opened in 1935. The Shillington Diner (later Restaurant) was built onto the market at 100 W Lancaster Ave and opened in 1948. In the beginning it just sold simple lunch foods for hungry customers visiting…
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The Reading Station Outlets
Read more: The Reading Station OutletsThe Reading Station Outlets were opened in 1992, to try solidify Reading’s status as “Outlet Capitol of the World”. Unfortunately due to the decline of the city most shoppers preferred to go to the Vanity Fair Outlet stores that were located further outside of the city in Wyomissing/West Reading. By 1995 the owners of the…
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On this Day March 29th
Read more: On this Day March 29thAbove the fold in the 1973 Reading Eagle
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On this Day March 27th…
Read more: On this Day March 27th…Above the fold in the March 27th, 1985 Reading Eagle
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The Vanity Fair Outlets
Read more: The Vanity Fair OutletsThe Vanity Fair Outlets were established first as Reading Glove and Mitten Manufacturing Company in Pennsylvania in October 1899. The H.D. Lee Company (now Lee) was acquired by the company in 1969 and the corporate name was changed to VF Corporation, a fictitious name that is not even legally registered, to reflect the more diverse…
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On this Day March 25th
Read more: On this Day March 25thAbove the fold in the March 25th 1941 Reading Eagle – Yugoslavia joins Axis powers
