tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5828470450506905015.post3415480980557881204..comments2023-10-30T11:07:06.790-04:00Comments on Remember: The Canal Parks: Hanover TownshipAndrew Kleinerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03766250794520292541noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5828470450506905015.post-85838611431898686632009-08-26T09:39:11.632-04:002009-08-26T09:39:11.632-04:00Fair enough LVCI. It is my hope that future park d...Fair enough LVCI. It is my hope that future park development projects in Allentown, and there are going to be alot of them address the glaring issues at places like Canal Park and Jordan Park. I know they are working on a master plan for Jordan..<br /><br />I will be visiting more parks and nature preserves outside the Allentown area. As I have begun to do that it has really helped shine a light on the situation in Allentown; especially in regards to what needs to be done as the city decides what its next steps will be with our park system.Andrew Kleinerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03766250794520292541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5828470450506905015.post-59420779216333022022009-08-26T09:12:55.490-04:002009-08-26T09:12:55.490-04:00This basically goes back to the original controver...This basically goes back to the original controversy... once our current parks are brought up to snuff, then you move on to all the bells & whistles. While Argumentively that is taking place at the rose garden currently, that cannot be said of the others.<br /><br />There is plenty of work that remained to be done within our current park system that needed to be done. We've been biking for decades and see these places you are now discovering outside this city's limits.<br /><br />Try driving down to Green Lane, Pa. and do the Perkiomen trail that runs all the way into Fairmont Park, Phila. Try the canals of Weissport, Jim Thorpe, Slatington, Tincium Park, Bucks County, Reading and others. The rails-to-trails in Stockertown, Bethlehem Township, Bath, Forks Township, Lehigh Gorge, etc.<br /><br />The fact is Allentown either left their parks go to pot while the rest of the areas look much like what your showing here. These others polished their parks to make them look spectacular erstwhile ours have gone downhill through neglect.<br /><br />Are you also aware on the West bank of the Lehigh River Allentown has a right of way that connects to Whitehall's Ironton trail? Yeah we didn't do a damn thing with that either! It is where the sewer lines run from Whitehall underground to the Allentown Sewer plant. Right behind the so-called Allentown Riverfront Development Project area.<br /><br />Talk to me about adding amenities after we upgrade the neglectful conditions of the ones we already have.LVCIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09034343739402945565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5828470450506905015.post-2661307972787676712009-08-26T09:11:27.840-04:002009-08-26T09:11:27.840-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.LVCIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09034343739402945565noreply@blogger.com