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Broadcast Features
2000
  • The Lehigh Valley is in Danger of Losing Its Character Because of Rapid Development
  • Upper Saucon Township Residents Fight Against Development
  • How Feasible is it to Take Public Transit and Leave the Car at Home?
  • The Environmental and Economic Consequences of the Route 33 Extension Project
  • The Future of the Brownfield Sites in Bethlehem's Backyard
  • Pulling the Plug on an Urban Design Experiment in Bethlehem
  • The Allure of Suburban Subdivisions vs. Center Cities
  • What's Old is New: A Traditional Approach to Preserving Country Settings and Creating a Sense of Community

This series produced by Molly Burckhardt

 

2001 Series Promotion (Aired April 11)

  • Sprawl's Effect on Center Cities
  • Recycling Brownfields
  • New Development Strategies Aimed at Saving Land
  • Author James Howard Kunstler Talks About The Evolution of the American Town
  • The Impact of a Power Plant in South Bethlehem
  • Financing Land Preservation in the Lehigh Valley
  • How the Development of Suburbs has Drained our cities of important resources
  • Author Thomas Hylton talks about rediscovering our cities and towns

 

2002 Series Promotion (Aired March 27)

  • Influence of the Extension of Route 33 on Suburban Development
  • Legislature to Protect Historic Homes
  • Preserving the South Side: Bethlehem's Conservation District
  • Jaindl Land Development
  • The Effects of Building Sprawl Boroughs
  • Highway Widening: Traffic Reaction or Traffic Solution
  • First Regional Development Plan in PA
  • Breathless in Bethlehem
  • Open Space Referendum
  • Lehigh Valley Airport Plans to Expand
  • Developers Reap Benefits from Route 33 Extension
  • The Elm Street Program
  • Lehigh University’s Campus Square Project

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