"We have this hope as an anchor for the soul ..."
~ Hebrews 6:19
Hope is illuminated in pink during Breast Cancer Awareness Month this October atop the iconic PPL Building in downtown Allentown, Pennsylvania.
The PPL Building, formerly the Pennsylvania Power and Light Building, is a 24-story, art deco/art moderne skyscraper at Ninth and Hamilton Streets.
It is the tallest building in Allentown and the second tallest in the Lehigh Valley, and serves as headquarters for the electric utility, PPL .
The building is often uniquely illuminated at night, especially during the Christmas season. During the 1960s, PPL supported the local United Fund community drive program by using the building's brightly lit windows to spell out the abbreviation "U.F." to remind area residents to contribute to the fund drive.
The PPL building was built from 1926-1928. 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, and was supervised by by his assistant, Wallace Harrison, who would later design Lincoln Center, La Guardia Airport and the United Nations Headquarters Building. The building has exterior features bas reliefs by Alexander Archipenko. In 1930, the PPL building was named "the best example of a modern office building" by Encyclopedia Brittanica, and also featured the world's fastest elevator.
"Despite the forecast, live like it's spring."
~ Lilly Pulitzer
~ 1931-2013
The sunlight of an April morning whispers softly as a dream around the magnolia tree at my favorite spot at Trexler Memorial Park, Allentown, Pennsylvania.
"So the darkness shall be the light,
and the stillness the dancing."
~ T.S. Eliot
1888-1965
Blossoms of a flowering tree dance
in the evening breeze this spring at
Trexler Memorial Park,
Allentown, Pennsylvania.
"I believe in pink ... I believe that tommorrow is another day,
and most importantly, I believe in miracles."
~ Audrey Hepburn
Nothing says spring like a flowering cherry tree on an
April day at Trexler Memorial Park, Allentown, Pennsylvania.
"You fill up my senses,
like a night in the forest
like the mountains in springtime
like a walk in the rain ..."
"Annie's Song"
~ John Denver, 1974
A magnolia blossom fills the senses with beauty
on an April day at Trexler Memorial Park,
Allentown, Pennsylvania.
"Love is the only flower that grows and blossoms
without the aid of the seasons."
~ Kahlil Gibran
I love magnolia trees, and this breaking bud shows spring was stirring
this weekend at Trexler Memorial Park, Allentown, Pennsylvania.
"Oh, but ain't that America
For you and me
Ain't that America
Something to see, baby
Ain't that America
Home of the free, yeah
Little pink houses
For you and me
Oooh, yeah
For you and me."
~ "Pink Houses"
~ John Cougar Mellencamp
The 1983 John Cougar Mellencamp song "Pink Houses" popped
into my mind when I saw this charming house bedecked for
St. Patrick's Day in Belvidere, New Jersey last weekend.
Belvidere is a charming Victorian town located on the banks
of the Pequest and Delaware Rivers.
"Nothing is as real as a dream."
~ Tom Clancy
The mystique of May in bloom at
Trexler Memorial Park, Allentown, Pennsylvania.
