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Reading, Pennsylvania
City
City of Reading
Elevation to bottom, left to right: (1) Reading skyline (ii) Lindbergh Viaduct (3) FirstEnergy Stadium (four) the Pagoda (five) Reading Public Museum
Nickname(s): Pretzel Capital letter of the Globe, Pretzel City [one]
Reading's location in Berks County
Reading Location in Pennsylvania and the United states Testify map of Pennsylvania Reading Reading (the United States) Testify map of the United States
Coordinates: twoscore°twenty′30″North 75°55′35″West  /  40.34167°N 75.92639°W  / 40.34167; -75.92639 Coordinates: twoscore°20′thirty″N 75°55′35″W  /  40.34167°N 75.92639°Westward  / 40.34167; -75.92639
Country	United States
Land	Pennsylvania
County	Berks
Founded	1748; 274 years agone  (1748)
Incorporated (borough)	September 15, 1783; 238 years ago  (1783-09-fifteen) [ii]
Incorporated (urban center)	March 16, 1847; 174 years agone  (1847-03-xvi) [2]
Named for	Reading, Berkshire
Authorities
• Mayor	Eddie Moran (D)
Area [3]
• City	10.08 sq mi (26.xi kmtwo)
• Country	9.84 sq mi (25.49 kmii)
• Water	0.24 sq mi (0.62 km2)
Elevation	305 ft (93 m)
Population (2020)[4]
• City	95,112
• Density	9,400/sq mi (iii,600/kmtwo)
• Urban	153,045 (U.s.a.: 140th)
• Metro	713,521 (U.s.a.: 83rd)
Fourth dimension zone	UTC−five (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−four (EDT)
Null Codes	19601-19612, 19640, 19632
Surface area code(s)	610, 484
FIPS code	42-63624
Website	www.readingpa.gov
Pennsylvania Historical Marker
Designated	1948[5]

Reading ( Crimson-ing; Pennsylvania German: Reddin) is a urban center in and the county seat of Berks County, Pennsylvania, in the United States. With a population of 95,112 as of the 2020 demography, it is the fourth-largest metropolis in Pennsylvania afterward Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, and Allentown.^{[half dozen] [seven] [eight] [9]} Located in the southeastern part of the state, it is the principal metropolis of the Greater Reading Area, home to 420,152 residents, and is part of the greater Delaware Valley.

The city, which is approximately halfway between the state's most populous urban center, Philadelphia, and the country capital, Harrisburg, is attractively situated forth a major transportation road from Fundamental to Eastern Pennsylvania, and lent its name to the now-defunct Reading Railroad, which transported anthracite coal from the Pennsylvania Coal Region to the eastern United States via the Port of Philadelphia. Reading Railroad is i of the four railroad backdrop in the archetype United states version of the Monopoly board game. Reading was i of the showtime localities where outlet shopping became a tourist industry. It has been known as "The Pretzel City", considering of numerous local pretzel bakeries; currently, Bachman, Dieffenbach, Tom Sturgis, and Unique Pretzel bakeries call the Reading area home. In recent years, the Reading area has become a destination for cyclists. With more than 125 miles of trails in five major preserves, it is an International Mountain Bicycling Association Ride Middle.^[10]

Co-ordinate to 2010 Census Bureau data, Reading had the highest share of citizens living in poverty in the nation for cities with populations of more than 65,000.^[11] Reading's poverty rate fell over the next decade.^[12] Reading's poverty rate in the 2018 five-year American Community Survey showed that 35.4% of the city'southward residents were below the poverty line, or less "than the infamous 41.three% from 2011, when Reading was declared the poorest small city in the nation."^[xiii]

History [edit]

The 500-block of Court Street in Downtown Reading, with Berks Canton courthouse on the left

Reading urbanized surface area (part), 1950

Lenni Lenape people, also known as "Delaware Indians", were the original inhabitants of the Reading expanse.

The Colony of Pennsylvania was a 1680 land grant from King Charles II of England to William Penn. Comprising more than than 45,000 foursquare miles (120,000 km2), it was named for his male parent, Sir William Penn.

In 1743, Richard and Thomas Penn (sons of William Penn) mapped out the town of Reading with Conrad Weiser. Taking its name from Reading, Berkshire, England, the town was established in 1748. Upon the creation of Berks County in 1752, Reading became the canton seat. The region was settled past emigrants from southern and western Deutschland, who bought land from the Penns. The showtime Amish community in the New World was established in Greater Reading, Berks County.^[14] The Pennsylvanian German dialect was spoken in the area well into the 1950s.

During the French and Indian War, Reading was a military base for a chain of forts along the Blue Mountain.

Reading downtown as seen from Penn and second Streets

By the time of the American Revolution, the area's fe industry had a full product exceeding England'due south. There were several prominent Ironmasters like Samuel Van Leer who helped supply George Washington'southward troops with cannons, rifles, and ammunition in the Revolutionary War.^[xv] During the early flow of the conflict, Reading was once more a depot for armed services supply. Hessian prisoners from the Battle of Trenton were also detained here.

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania was the capital of the United states at the time of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793.^[16] President Washington traveled to Reading, and considered making information technology the emergency national capital, but chose Germantown instead.

Susanna Cox was tried and bedevilled for infanticide in Reading in 1809. Her case attracted tremendous sympathy; twenty,000 viewers came to view her hanging, swamping the 3,000 inhabitants.

Census information showed that, from 1810 to 1950, Reading was among the nation's tiptop 1 hundred largest urban places.

The Schuylkill Canal, a north–southward canal completed in 1825, paralleled the Schuylkill River and continued Reading with Philadelphia and the Delaware River. The Union Canal, an eastward–west culvert completed in 1828, connected the Schuylkill and Susquehanna Rivers, and ran from Reading to Middletown, Pennsylvania, a few miles s of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Railroads forced the abandonment of the canals by the 1880s.

The Philadelphia and Reading Railroad (P&R) was incorporated in 1833. During the Long Depression following the Panic of 1873, a statewide railroad strike in 1877 over delayed wages led to a violent protest and clash with the National Guard in which six Reading men were killed.^[17] The Reading Brewing Visitor was besides established effectually this aforementioned time, and was officially chartered in 1886.^[18] Following more than a century of prosperity, the Reading Company was forced to file for bankruptcy protection in 1971. The bankruptcy was a result of dwindling coal shipping revenues and strict government regulations that denied railroads the ability to set competitive prices, required high taxes, and forced the railroads to continue to operate coin-losing passenger service lines. On April one, 1976, the Reading Visitor sold its current railroad interests to the newly formed Consolidated Railroad Corporation (Conrail). That same month, the Reading Brewing Company airtight.^[nineteen]

The Charles Evans Cemetery is the non-sectarian cemetery where many of the city's prominent concern and community leaders have been buried since the cemetery's opening in the 1840s. Established through the donation of land by Reading chaser and philanthropist Charles Evans and a subsequent financial endowment upon his death in 1847, which provided for future improvements to the grounds,^[xx] the cemetery became a primary gathering point for annual Memorial Twenty-four hours activities from the late 19th through the late 20th centuries due to the presence of the 1000 Army of the Republic monument, which was dedicated at that place in 1887.^{[21] [22] [23] [24]}

Early on in the 20th century, the city participated in the burgeoning machine and motorcycle industry as home to the pioneer "Brass Era" companies, Daniels Motor Company, Duryea Motor Carriage Visitor and Reading-Standard Company.^[25]

Reading experienced continuous growth until the 1930s, when its population reached nearly 120,000. From the 1940s to the 1970s, however, the metropolis saw a sharp downturn in prosperity, largely owing to the decline of the heavy industry and railroads, on which Reading had been congenital, and a national tendency of urban turn down.

In 1972, Hurricane Agnes caused extensive flooding in the urban center, not the terminal time the lower precincts of Reading were inundated by the Schuylkill River. A like, though not equally devastating, flood occurred during June 2006.

The 2000 census showed that Reading'south population decline had ceased. This was attributed to an influx of Hispanic residents from New York City, besides as from the extension of suburban sprawl from Philadelphia's northwest suburbs.

Reading has its share of obstacles to overcome, namely criminal offence.^[26] Nevertheless, new crime fighting strategies appear to have had an bear upon. In 2006, the city dropped in the rankings of dangerous cities, and once again in 2007.

In Dec 2007, NBC's Today testify featured Reading as 1 of the acme iv "Up and Coming Neighborhoods" in the U.s.a. as showing potential for a real manor boom.^[27] The interviewee, Barbara Corcoran, chose the city by looking for areas of big alter, renovations, cleanups of parks, waterfronts, and warehouses. Corcoran as well noted Reading'due south proximity to Philadelphia, New York, and other cities.

Climate [edit]

Reading, Pennsylvania
Climate chart (caption)
J F Grand A M J J A Southward O North D three 39 23 ii.6 42 24 three.5 51 32 3.4 63 42 3.v 74 52 4.eight 82 61 four.viii 87 66 4.5 84 64 4.9 77 57 3.eight 65 45 3 54 35 3.5 43 28 Average max. and min. temperatures in °F Precipitation totals in inches Source: NOAA[28]
Metric conversion J F 1000 A M J J A S O Northward D 75 4 −five 66 half dozen −4 xc 11 0 85 17 5 89 23 11 121 28 xvi 121 thirty xix 114 29 18 124 25 xiv 97 19 7 77 12 ii 89 six −two Average max. and min. temperatures in °C Precipitation totals in mm

The climate in and around Reading is variable, but relatively mild compared to areas further northward. The Reading expanse falls nether the southern periphery of the hot-summer humid continental climate (Dfa), with areas just to the south designated equally a humid subtropical climate zone (Köppen Cfa). Summers are warm and boiling with average July highs around 86.five °F (30.three °C). Extended periods of heat and loftier humidity occur. On average, there are 27 days per year where the temperature exceeds 90 °F (32 °C). Reading becomes milder in the autumn, every bit the heat and humidity of summer relent to lower humidity and temperatures. The kickoff killing frost mostly occurs in late October.

Winters bring freezing temperatures, but usually movement above freezing during the solar day's warmest point. The average January high is 38.6 °F (3.7 °C); the average January low is 23.0 °F (−v.0 °C), merely it is not unusual for winter temperatures to be much lower or higher than the averages. The all-fourth dimension record low (not including wind chill) was −xx °F (−29 °C) during a widespread common cold wave in January 1994. Annual snow is variable, but averages around 25 inches (64 cm). Spring temperatures vary widely between freezing temperatures and the 80s or even 90s (around xxx °C) later in spring. The last killing frost unremarkably is in early to mid Apr. Total precipitation for the entire year is 45.21 inches (114.viii cm).

January is the only month averaging below freezing while two to iii months average above 22 °C (71.6 °F) and seven-months average above 50 °F.

Climate data for Reading, PA (Reading Regional Airport) 1991-2020 normals, extremes 1888–present
Month	Jan	February	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	October	Nov	Dec	Year
Record high °F (°C)	77 (25)	82 (28)	88 (31)	97 (36)	96 (36)	102 (39)	106 (41)	105 (41)	102 (39)	94 (34)	84 (29)	77 (25)	106 (41)
Boilerplate loftier °F (°C)	38.6 (3.vii)	41.ix (5.5)	51.0 (x.half dozen)	63.4 (17.4)	73.5 (23.i)	82.0 (27.8)	86.5 (xxx.iii)	84.iv (29.i)	77.i (25.1)	65.4 (18.6)	53.8 (12.1)	43.4 (vi.3)	63.4 (17.four)
Daily mean °F (°C)	xxx.8 (−0.7)	33.1 (0.6)	41.5 (5.3)	52.5 (11.4)	62.5 (16.nine)	71.6 (22.0)	76.1 (24.five)	74.3 (23.5)	66.9 (19.4)	55.ii (12.9)	44.6 (vii.0)	35.vii (ii.1)	53.7 (12.i)
Average depression °F (°C)	23.0 (−5.0)	24.iv (−4.ii)	31.9 (−0.1)	41.7 (5.4)	51.5 (10.eight)	61.2 (16.2)	65.8 (18.8)	64.1 (17.eight)	56.6 (13.7)	45.0 (7.2)	35.iv (1.ix)	28.0 (−2.2)	44.one (6.7)
Tape low °F (°C)	−twenty (−29)	−13 (−25)	−2 (−19)	12 (−11)	26 (−three)	36 (2)	43 (half-dozen)	39 (4)	thirty (−1)	20 (−7)	eight (−xiii)	−vi (−21)	−xx (−29)
Average precipitation inches (mm)	2.97 (75)	2.61 (66)	3.53 (90)	iii.35 (85)	3.51 (89)	4.77 (121)	4.77 (121)	four.49 (114)	4.88 (124)	3.lxxx (97)	3.02 (77)	iii.51 (89)	45.21 (1,148)
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.01 in)	10.3	x.2	10.7	11.6	12.5	12.4	10.7	11.two	nine.1	ten.1	8.9	10.8	128.v
Source: NOAA[28] [29]

Geography [edit]

Reading is located at 40°20′30″N 75°55′35″W  /  40.34167°N 75.92639°Due west  / 40.34167; -75.92639 (twoscore.341692, −75.926301)^[30] in southeastern Pennsylvania, roughly 65 miles (105 km) northwest of Philadelphia. Co-ordinate to the United States Demography Bureau, the urban center has a total area of 10.one foursquare miles (26 km²). 9.viii square miles (25 km^two) of information technology is country and 0.two square miles (0.52 km²) of it (2.39%) is h2o. The city is largely divisional on the due west by the Schuylkill River, on the east by Mount Penn, and on the south by Neversink Mountain. The Reading Prong, the mount formation stretching northeast into New Jersey, has come to exist associated with naturally occurring radon gas; however, homes in Reading are not particularly affected. The surrounding canton is dwelling to a number of family-owned farms.^{[ citation needed ]}

Economy [edit]

Companies based in Reading and surrounding communities include Boscov's, EnerSys, Carpenter, GK Elite Sportswear, Penske Truck Leasing, and Redner's Markets.

In 2012, The New York Times called Reading "the nation's poorest urban center."^[31]

According to the Greater Reading Chamber of Commerce and Industry,^[32] the largest employers in the Berks county area are:

#	Employer	Employees
1	Reading Infirmary	6,878
2	E Penn Manufacturing Co.	6,851
3	Carpenter	2,432
iv	Canton of Berks	2,370
five	Reading School District	i,903
6	Pennsylvania Government	1,886
vii	Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.	ane,818
viii	Boscov's	1,740
ix	St. Joseph Medical Centre	ane,566
10	Penske Truck Leasing	1,535

Spring Offset Incubator, a program of Berks County Customs Foundation, and Berks LaunchBox, a project of Penn Land Berks, are programs intended to provide office space and back up to entrepreneurs in the expanse.^[33]

Infrastructure [edit]

Transportation [edit]

A number of federal and country highways let entry to and egress from Reading. U.South. Route 422, the major e–west avenue, circles the western border of the city and is known locally as The West Shore Bypass. US 422 leads west to Lebanon and e to Pottstown. U.Southward. Route 222 bypasses the metropolis to the w, leading southwest to Lancaster and northeast to Allentown. Interstate 176 heads south from US 422 near Reading and leads to the Pennsylvania Turnpike (Interstate 76) in Morgantown. Pennsylvania Road 12 is known as the Warren Street Bypass, every bit information technology bypasses the urban center to the n. PA 12 begins at United states 422/Usa 222 in Wyomissing and heads northeast on the Warren Street Bypass before becoming Pricetown Road and leading northeast to Pricetown. Pennsylvania Route 10 is known every bit Morgantown Road and heads south from Reading parallel to I-176 to Morgantown. Pennsylvania Route 61 heads north from Reading on Centre Avenue and leads to Pottsville. Pennsylvania Route 183 heads northwest from Reading on Schuylkill Avenue and Bernville Road, leading to Bernville. U.South. Route 222 Business is designated every bit Lancaster Avenue, Bingaman Street, South fourth Street, and 5th Street through Reading. U.Due south. Route 422 Business organisation is designated equally Penn Street, Washington Street (westbound), Franklin Street (eastbound), and Perkiomen Avenue through Reading.^[34]

BARTA bus in downtown Reading

Public transit in Reading and its surrounding communities has been provided since 1973 by the Berks Surface area Regional Transportation Dominance (BARTA). BARTA operates a fleet of fifty buses (mostly hybrid electrical buses) serving 17 routes, mostly originating at the BARTA Transportation Heart in Downtown Reading. BARTA also provides paratransit service in improver to fixed road service. The former Reading Railroad Franklin Street Station was refurbished and reopened to bus service on September nine, 2013, with buses running the limited route dorsum and forth to Lebanese republic Transit. The road to Lebanon was discontinued after a brusk menses, resulting in the refurbished station sitting vacant.

Klein Transportation provides bus service to Reading from a stop in downtown Reading and a stop at the Boscov's at the former Fairgrounds Square Mall to Douglassville, Kutztown, Wescosville, Hellertown, and Midtown Manhattan in New York City.^[35] Transport Azumah provides motorcoach service from the InterCity Bus Final to New York Metropolis.^{[36] [37]}

Reading and the surrounding area is serviced by the Reading Regional Airdrome, a general aviation airfield. The three-letter airport lawmaking for Reading is RDG. Scheduled commercial airline service to Reading ended in 2004, when the last airline, USAir stopped flying into Reading.^[38]

Freight rail service in Reading is provided past the Norfolk Southern Railway, the Reading Blue Mountain and Northern Railroad, and the E Penn Railroad.^[34] Norfolk Southern Railway serves Reading along the Harrisburg Line, which runs eastward to Philadelphia and west to Harrisburg, and the Reading Line, which runs northeast to Allentown. Norfolk Southern Railway operates the Reading 1000 in Reading.^{[34] [39]} The Reading Bluish Mountain and Northern Railroad operates the Reading Division line from an interchange with the Norfolk Southern Railway in Reading north to Port Clinton and Packerton.^[twoscore] The East Penn Railroad operates the Lancaster Northern line from Sinking Spring southwest to Ephrata, using trackage rights along Norfolk Southern Railway east from Sinking Spring to an interchange with the Norfolk Southern Railway in Reading.^[41]

Rider trains ran betwixt Pottsville, Reading, Pottstown, and Philadelphia along the Pottsville Line until July 27, 1981, when transit operator SEPTA concise commuter service to electrified lines. Since then, there have been repeated calls for the resumption of the services.

In the late 1990s and up to 2003, SEPTA, in cooperation with Reading-based BARTA, funded a study chosen the Schuylkill Valley Metro which included plans to extend SEPTA'due south R6 rider line to Pottstown, Reading, and Wyomissing, Pennsylvania. The project suffered a major setback when it was rejected past the Federal Transit Administration New Starts program, which cited doubts about the ridership projections and financing assumptions used past the study. With the recent surge in gasoline prices and ever-increasing traffic, the planning commissions of Montgomery County and Berks County have teamed to written report the feasibility of a simple diesel shuttle train betwixt the Manayunk/Norristown Line and Pottstown/Reading.^[42] In 2018, a panel led by the Greater Reading Bedroom Alliance pushed for an extension of the Manayunk/Norristown Line to Reading along existing Norfolk Southern freight railroad tracks, with service terminating either at the Franklin Street Station in Reading or in Wyomissing.^[43] In 2020, the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation conducted a feasibility study on passenger railroad train service from Reading to Philadelphia.^{[44] [45]} In 2021, Amtrak announced a program to implement intercity train service from Reading to Philadelphia and New York City, more often than not post-obit the Norfolk Southern line betwixt Reading and Philadelphia and the Northeast Corridor between Philadelphia and New York Urban center.^[46]

Utilities [edit]

Lake Ontelaunee supplies h2o to Reading.

Electricity in Reading is provided by Met-Ed, a subsidiary of FirstEnergy.^{[47] [48]} Natural gas service in the city is provided past UGI Utilities.^{[49] [50]} The Reading Expanse Water Dominance provides h2o to the city, with the city'southward water supply coming from Lake Ontelaunee and the city's water treated at the Maidencreek Filter Plant. The Reading Water Company was founded in 1821 to supply h2o to the city. The Reading Area Water Potency was established on May 20, 1994, to accept over the h2o system in the city.^[51] Sewer service is provided past the urban center'south Public Works department, with a wastewater treatment plant owned by the metropolis located on Fritz Island.^[52] The city's Public Works department provides trash and recycling collection to Reading.^[53]

Health care [edit]

Hospitals serving the Reading area include Reading Hospital in Westward Reading and Penn State Wellness St. Joseph in Bern Township and downtown Reading. Reading Hospital offers an emergency department with a Level I trauma center and various services including Cancer Care, Heart Center, Orthopedic Services, Pediatrics, Chief Care, and Women's Health.^[54] Penn State Health St. Joseph offers an emergency section, heart institute, cancer center, stroke eye, wound center, orthopedics, and primary care physicians.^[55]

Demographics [edit]

Historical population
Census	Pop.		%±
1790	2,225		—
1800	2,386		seven.ii%
1810	three,462		45.1%
1820	iv,332		25.1%
1830	5,856		35.2%
1840	8,410		43.6%
1850	15,743		87.2%
1860	23,162		47.1%
1870	33,930		46.5%
1880	43,278		27.6%
1890	58,661		35.5%
1900	78,961		34.six%
1910	96,071		21.7%
1920	107,784		12.ii%
1930	111,171		3.1%
1940	110,568		−0.v%
1950	109,320		−1.1%
1960	98,061		−ten.3%
1970	87,643		−x.6%
1980	78,686		−ten.ii%
1990	78,380		−0.4%
2000	81,207		3.half-dozen%
2010	88,082		viii.5%
2020	95,112		8.0%
U.S. Decennial Census[56]

As of the 2010 census, the city was 48.iv% White, 13.two% Blackness or African American, 0.9% Native American, 1.2% Asian, 0.1% Native Hawaiian, and 6.one% were ii or more races. 58.two% of the population were of Hispanic or Latino ancestry.^[57]

As of the demography of 2000, there were 30,113 households, out of which 33.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 34.iv% were married couples living together, 20.ii% had a female householder with no husband nowadays, and 38.8% were not-families. 31.seven% of all households were made up of individuals, and 12.iv% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.63 and the average family size was three.33.^[58]

In the city, the population was spread out, with 29.ix% under the age of 18, 11.7% from 18 to 24, 28.9% from 25 to 44, 17.0% from 45 to 64, and 12.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 31 years. For every 100 females, there were 93.iii males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, in that location were 88.5 males.

The median income for a household in the urban center was $26,698, and the median income for a family was $31,067. Males had a median income of $28,114 versus $21,993 for females. The per capita income for the city was $13,086. 26.1% of the population and 22.3% of families were below the poverty line. 36.5% of those under the age of 18 and 15.6% of those 65 and older were living below the poverty line.

Estimates [edit]

As of the American Community Survey one-Year Estimates, Reading had a population of 80,997. The racial makeup of the city was 48.eight% White, xiv.0% African American, 0.2% Native American, 1.4% Asian, 0.0% Pacific Islander, 31.ane% from other races, and 4.5% from two or more than races. 56.iii% were Hispanic or Latino of any race, with 33.5% beingness of Puerto Rican descent.

According to the US Census Bureau, 32.ix% of all residents alive below the poverty level, including 45.7% of those under xviii. Reading's unemployment charge per unit in May 2010 was 14.seven%, while Berks County's unemployment rate was 9.ix%.^[59]

Neighborhoods [edit]

Name	Area	Population
Centre City	0.381 sq. mi	5,374
Callowhill	0.751 sq. mi	vii,289
Centre Park	0.615 sq. mi	10,781
College Heights	1.295 sq. mi	14,903
East Reading	two.230 sq. mi	34,572
Eastside	ane.849 sq. mi	29,198
Glenside	2.303 sq. mi	11,837
Hampden Heights	3.144 sq. mi	44,101
Millmont	one.024 sq. mi	5,298
Due north Riverside	0.955 sq. mi	12,674
Northmont	0.035 sq. mi	697
Northside	0.187 sq. mi	1,822
Oakbrook/Wyomissing Park	ane.197 sq. mi	5,947
Outlet District	0.554 sq. mi	fourteen,295
Penn's Commons	0.796 sq. mi	15,891
Prince Historic District	0.123 sq. mi	2,002
Queen Anne Historic District	0.330 sq. mi	6,359
Southside	one.486 sq. mi	10,317
South of Penn	1.122 sq. mi	8,483

Fire section [edit]

The city of Reading is protected by the 135 firefighters and paramedics of the Reading Fire and EMS Department (RFD). The RFD operates out of seven fire stations throughout the city. The RFD operates a burn apparatus fleet of five Engine Companies, three Ladder Companies, one Rescue Company, castor unit, and iv front-line Medic Ambulances. In 2018, fire units responded to 9,992 incidents. EMS responses totaled 19,505 calls for service.^{[ citation needed ]} Department staffing is merely two firefighters per appliance.^[60]

Education [edit]

The Reading School District provides elementary and centre schools for the city's children. Numerous Catholic parochial schools are also available.

Printing reports have indicated that in 2012, about eight percent of Reading's residents have a college degree, compared to a national average of 28%.^[31]

Iv institutions of higher learning are located in Reading:

• Penn State Berks
• Albright College
• Alvernia University
• Reading Area Community College

Iv loftier schools serve the city:

• Berks Catholic High School (grades 9–12)
• Reading High School (grades 9–12)
• Reading Intermediate Loftier Schoolhouse (grade 8)
• I-LEAD Charter School

Sports [edit]

Reading is known for multiple sports franchises, all of which have a long history of success creating professional person athletes at the highest levels.

The Reading Fightin Phils, minor league affiliate of the Philadelphia Phillies, who play at FirstEnergy Stadium. Notable alumni are Larry Bowa, Ryne Sandberg, Mike Schmidt, Ryan Howard, and Jimmy Rollins.

Reading United AC, USL League Two affiliate of the Philadelphia Union, are considered one of the top amateur soccer teams in the Us. The team most recently played in the first PDL Title in squad history in 2018. Notable alumni include multiple players with United States men's national soccer team experience, including Matt Hedges, Alex Bono, CJ Sapong, Ben Sweat, and Keegan Rosenberry. Over 110 alumni from the team have gone on to play soccer professionally.

The city has been the residence of numerous professional athletes. Among these native to Reading are Brooklyn Dodgers outfielder Carl Furillo, Baltimore Colts running dorsum Lenny Moore, and Philadelphia 76ers frontwards Donyell Marshall. Pro golfer Betsy Male monarch, a member of the Earth Golf Hall of Fame, was built-in in Reading.

The open-wheel racing portion of Penske Racing had been based in Reading, Pennsylvania since 1973 with the cars, during the F1 and CART era, being synthetic in Poole, Dorset, England too equally being the base for the F1 team. On October 31, 2005, Penske Racing announced after the 2006 IRL season, they would consolidate IRL and NASCAR operations at the team's Mooresville, Northward Carolina facility; with the flooding in Pennsylvania in 2006, the team'due south operations were moved to Mooresville earlier than expected. Penske Truck Leasing is still based in Reading.

Duryea Drive, which ascends Mount Penn in a serial of switchbacks, was a testing place for early automobiles and was named for Charles Duryea. The Blueish Mount Region Sports Motorcar Social club of America hosts the Duryea Hill Climb, the longest in the Pennsylvania Hillclimb Association serial, which follows the same route the automaker used to test his cars.^[61]

Reading played host to a stop on the PGA Tour, the Reading Open, in the late 1940s and early 1950s.

Order	League	Venue	Established	Championships
Reading Fightin Phils	Double-A Northeast, Baseball	FirstEnergy Stadium	1967	4
Reading Royals	ECHL, Water ice hockey	Santander Arena	2001	i
Reading United AC	USL League Two, Soccer	Gurski Stadium	1996
Reading Rebels	The Basketball League, Basketball game	Santander Loonshit	2022

Civilisation [edit]

The city's cultural institutions include the Reading Symphony Orchestra and its education project the Reading Symphony Youth Orchestra, the Reading Choral Society, Opus One: Berks Chamber Choir, Berks Sinfonietta Chamber Orchestra, Vox Philia Chamber Choir, the GoggleWorks Fine art Gallery, the Reading Public Museum and the Historical Society of Berks County.

Reading is the birthplace of graphic artist Jim Steranko, guitar virtuoso Richie Kotzen, novelist and poet John Updike, and poet Wallace Stevens. Marching ring composer and writer John Philip Sousa, the March King, died in Reading's Abraham Lincoln Hotel in 1932. Creative person Keith Haring^[62] was built-in in Reading.

Reading is habitation to the 15-fourth dimension DCA world champion drum and bugle corps, The Reading Buccaneers.

In 1914, one of the anchors of the Battleship Maine was delivered from the Washington Navy Yard to Metropolis Park, off of Perkiomen Avenue. The anchor was dedicated during a anniversary presided over past Franklin D. Roosevelt, who was then assistant secretary of the navy.

Reading was home to several picture show and theater palaces in the early 20th century. The Astor, Embassy, Loew's Colonial, and Rajah Shrine Theater were yard monuments of compages and entertainment. Today, later on depression, recession, and urban renewal, the Rajah is the but one to remain. The Astor Theater was demolished in 1998 to make manner for The Sovereign Heart. Certain steps were taken to retain mementos of the Astor, including its ornate Art Deco chandelier and gates. These are on brandish and in apply inside the loonshit corridors, allowing insight into the ambiance of the quondam movie house. In 2000, the Rajah was purchased from the Shriners. Afterward a much needed restoration, it was renamed the Sovereign Performing Arts Heart. In 2013 the theatre was rebranded every bit the Santander Performing Arts Center and Santander Bank purchased Sovereign.

The Mid-Atlantic Air Museum is a membership-supported museum and restoration facility located at Carl A. Spaatz Field. The museum actively displays and restores historic and rare state of war aircraft and noncombatant airliners. About notable to their collection is a Northrop P-61 Black Widow under active restoration since its recovery from Mount Cyclops, New Guinea in 1989. Starting time in 1990, the museum has hosted "World State of war II Weekend Air Show", scheduled to coincide with D-Day. On brandish are menses wartime aircraft (many of which fly throughout the show) vehicles, and weapons.

The mechanical ice cream scoop was invented in Reading by William Clewell in 1876.^[63] The 5th Avenue candy bar and York Peppermint Pattie were invented in Reading.^[14]

Sister city [edit]

The City of Reading and Reutlingen, Federal republic of germany are sister cities which participate in student exchanges. Students from Reading High School can apply to become a part of the commutation and travel to Reutlingen for ii weeks (mid-September to early October) and in return host German exchange students in the spring. Kutztown University as well has a programme with Reutlingen.

Reading is twinned with:

• Reutlingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, since 1998
• Changzhi, Shanxi, Cathay, since 1992^[64]

Attractions [edit]

Reading's Pagoda seen from Skyline Drive

In 1908, a Japanese-style pagoda was congenital on Mount Penn, where it overlooks the city and is visible from almost everywhere in town. Locally, it is chosen the "Pagoda". It is currently the abode of a café and a gift shop. It remains a popular tourist attraction.

Another fixture in Reading'due south skyline is the William Penn Memorial Burn Tower, i mile from the Pagoda on Skyline Drive. Built in 1939 for fire department and forestry ascertainment, the tower is 120 feet tall, and rises 950 feet above the intersection of fifth and Penn Streets. From the top of the belfry is a lx-mile panoramic view.

The Reading Glove and Mitten Manufacturing Company founded in 1899, just exterior Reading city limits, in West Reading and Wyomissing boroughs changed its name to Vanity Off-white in 1911 and is now the major clothing manufacturer VF Corp. In the early on 1970s, the original factories were developed to create the VF Outlet Village, the first outlet mall in the United States. The VF Outlet closed in 2020.^[65]

GoggleWorks Center for the Arts is a community art and cultural resource center located in Reading, Pennsylvania. The mission of the GoggleWorks is "to transform lives through unique interactions with fine art." Located in the former Willson Goggle Manufactory edifice, GoggleWorks Center for the Arts features eight didactics studios in ceramics, hot and warm drinking glass, metalsmithing, photography, printmaking, woodworking and virtual reality; 35 juried artist studios; and headquarters of over 40 cultural organizations. GoggleWorks also includes several exhibition galleries, a 130-seat film theatre, a bar/restaurant, and shop featuring handcrafted works by over 200 artists working inside the building and beyond. Admission and parking are e'er gratuitous. The building was added to the National Annals of Historic Places in 2006.^[66]

In media [edit]

The book and moving-picture show Rabbit, Run and the other iii novels of the Rabbit series past John Updike were fix in fictionalized versions of Reading and nearby Shillington, called Brewer and Olinger respectively. Updike was born in Reading and lived in nearby Shillington until he was thirteen. He also makes reference to the Brewer suburb of Mountain Gauge, equivalent to Mount Penn, e of Reading.

The play Sweat past Lynn Nottage is set in Reading.^{[67] [68]}

The movie Goon: Last of the Enforcers features Reading every bit the home of the rival team, the Reading Wolf Dogs.^{[ commendation needed ]}

Notable people [edit]

• Gus Alberts (1861–1912), Major League Baseball game player^[69]
• Coit Albertson (1880–1953), silent film histrion
• George Warren Alexander (1829–1903), United states of america Army officer and founder of G.W. Alexander & Co., a hat factory^[70]
• Elvin Ayala (b. 1981), professional boxer, World Boxing Quango and U.Southward. National Boxing Council middleweight champion
• John Barrasso (b. 1952),^[71] U.S. Senator from Wyoming
• Allison Baver (b. 1980), professional person speed skater^[72]
• Fay Biles (b. 1927), professor emerita of Kent Country University
• Albert Boscov (1929–2017), chairman of Boscov's department store
• George Bradley (1852–1931), Major League Baseball player^[69]
• Sylvanus C. Breyfogel (b. 1851), bishop of Evangelical Association
• Kenny Brightbill (b. 1948), race machine driver
• Peter Brocco (1903–1992), actor
• James Bryant, professional person football player
• Harry Buckwalter (1867–1930), photographer, journalist, film director and producer
• James Henry Carpenter (1846–1898), Civil War sailor, officer, founder of Carpenter Engineering Corporation
• Ariel Castro, convicted rapist and kidnapper of 3 women in Cleveland
• Jack Coggins (1911–2006), creative person and author
• Kayla Collins (b. 1987), model and Playboy Playmate (Baronial 2008)
• Forrest Compton (1925-2020), thespian
• Michael Constantine (1927-2021), actor
• Tullio DeSantis (b. 1948), creative person, writer, professor
• Lisa Eichhorn (b. 1952), actress, author, producer
• John Fetterman (b. 1969), Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania
• Meg Foster (b. 1948), actress
• Roy Frankhouser (1939–2009), Thousand Dragon of the Ku Klux Klan
• Harry Whittier Frees (1879–1953), photographer
• Carl Furillo (1922–1989), Major League Baseball game outfielder^[69]
• Megan Gallagher (b. 1960), actress
• David McMurtrie Gregg (1833–1916), American Civil War general
• Keith Haring (1958–1990), artist, activist
• Mervin Heller, Jr., past president of the United States Tennis Clan
• Corey Hertzog (b. 1990), professional soccer player
• William Muhlenberg Hiester (1818–1878), political and military machine leader
• Alice Hoover (1928–2014), All-American Girls Professional Baseball game League thespian
• Frank Hovington (1919–1982), blues musician
• Chad Hurley (b. 1977), co-founder and former CEO of YouTube
• Stu Jackson (b. 1955), executive vice president of basketball operations for the NBA
• Mildred Jordan (1901–1982), novelist
• Travis Kauffman (b. 1985), WBF Inter-Continental heavyweight boxing champion and ranked contender
• Ed Kemmer (1921–2004), combat airplane pilot and histrion
• Chip Kidd (b. 1964), graphic designer and author
• A.South. King (b. 1970), writer, winner of the LA Times Book Prize and a Printz Honor honoree
• Betsy King (b.1955), golfer, winner of 34 LPGA Bout events and member of the World Golf Hall of Fame
• Richie Kotzen (b. 1970), rock guitarist
• Rick Krebs (b. 1949), game designer
• Whitey Kurowski (1918–1999), All-Star infielder for the St. Louis Cardinals
• Henry Larkin (1860–1942), Major League Baseball player
• Julian Letterlough (1969–2005), light heavyweight battle champion
• Steve Trivial (1965–2000), WBA world middleweight boxing champion
• Donyell Marshall (b. 1973), basketball histrion, Connecticut and NBA power forward
• Julio Cesar Matthews (b. 1970), Aureate Gloves champion and unbeaten professional cruiserweight boxer
• James H. Maurer (1864–1944), Labor leader and two-time Vice Presidential nominee
• Draya Michele (b. 1985), American social media personality, fashion designer, socialite, actress and model
• Morton L. Montgomery (1846–1933), Pennsylvania attorney and historian
• Lenny Moore (b. 1933), NFL running back and Pro Football Hall of Famer
• Stephen Mull, U.S. Assistant Secretarial assistant of State for Political Ministry Affairs, U.S. Administrator to Lithuania^[73]
• James Nagle (1822–1866), Civil War full general
• Hildegard Peplau (1909–1999), nurse theorist
• Mike Pilot (b. 1975), podcaster
• Curtis R. Reitz (b. 1929), Algernon Sydney Biddle Professor of Law at the University of Pennsylvania Law Schoolhouse
• Matthias Richards (1758-1830), U.S. Congressman
• David Robidoux, composer^[74]
• Kevin Ross (kickboxer) (b. 1980), current Bellator Kickboxing featherweight champion
• Denise Rutkowski (b. 1962), professional person female bodybuilder
• William Sands (1835–1918), U.Due south. Medal of Honor winner (Ceremonious State of war)^[75]
• Lori and George Schappell (b. 1961), conjoined twins
• John Philip Sousa (1854–1932), iconic composer, died in Reading
• Ray Dennis Steckler (1939–2009), film manager
• Jim Steranko (b. 1938), Silver Age comic book creative person, magazine publisher and escape creative person
• Wallace Stevens (1879–1955), poet
• J. Henry Stump (1880–1949), socialist mayor of Reading 1927–1931, 1935–1939 and 1943–1947
• Taylor Swift (b. 1989), singer-songwriter
• Chuck Thompson (1921–2005), sportscaster
• John Updike (1932–2009), Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist, poet, essayist
• Thomas Usher, CEO of U.S. Steel and chairman of the Board of Marathon Oil
• Samuel Van Leer, (1747–1825) ironmaster and helm in the American Revolutionary War
• Isaac Van Leer, (1772-1821) iron works entrepreneur and owner of several nearby historical homes
• Byron Vazakas (1905–1987), poet
• Charlie Wagner (1912–2006), baseball player for Boston Red Sox
• Lonnie Walker IV (b. 1998), NBA basketball game role player for San Antonio Spurs
• Angela Washko (b. 1986), creative person
• Delores Wells (1937-2016), actress
• Richard "Dick" Wheeler (1922-2008), author and historian^{[76] [77]}
• Thomas C. Zimmerman (1838–1914), writer, translator of English language classics to Pennsylvania High german dialect

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Farther reading [edit]

• Reading Hawkeye archive, Google News Archive, 1868–2000. —PDFs of 38,630 bug.
• Kenneth Eastward. Hendrickson, Jr., The Socialists of Reading, Pennsylvanian and World State of war I: A Question of Loyalty," Pennsylvania History, vol. 36, no. 4 (October 1969), pp. 430–450. In JSTOR
• Kenneth E. Hendrickson, Jr., "The Socialist Administration in Reading, Pennsylvania, Part I, 1927–1931," Pennsylvania History, vol. 39, no. 4 (October 1972), pp. 417–442. In JSTOR
• Kenneth E. Hendrickson, Jr., "Triumph and Disaster: The Reading Socialists in Power and Turn down, Role Ii, 1932–1939," Pennsylvania History, vol. xl, no. 4 (October 1973), pp. 380–411. In JSTOR
• Henry G. Stetler, The Socialist Movement in Reading, Pennsylvania, 1896–1936. PhD dissertation. Storrs, CT: Henry G. Stetler, 1943.

External links [edit]

• Official website
• Reading at Curlie
• U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Data System: Reading, Pennsylvania

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