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City in Pennsylvania, United states

City in Pennsylvania, United States

Reading, Pennsylvania
Urban center
City of Reading
Superlative to bottom, left to correct: (ane) Reading skyline (two) Lindbergh Viaduct (3) FirstEnergy Stadium (4) the Pagoda (5) Reading Public Museum
Nickname(southward): Pretzel Capital of the Earth, Pretzel City[1]
Reading's location in Berks County
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Coordinates: twoscore°20′xxx″N 75°55′35″W  /  40.34167°Due north 75.92639°W  / 40.34167; -75.92639 Coordinates: xl°20′30″N 75°55′35″W  /  40.34167°N 75.92639°W  / 40.34167; -75.92639
Country	United States
State	Pennsylvania
County	Berks
Founded	1748; 274 years ago  (1748)
Incorporated (borough)	September 15, 1783; 238 years ago  (1783-09-xv) [2]
Incorporated (city)	March 16, 1847; 175 years ago  (1847-03-sixteen) [2]
Named for	Reading, Berkshire
Authorities
• Mayor	Eddie Moran (D)
Expanse [3]
• Urban center	10.08 sq mi (26.11 km2)
• Land	9.84 sq mi (25.49 kmtwo)
• H2o	0.24 sq mi (0.62 km2)
Elevation	305 ft (93 thou)
Population (2020)[iv]
• City	95,112
• Density	ix,400/sq mi (3,600/km2)
• Urban	153,045 (United states of america: 140th)
• Metro	713,521 (US: 83rd)
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−iv (EDT)
Cypher Codes	19601–19612, 19632, 19640
Expanse code(south)	610, 484
FIPS code	42-63624
Website	world wide web.readingpa.gov
Pennsylvania Historical Marking
Designated	1948[5]

Reading ( Ruddy-ing; Pennsylvania Dutch: Reddin) is a city in and the county seat of Berks County, Pennsylvania, in the U.s.a.. With a population of 95,112 every bit of the 2020 census, it is the quaternary-largest city in Pennsylvania afterward Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, and Allentown.^{[6] [7] [8] [9]} Located in the southeastern part of the land, information technology is the master city of the Greater Reading Area, dwelling to 420,152 residents, and is part of the greater Delaware Valley.

The city, which is approximately halfway between the state's most populous city, Philadelphia, and the state capital, Harrisburg, is attractively situated along a major transportation road from Central 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 1 of the four railroad properties in the classic United states of america version of the Monopoly board game. Reading was i of the kickoff localities where outlet shopping became a tourist industry. It has been known as "The Pretzel Metropolis", because of numerous local pretzel bakeries; currently, Bachman, Dieffenbach, Tom Sturgis, and Unique Pretzel bakeries phone call the Reading surface area abode. In recent years, the Reading expanse 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]

According to 2010 Census Agency data, Reading had the highest share of citizens living in poverty in the nation for cities with populations of more 65,000.^[11] Reading'southward poverty rate fell over the next decade.^[12] Reading's poverty rate in the 2018 5-year American Customs Survey showed that 35.4% of the metropolis's residents were below the poverty line, or less "than the infamous 41.3% from 2011, when Reading was declared the poorest small metropolis in the nation."^[13]

History [edit]

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

Reading urbanized expanse (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 45,000 square 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 county seat. The region was settled by emigrants from southern and western Germany, who bought land from the Penns. The first Amish community in the New Globe was established in Greater Reading, Berks County.^[14] The Pennsylvanian German dialect was spoken in the expanse well into the 1950s.

During the French and Indian War, Reading was a armed forces base of operations for a chain of forts forth the Blue Mountain.

Reading downtown every bit seen from Penn and 2nd Streets

By the time of the American Revolution, the surface area's atomic number 26 manufacture had a total product exceeding England'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.^[15] During the early period of the disharmonize, Reading was again a depot for military supply. Hessian prisoners from the Battle of Trenton were also detained here.

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania was the upper-case letter of the U.s. at the time of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793.^[16] President Washington traveled to Reading, and considered making it the emergency national capital, simply chose Germantown instead.

Susanna Cox was tried and bedevilled for infanticide in Reading in 1809. Her case attracted tremendous sympathy; 20,000 viewers came to view her hanging, swamping the 3,000 inhabitants.

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

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

The naturalist Spencer Fullerton Baird was born in Reading in 1823.

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 protestation and clash with the National Guard in which six Reading men were killed.^[17] The Reading Brewing Company was also established around this same fourth dimension, and was officially chartered in 1886.^[eighteen] 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 aircraft revenues and strict government regulations that denied railroads the ability to set up competitive prices, required loftier taxes, and forced the railroads to keep to operate money-losing rider service lines. On Apr 1, 1976, the Reading Company sold its current railroad interests to the newly formed Consolidated Railroad Corporation (Conrail). That same month, the Reading Brewing Visitor closed.^[19]

The Charles Evans Cemetery is the not-sectarian cemetery where many of the metropolis's prominent business and community leaders have been buried since the cemetery's opening in the 1840s. Established through the donation of state 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 betoken for almanac Memorial Twenty-four hour period activities from the late 19th through the late 20th centuries due to the presence of the 1000 Army of the Republic monument, which was defended there in 1887.^{[21] [22] [23] [24]}

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

Reading experienced continuous growth until the 1930s, when its population reached near 120,000. From the 1940s to the 1970s, nonetheless, the urban center saw a sharp downturn in prosperity, largely attributable to the decline of the heavy industry and railroads, on which Reading had been built, and a national trend of urban decline.

In 1972, Hurricane Agnes caused extensive flooding in the city, not the last time the lower precincts of Reading were inundated by the Schuylkill River. A like, though non as devastating, flood occurred during June 2006.

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

Reading has its share of obstacles to overcome, namely criminal offense.^[26] However, new crime fighting strategies announced to take had an touch on. In 2006, the urban center dropped in the rankings of unsafe cities, and once again in 2007.

In Dec 2007, NBC's Today testify featured Reading as one of the tiptop iv "Up and Coming Neighborhoods" in the Us every bit showing potential for a existent estate nail.^[27] The interviewee, Barbara Corcoran, chose the urban center by looking for areas of big alter, renovations, cleanups of parks, waterfronts, and warehouses. Corcoran also noted Reading's proximity to Philadelphia, New York Urban center, and other cities.

Climate [edit]

Reading, Pennsylvania
Climate nautical chart (caption)
J F Thousand A Thousand J J A S O N D 3 39 23 2.6 42 24 iii.5 51 32 3.iv 63 42 three.5 74 52 4.viii 82 61 4.eight 87 66 4.5 84 64 iv.9 77 57 three.8 65 45 3 54 35 3.five 43 28 Average max. and min. temperatures in °F Precipitation totals in inches Source: NOAA[28]
Metric conversion J F M A M J J A S O N D 75 4 −five 66 vi −4 ninety 11 0 85 17 5 89 23 xi 121 28 sixteen 121 thirty xix 114 29 18 124 25 fourteen 97 19 7 77 12 2 89 half dozen −ii Boilerplate max. and min. temperatures in °C Atmospheric precipitation totals in mm

The climate in and around Reading is variable, but relatively mild compared to areas further north. The Reading surface area falls under the southern periphery of the hot-summer humid continental climate (Dfa), with areas just to the south designated as a humid subtropical climate zone (Köppen Cfa). Summers are warm and humid with average July highs around 86.five °F (30.3 °C). Extended periods of heat and high humidity occur. On boilerplate, at that place are 27 days per yr where the temperature exceeds 90 °F (32 °C). Reading becomes milder in the fall, equally the estrus and humidity of summer relent to lower humidity and temperatures. The first killing frost more often than not occurs in late Oct.

Winters bring freezing temperatures, but unremarkably move higher up freezing during the day'due south warmest point. The average Jan high is 38.6 °F (3.vii °C); the average January low is 23.0 °F (−5.0 °C), only it is not unusual for winter temperatures to be much lower or college than the averages. The all-time record low (not including wind arctic) was −xx °F (−29 °C) during a widespread cold wave in Jan 1994. Almanac snow is variable, just averages effectually 25 inches (64 cm). Jump temperatures vary widely between freezing temperatures and the 80s or even 90s (around xxx °C) later in leap. The concluding killing frost usually is in early to mid Apr. Full atmospheric precipitation for the entire yr is 45.21 inches (114.eight cm).

Jan is the only calendar month averaging below freezing while ii to iii months average above 22 °C (71.6 °F) and seven-months average above 50 °F (10 °C).

Climate data for Reading, PA (Reading Regional Aerodrome) 1991–2020 normals, extremes 1888–present
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	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 high °F (°C)	38.half-dozen (3.seven)	41.9 (5.five)	51.0 (x.6)	63.4 (17.four)	73.5 (23.1)	82.0 (27.viii)	86.v (30.3)	84.4 (29.1)	77.i (25.ane)	65.four (18.vi)	53.8 (12.1)	43.four (vi.3)	63.4 (17.4)
Daily mean °F (°C)	30.8 (−0.7)	33.ane (0.six)	41.5 (five.three)	52.5 (11.4)	62.five (16.9)	71.6 (22.0)	76.1 (24.5)	74.three (23.v)	66.9 (19.4)	55.two (12.9)	44.half-dozen (seven.0)	35.7 (2.1)	53.7 (12.i)
Average low °F (°C)	23.0 (−five.0)	24.four (−4.2)	31.ix (−0.one)	41.7 (5.four)	51.5 (ten.8)	61.2 (16.ii)	65.8 (eighteen.8)	64.ane (17.8)	56.6 (13.seven)	45.0 (vii.ii)	35.4 (i.nine)	28.0 (−two.2)	44.1 (6.7)
Record depression °F (°C)	−xx (−29)	−13 (−25)	−two (−nineteen)	12 (−eleven)	26 (−3)	36 (2)	43 (6)	39 (4)	xxx (−1)	20 (−vii)	8 (−thirteen)	−6 (−21)	−20 (−29)
Average precipitation inches (mm)	2.97 (75)	ii.61 (66)	3.53 (90)	3.35 (85)	iii.51 (89)	iv.77 (121)	4.77 (121)	4.49 (114)	iv.88 (124)	three.80 (97)	three.02 (77)	iii.51 (89)	45.21 (1,148)
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.01 in)	10.3	10.ii	10.7	11.6	12.5	12.4	ten.seven	xi.2	9.1	10.ane	viii.9	ten.eight	128.5
Source: NOAA[28] [29]

Geography [edit]

Reading is located at 40°20′30″N 75°55′35″West  /  40.34167°North 75.92639°W  / 40.34167; -75.92639 (forty.341692, −75.926301)^[thirty] in southeastern Pennsylvania, roughly 65 miles (105 km) northwest of Philadelphia. According to the United states of america Census Bureau, the city has a total surface area of ten.1 square miles (26 km²). 9.8 square miles (25 km²) of it is land and 0.ii square miles (0.52 km²) of it (2.39%) is water. The city is largely bounded on the westward by the Schuylkill River, on the due east by Mount Penn, and on the southward by Neversink Mountain. The Reading Prong, the mountain germination stretching northeast into New Jersey, has come up to be associated with naturally occurring radon gas; however, homes in Reading are not particularly affected. The surrounding county is dwelling house to a number of family-endemic farms.^{[ commendation needed ]}

Economy [edit]

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

In 2012, The New York Times called Reading "the nation'due south poorest city."^[31]

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

#	Employer	Employees
one	Reading Hospital	vi,878
2	East Penn Manufacturing Co.	6,851
iii	Carpenter	2,432
4	Canton of Berks	2,370
5	Reading School Commune	ane,903
6	Pennsylvania Regime	i,886
7	Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.	1,818
8	Boscov's	ane,740
ix	St. Joseph Medical Eye	1,566
10	Penske Truck Leasing	1,535

Jump Start Incubator, a plan of Berks County Community Foundation, and Berks LaunchBox, a project of Penn State Berks, are programs intended to provide part space and back up to entrepreneurs in the area.^[33]

Infrastructure [edit]

Transportation [edit]

A number of federal and state highways allow entry to and egress from Reading. U.S. Road 422, the major e–w artery, circles the western edge of the metropolis and is known locally every bit The West Shore Bypass. US 422 leads west to Lebanese republic and east to Pottstown. U.S. Route 222 bypasses the city to the west, leading southwest to Lancaster and northeast to Allentown. Interstate 176 heads due south from Usa 422 near Reading and leads to the Pennsylvania Turnpike (Interstate 76) in Morgantown. Pennsylvania Route 12 is known as the Warren Street Bypass, as it bypasses the urban center to the n. PA 12 begins at US 422/US 222 in Wyomissing and heads northeast on the Warren Street Bypass earlier becoming Pricetown Road and leading northeast to Pricetown. Pennsylvania Route x is known as Morgantown Road and heads south from Reading parallel to I-176 to Morgantown. Pennsylvania Route 61 heads north from Reading on Centre Artery and leads to Pottsville. Pennsylvania Route 183 heads northwest from Reading on Schuylkill Avenue and Bernville Road, leading to Bernville. U.South. Road 222 Business is designated every bit Lancaster Artery, Bingaman Street, South fourth Street, and 5th Street through Reading. U.S. Route 422 Business concern is designated as Penn Street, Washington Street (westbound), Franklin Street (eastbound), and Perkiomen Avenue through Reading.^[34]

BARTA motorcoach in downtown Reading

Public transit in Reading and its surrounding communities has been provided since 1973 by the Berks Area Regional Transportation Potency (BARTA). BARTA operates a fleet of 50 buses (mostly hybrid electric buses) serving 17 routes, mostly originating at the BARTA Transportation Eye in Downtown Reading. BARTA too provides paratransit service in addition to fixed route service. The former Reading Railroad Franklin Street Station was refurbished and reopened to omnibus service on September 9, 2013, with buses running the express route back and forth to Lebanon Transit. The road to Lebanon was discontinued after a short period, resulting in the refurbished station sitting vacant.

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

Reading and the surrounding area is serviced past the Reading Regional Airport, a general aviation airfield. The three-letter aerodrome code for Reading is RDG. Scheduled commercial airline service to Reading ended in 2004, when the terminal airline, USAir stopped flying into Reading.^[38]

Freight rail service in Reading is provided by the Norfolk Southern Railway, the Reading Bluish Mount and Northern Railroad, and the East Penn Railroad.^[34] Norfolk Southern Railway serves Reading along the Harrisburg Line, which runs east to Philadelphia and west to Harrisburg, and the Reading Line, which runs northeast to Allentown. Norfolk Southern Railway operates the Reading Thousand in Reading.^{[34] [39]} The Reading Blue Mountain and Northern Railroad operates the Reading Division line from an interchange with the Norfolk Southern Railway in Reading northward to Port Clinton and Packerton.^[40] The Eastward 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 between Pottsville, Reading, Pottstown, and Philadelphia forth the Pottsville Line until July 27, 1981, when transit operator SEPTA concise commuter service to electrified lines. Since so, at that place 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 called the Schuylkill Valley Metro which included plans to extend SEPTA's R6 passenger line to Pottstown, Reading, and Wyomissing, Pennsylvania. The project suffered a major setback when information technology was rejected by the Federal Transit Assistants New Starts plan, which cited doubts about the ridership projections and financing assumptions used by 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 study the feasibility of a uncomplicated diesel shuttle train between the Manayunk/Norristown Line and Pottstown/Reading.^[42] In 2018, a console led past the Greater Reading Sleeping room 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 rider train service from Reading to Philadelphia.^{[44] [45]} In 2021, Amtrak announced a plan to implement intercity train service from Reading to Philadelphia and New York City, mostly following the Norfolk Southern line between Reading and Philadelphia and the Northeast Corridor between Philadelphia and New York City.^[46]

Utilities [edit]

Lake Ontelaunee supplies water to Reading.

Electricity in Reading is provided by Met-Ed, a subsidiary of FirstEnergy.^{[47] [48]} Natural gas service in the metropolis is provided by UGI Utilities.^{[49] [50]} The Reading Area H2o Authority provides water to the urban center, with the metropolis's h2o supply coming from Lake Ontelaunee and the city'southward water treated at the Maidencreek Filter Institute. The Reading Water Company was founded in 1821 to supply water to the city. The Reading Area H2o Dominance was established on May 20, 1994, to take over the water organisation in the city.^[51] Sewer service is provided by the city's Public Works department, with a wastewater treatment plant owned by the city located on Fritz Isle.^[52] The city's Public Works section provides trash and recycling collection to Reading.^[53]

Wellness intendance [edit]

Hospitals serving the Reading expanse include Reading Infirmary in West Reading and Penn State Wellness St. Joseph in Bern Township and downtown Reading. Reading Infirmary offers an emergency department with a Level I trauma center and various services including Cancer Care, Heart Middle, Orthopedic Services, Pediatrics, Primary Intendance, and Women'southward Health.^[54] Penn State Health St. Joseph offers an emergency department, center institute, cancer center, stroke middle, wound center, orthopedics, and master intendance physicians.^[55]

Demographics [edit]

Historical population
Demography	Pop.		%±
1790	2,225		—
1800	ii,386		vii.2%
1810	iii,462		45.one%
1820	4,332		25.1%
1830	5,856		35.2%
1840	eight,410		43.vi%
1850	15,743		87.two%
1860	23,162		47.1%
1870	33,930		46.5%
1880	43,278		27.6%
1890	58,661		35.5%
1900	78,961		34.6%
1910	96,071		21.7%
1920	107,784		12.2%
1930	111,171		3.i%
1940	110,568		−0.5%
1950	109,320		−1.i%
1960	98,061		−x.3%
1970	87,643		−10.six%
1980	78,686		−10.2%
1990	78,380		−0.4%
2000	81,207		3.6%
2010	88,082		8.v%
2020	95,112		8.0%
U.S. Decennial Census[56]

As of the 2010 demography, the urban center was 48.iv% White, 13.two% Black or African American, 0.9% Native American, 1.two% Asian, 0.one% Native Hawaiian, and 6.1% were 2 or more races. 58.2% of the population were of Hispanic or Latino beginnings.^[57]

As of the demography of 2000, there were 30,113 households, out of which 33.seven% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 34.4% were married couples living together, 20.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 38.8% were not-families. 31.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 12.iv% had someone living alone who was 65 years of historic period 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 29.9% under the age of 18, 11.7% from eighteen to 24, 28.nine% from 25 to 44, 17.0% from 45 to 64, and 12.four% who were 65 years of age or older. The median historic period was 31 years. For every 100 females, at that place were 93.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 88.v males.

The median income for a household in the city 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 historic period of 18 and xv.6% of those 65 and older were living beneath the poverty line.

Estimates [edit]

As of the American Community Survey 1-Year Estimates, Reading had a population of 80,997. The racial makeup of the city was 48.8% White, 14.0% African American, 0.2% Native American, 1.4% Asian, 0.0% Pacific Islander, 31.one% from other races, and 4.5% from 2 or more races. 56.iii% were Hispanic or Latino of any race, with 33.5% beingness of Puerto Rican descent.

According to the United states Demography Bureau, 32.ix% of all residents live below the poverty level, including 45.7% of those under 18. Reading'southward unemployment rate in May 2010 was 14.vii%, while Berks County's unemployment rate was 9.ix%.^[59]

Neighborhoods [edit]

Proper noun	Area	Population
Center Metropolis	0.381 sq. mi	five,374
Callowhill	0.751 sq. mi	7,289
Middle Park	0.615 sq. mi	10,781
Higher Heights	1.295 sq. mi	14,903
East Reading	2.230 sq. mi	34,572
Eastside	i.849 sq. mi	29,198
Glenside	2.303 sq. mi	11,837
Hampden Heights	3.144 sq. mi	44,101
Millmont	ane.024 sq. mi	v,298
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	v,947
Outlet District	0.554 sq. mi	14,295
Penn'due south Eatables	0.796 sq. mi	xv,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	x,317
Southward of Penn	i.122 sq. mi	8,483

Fire department [edit]

The city of Reading is protected past the 135 firefighters and paramedics of the Reading Fire and European monetary system Department (RFD). The RFD operates out of 7 fire stations throughout the city. The RFD operates a burn down appliance fleet of five Engine Companies, three Ladder Companies, 1 Rescue Company, castor unit, and four forepart-line Medic Ambulances. In 2018, burn down units responded to nine,992 incidents. Ems responses totaled 19,505 calls for service.^{[ citation needed ]} Department staffing is only 2 firefighters per apparatus.^[60]

Education [edit]

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

Press reports accept indicated that in 2012, virtually eight percent of Reading'due south residents accept a college caste, compared to a national average of 28%.^[31]

Four institutions of higher learning are located in Reading:

• Penn Land Berks
• Albright College
• Alvernia Academy
• Reading Area Community Higher

4 high schools serve the city:

• Berks Catholic High School (grades 9–12)
• Reading High School (grades 9–12)
• Reading Intermediate High Schoolhouse (grade 8)
• I-Atomic number 82 Lease School

Sports [edit]

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

The Reading Fightin Phils, pocket-size 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 chapter of the Philadelphia Union, are considered one of the top amateur soccer teams in the United states. The team almost 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 feel, including Matt Hedges, Alex Bono, CJ Sapong, Ben Sweat, and Keegan Rosenberry. Over 110 alumni from the team accept gone on to play soccer professionally.

The metropolis has been the residence of numerous professional person athletes. Among these native to Reading are Brooklyn Dodgers outfielder Carl Furillo, Baltimore Colts running back Lenny Moore, and Philadelphia 76ers forward Donyell Marshall. Pro golfer Betsy King, a member of the World Golf game Hall of Fame, was born in Reading.

The open-cycle racing portion of Penske Racing had been based in Reading, Pennsylvania since 1973 with the cars, during the F1 and CART era, being constructed in Poole, Dorset, England as well as being the base for the F1 team. On Oct 31, 2005, Penske Racing announced subsequently the 2006 IRL season, they would consolidate IRL and NASCAR operations at the team's Mooresville, North 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 Bulldoze, which ascends Mount Penn in a series of switchbacks, was a testing place for early automobiles and was named for Charles Duryea. The Blue Mount Region Sports Car Social club of America hosts the Duryea Hill Climb, the longest in the Pennsylvania Hillclimb Association series, which follows the same route the automaker used to test his cars.^[61]

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

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

Culture [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 Bedchamber Choir, Berks Sinfonietta Bedroom Orchestra, Voice Philia Bedroom Choir, the GoggleWorks Fine art Gallery, the Reading Public Museum and the Historical Lodge of Berks Canton.

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 author John Philip Sousa, the March Male monarch, died in Reading'due south Abraham Lincoln Hotel in 1932. Artist Keith Haring^[62] was born in Reading.

Reading is home to the xv-time DCA world champion pulsate and bugle corps, The Reading Buccaneers.

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

Reading was dwelling house to several motion-picture show and theater palaces in the early on 20th century. The Astor, Embassy, Loew's Colonial, and Rajah Shrine Theater were one thousand monuments of architecture and entertainment. Today, after depression, recession, and urban renewal, the Rajah is the only ane to remain. The Astor Theater was demolished in 1998 to brand fashion for The Sovereign Center. Certain steps were taken to retain mementos of the Astor, including its ornate Art Deco chandelier and gates. These are on display and in apply inside the arena corridors, allowing insight into the ambiance of the former movie house. In 2000, the Rajah was purchased from the Shriners. After a much needed restoration, it was renamed the Sovereign Performing Arts Center. In 2013 the theatre and arena were rebranded as the Santander Performing Arts Centre and Santander Arena respectively afterward 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 celebrated and rare war aircraft and civilian airliners. Most notable to their collection is a Northrop P-61 Black Widow under agile restoration since its recovery from Mount Cyclops, New Guinea in 1989. Beginning in 1990, the museum has hosted "World War 2 Weekend Air Show", scheduled to coincide with D-Day. On brandish are flow 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 processed bar and York Peppermint Pattie were invented in Reading.^[14]

Sis urban center [edit]

The City of Reading and Reutlingen, Germany are sister cities which participate in student exchanges. Students from Reading Loftier School can utilise to become a part of the exchange and travel to Reutlingen for two weeks (mid-September to early on Oct) and in return host German substitution students in the spring. Kutztown University also has a program with Reutlingen.

Reading is twinned with:

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

Attractions [edit]

Reading's Pagoda seen from Skyline Drive

In 1908, a Japanese-fashion pagoda was built on Mount Penn, where it overlooks the metropolis and is visible from almost everywhere in town. Locally, information technology is called the "Pagoda". Information technology is currently the home of a café and a gift shop. Information technology remains a pop tourist attraction.

Reading'due south City Park is dwelling to several monuments and works of public art, including the Frederick Lauer Monument.

Another fixture in Reading'due south skyline is the William Penn Memorial Burn down Tower, one mile from the Pagoda on Skyline Drive. Built in 1939 for burn department and forestry observation, the belfry is 120 feet alpine, and rises 950 feet above the intersection of 5th and Penn Streets. From the top of the tower is a 60-mile panoramic view.

The Reading Glove and Mitten Manufacturing Visitor founded in 1899, just outside Reading city limits, in West Reading and Wyomissing boroughs changed its name to Vanity Fair in 1911 and is now the major habiliment manufacturer VF Corp. In the early 1970s, the original factories were adult to create the VF Outlet Village, the showtime 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 art." Located in the erstwhile Willson Goggle Factory building, GoggleWorks Middle for the Arts features eight teaching studios in ceramics, hot and warm glass, metalsmithing, photography, printmaking, woodworking and virtual reality; 35 juried artist studios; and headquarters of over 40 cultural organizations. GoggleWorks too includes several exhibition galleries, a 130-seat film theatre, a bar/eatery, and store featuring handcrafted works by over 200 artists working within the building and beyond. Access and parking are always costless. The building was added to the National Register of Celebrated Places in 2006.^[66]

In media [edit]

The book and movie Rabbit, Run and the other three novels of the Rabbit serial by John Updike were prepare in fictionalized versions of Reading and nearby Shillington, called Brewer and Olinger respectively. Updike was built-in in Reading and lived in nearby Shillington until he was thirteen. He too makes reference to the Brewer suburb of Mountain Judge, equivalent to Mountain Penn, due east of Reading.

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

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

Notable people [edit]

• Gus Alberts (1861–1912), Major League Baseball thespian^[69]
• Coit Albertson (1880–1953), Silent Movie thespian
• George Warren Alexander (1829–1903), U.s. Regular army officeholder and founder of Grand.West. Alexander & Co., a hat manufacturing plant^[seventy]
• Elvin Ayala (b. 1981), professional person boxer, World Boxing Quango and U.South. National Boxing Council middleweight champion
• John Barrasso (b. 1952),^[71] U.S. Senator from Wyoming
• Allison Baver (b. 1980), professional speed skater^[72]
• Fay Biles (b. 1927), professor emerita of Kent Land University
• Albert Boscov (1929–2017), chairman of Boscov's section store
• George Bradley (1852–1931), Major League Baseball player^[69]
• Sylvanus C. Breyfogel (b. 1851), bishop of Evangelical Clan
• Kenny Brightbill (b. 1948), race automobile driver
• Peter Brocco (1903–1992), role player
• James Bryant, professional football player
• Harry Buckwalter (1867–1930), photographer, journalist, movie director and producer
• James Henry Carpenter (1846–1898), Civil War sailor, officeholder, founder of Carpenter Applied science Corporation
• Ariel Castro, convicted rapist and kidnapper of three women in Cleveland
• Jack Coggins (1911–2006), artist and author
• Kayla Collins (b. 1987), model and Playboy Playmate (August 2008)
• Forrest Compton (1925–2020), thespian
• Michael Constantine (1927–2021), actor
• Tullio DeSantis (b. 1948), artist, author, professor
• Lisa Eichhorn (b. 1952), actress, writer, producer
• John Fetterman (b. 1969), Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania
• 1000000 Foster (b. 1948), actress
• Roy Frankhouser (1939–2009), One thousand Dragon of the Ku Klux Klan
• Harry Whittier Frees (1879–1953), photographer
• Carl Furillo (1922–1989), Major League Baseball outfielder^[69]
• Megan Gallagher (b. 1960), actress
• David McMurtrie Gregg (1833–1916), American Ceremonious War general
• Keith Haring (1958–1990), artist, activist
• Mervin Heller, Jr., past president of the United States Tennis Association
• Corey Hertzog (b. 1990), professional soccer player
• William Muhlenberg Hiester (1818–1878), political and military leader
• Alice Hoover (1928–2014), All-American Girls Professional person Baseball game League player
• 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 Hashemite kingdom of jordan (1901–1982), novelist
• Travis Kauffman (b. 1985), WBF Inter-Continental heavyweight boxing champion and ranked contender
• Ed Kemmer (1921–2004), combat pilot and thespian
• Chip Kidd (b. 1964), graphic designer and writer
• A.S. King (b. 1970), writer, winner of the LA Times Book Prize and a Printz Laurels honoree
• Betsy King (b.1955), golfer, winner of 34 LPGA Tour events and fellow 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 actor
• Frederick Lauer (1810–1883), brewer, president of the United States Brewers' Clan
• Julian Letterlough (1969–2005), light heavyweight boxing champion
• Steve Little (1965–2000), WBA globe middleweight battle champion
• Donyell Marshall (b. 1973), basketball game role player, Connecticut and NBA power forward
• Julio Cesar Matthews (b. 1970), Golden Gloves champion and unbeaten professional cruiserweight boxer
• James H. Maurer (1864–1944), Labor leader and two-fourth dimension Vice Presidential nominee
• Draya Michele (b. 1985), American social media personality, fashion designer, socialite, actress and model
• Morton L. Montgomery (1846–1933), Pennsylvania chaser and historian
• Lenny Moore (b. 1933), NFL running dorsum and Pro Football game Hall of Famer
• Stephen Mull, U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Political Ministry Affairs, U.S. Ambassador to Lithuania^[73]
• James Nagle (1822–1866), Ceremonious War general
• Hildegard Peplau (1909–1999), nurse theorist
• Mike Airplane pilot (b. 1975), podcaster
• Curtis R. Reitz (b. 1929), Algernon Sydney Biddle Professor of Law at the Academy of Pennsylvania Law School
• Matthias Richards (1758–1830), U.Southward. Congressman
• David Robidoux, composer^[74]
• Kevin Ross (kickboxer) (b. 1980), current Bellator Kickboxing featherweight champion
• Denise Rutkowski (b. 1962), professional female bodybuilder
• William Sands (1835–1918), U.S. Medal of Honour winner (Civil 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), movie director
• Jim Steranko (b. 1938), Silver Age comic book artist, 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), vocalist-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 captain in the American Revolutionary State of 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 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 German dialect

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Further reading [edit]

• Reading Eagle annal, Google News Annal, 1868–2000. —PDFs of 38,630 problems.
• Kenneth E. Hendrickson, Jr., The Socialists of Reading, Pennsylvanian and Globe 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 East. Hendrickson, Jr., "Triumph and Disaster: The Reading Socialists in Power and Decline, Part 2, 1932–1939," Pennsylvania History, vol. twoscore, 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 Thousand. Stetler, 1943.

External links [edit]

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

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