Gary Lader News Today

The design for the replacement for the Banana Factory in Bethlehem was approved, despite concerns that it could be too imposing, and wasn't fun enough.

The Bethlehem historic conservation commission Monday narrowly denied Bethlehem nonprofit ArtsQuest’s application to demolish the Banana Factory to build a new cultural arts center.

A flurry of development interest in Bethlehem last year, the South Side in particular, will change the city’s landscape in the coming years.

Bethlehem’s historic conservation commission rejected a developer’s plan to demolish several single-family homes to build a seven-story apartment complex on E. Fourth Street for college students