I live in Allentown right now. Sure there are bad parts just like any other city. But the good parts are awesome!!!!! People say Allentown is bad because of it's bad parts! THEY R WRONG! I am 11 and I luv it here. My family luvs it here! It is a really god place 2 live if you are considering moving! It is great so 4 all u haters..,.....I DON'T C HOW U CAN AHTE FROM OUTSIDE OF THE CLUB! U CAN'T EVEN GET IT!
Allentown has its bad areas just like any city. Also, plenty of nice areas. Some people are just too stupid not to get out of these bad areas and proceed to talk shit on the whole city.
The main store at 9th & Hamilton is something I can still see vividly in my mind today. As a child, I remember Saturday shopping trips with family, and while in high school, I worked in the Portrait Studio of the main store. Hess's was a great department store, and I have fond memories of it.
Hess Brother's was at one time considered second only to Chicago's Marshall Field's in its opulence. They had incfredible toys on the fourth floor, and models adorned with hugely expensive jewelry walked through the store riding the escalators from the Bargain Basement to the Furniture Department on the fifth. had le
wow, the lehigh valley really went down the shitter didn't it?!? lol, now billy joel's song makes more sense. if anybody is thinking about moving to this area, DON'T! its NOTHING like this anymore.
i guess in the 50's Allentown was a nicer place to visit. it certainely isnt today, in fact when i go to the city today I make sure i have a gun in the truck.
@Skankpronger that's unecesary. i lived in allentown my whole life, been in some pretty bad parts and never had problems involving me. dont be dramatic about it
hey!!it was still grand in the 90's i was fortunate to have worked for the company and in the hess's allentown and the stroud mall....the best experience, the nicest people, and the best of friends for years...wish there were more videos.....
I think this is a good clip. At the time it was done life here in Allentown must have been real good. I didn't get here until 1988, but being a history buff I dig this clip. PBS has a good one on Hess's here on youtube.
We have some rough parts of town and plenty of big city problems, but in all I like it here.
"Where a single toy costs 5,000 dollars"? I shopped at Hess's and I never saw a five thousand dollar toy ! Hess brothers department store was a great and wonderful place when Allentown PA. was a somewhat safe and civilized place of business. Now it's a dirty jungle. Incidentally, Hess Bros. has nothing to do with the gas stations.
Yes, Hess Brothers was just called Hess's after Max Hess sold the store to Philip Berman in 1968. Philip owned Hess's until 1979, selling to a company called Crown American. Bon-Ton bought Hess's from Crown American in 1994 and owns the remaining stores to this day.
My mom went to Hess when I was a baby in the early 90s, she said it was beautiful. I went to Hess at the Stroud Mall in Stroudsburg, Pa when I was I think 3-5 years old, and I remember the logo. Then it just disappeared and then Bon Ton Came along.
Hess's was bought by BonTon back in the 1990's. When BonTon re-sctructured the downtown store was no longer considered viable. The building was torn down. In its place PPL (Pa. Power & Light)built a seven story office complex with some first floor retail. Nice looking but I feel sorry for the following generations who will have no idea what a big deal Hess was back in the day.
I live in Allentown right now. Sure there are bad parts just like any other city. But the good parts are awesome!!!!! People say Allentown is bad because of it's bad parts! THEY R WRONG! I am 11 and I luv it here. My family luvs it here! It is a really god place 2 live if you are considering moving! It is great so 4 all u haters..,.....I DON'T C HOW U CAN AHTE FROM OUTSIDE OF THE CLUB! U CAN'T EVEN GET IT!
4evamindlessgurl 1 month ago
Interesting. What a huge difference than today. I didn't live far from Allentown.
mia0899cs 3 months ago
well we're living here in allentown
and theyre shutting all the factories down
out in bethlehem theyre killing time
filling out forms, standing in line
Univer3eTwist3ers 4 months ago
Well, that's it … I'm going to Hess Brothers! Looks like a great city.
MooPotPie 4 months ago
Wow! Boatload of hate in this thread! Great little slice of history in the video though. Great to see some of the shots here.
NewzmanBill 6 months ago
Allentown has its bad areas just like any city. Also, plenty of nice areas. Some people are just too stupid not to get out of these bad areas and proceed to talk shit on the whole city.
2lostbikes 7 months ago
Allentown sucks, there is now more crime then cops to protect us, we are screwed.
Stay away stay out. The mayor does NOTHING about the crime, he sells the plastic flowers for the Memorial Sites.
Allentown should be made into a landfill.
The only Caucasians are the ones in the cemeteries.
PADutchman 7 months ago
I'm looking for old video or 8mm movies from the Pen Argyl area, if anyone knows of any please link me thanks!
Anglynn74 9 months ago
The main store at 9th & Hamilton is something I can still see vividly in my mind today. As a child, I remember Saturday shopping trips with family, and while in high school, I worked in the Portrait Studio of the main store. Hess's was a great department store, and I have fond memories of it.
jjst072 9 months ago
Were toys that expensive????
1400deadwood 1 year ago
Hess Brother's was at one time considered second only to Chicago's Marshall Field's in its opulence. They had incfredible toys on the fourth floor, and models adorned with hugely expensive jewelry walked through the store riding the escalators from the Bargain Basement to the Furniture Department on the fifth. had le
theeedoctorbob 1 year ago
welcome to the Lehigh Valley, where they hate people from NJ & make their lives miserable
Anglynn74 1 year ago
@Anglynn74
Hahaha, so true.
jnjoblon 1 year ago
wow, the lehigh valley really went down the shitter didn't it?!? lol, now billy joel's song makes more sense. if anybody is thinking about moving to this area, DON'T! its NOTHING like this anymore.
DAKRUPAINATER 1 year ago 2
i guess in the 50's Allentown was a nicer place to visit. it certainely isnt today, in fact when i go to the city today I make sure i have a gun in the truck.
Skankpronger 1 year ago 2
@Skankpronger that's unecesary. i lived in allentown my whole life, been in some pretty bad parts and never had problems involving me. dont be dramatic about it
snifyoner 10 months ago
wen hit hits like 45seconds u look too ur left u see the ppl building
101JESUSJUICE 2 years ago
hey!!it was still grand in the 90's i was fortunate to have worked for the company and in the hess's allentown and the stroud mall....the best experience, the nicest people, and the best of friends for years...wish there were more videos.....
msmnm90 2 years ago
I think this is a good clip. At the time it was done life here in Allentown must have been real good. I didn't get here until 1988, but being a history buff I dig this clip. PBS has a good one on Hess's here on youtube.
We have some rough parts of town and plenty of big city problems, but in all I like it here.
Post some more. Thanks for a look back.
TomKat
TomKatTV 2 years ago
im glad i left to LA
DFILMS09 3 years ago
"Where a single toy costs 5,000 dollars"? I shopped at Hess's and I never saw a five thousand dollar toy ! Hess brothers department store was a great and wonderful place when Allentown PA. was a somewhat safe and civilized place of business. Now it's a dirty jungle. Incidentally, Hess Bros. has nothing to do with the gas stations.
artificate 3 years ago
check that last comment i didn't read the others lol. ok do they have anything to do with hess gas stations?
gino454 3 years ago
hess brothers..is that hess stores that were later bought up by bon ton???
gino454 3 years ago
Yes, Hess Brothers was just called Hess's after Max Hess sold the store to Philip Berman in 1968. Philip owned Hess's until 1979, selling to a company called Crown American. Bon-Ton bought Hess's from Crown American in 1994 and owns the remaining stores to this day.
takmagic777 2 years ago
My mom went to Hess when I was a baby in the early 90s, she said it was beautiful. I went to Hess at the Stroud Mall in Stroudsburg, Pa when I was I think 3-5 years old, and I remember the logo. Then it just disappeared and then Bon Ton Came along.
toplaycool 3 years ago
Hess's was bought by BonTon back in the 1990's. When BonTon re-sctructured the downtown store was no longer considered viable. The building was torn down. In its place PPL (Pa. Power & Light)built a seven story office complex with some first floor retail. Nice looking but I feel sorry for the following generations who will have no idea what a big deal Hess was back in the day.
robinator57 3 years ago
what happened with hess??
N9155E 4 years ago
have more video footage of hess's?
amazinfruit87 4 years ago
Have you got more of this stuff. Its fantastic! Thanks.
boxpok 4 years ago