Scranton: The Electric City

Electric City Sign
Board of Trade Building
507 Linden Street
(across from the courthouse)
Scranton, Pennsylvania
submitted by: “wendyvee”

wendyvee says:
This weekend, I had the great pleasure of meeting a group of people who share my love of roadside adventure! We gathered at the classic Glider Diner in Scranton, Pennsylvania. Lunch was great – and I was so pleased that Mod Betty (of RetroRoadmap) & Glenn Wells (of RoadsideFans) brought us all together.

After lunch, I went exploring and found tons of great stuff … in fact, I spent so much time finding “wonders” that I ended-up roaming up and down the mountain on RT 309 — in pitch black darkness (but I’ll save that story for another post)!

One of my favorite Scranton landmarks is the “Electric City” sign high atop the copper-roofed Board of Trade/Scranton Electric building. As you can tell by the long shot, I was already fighting late afternoon shadows.

I simply adore this great sign.

For more information about “Electric City”; please see the Links of Interest at the end of this post. Stay tuned for more Scranton area “wonders” that I’ll be posting over the next week or so

 

 

> Times/Tribune article about Scranton’s “electric” heritage

> Terrific night view of the sign by Carol Highsmith

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Tags: Pennsylvania, Scranton, sign, wendyvee

4 Responses to “Scranton: The Electric City”

1. Larry Cultrera says:

   November 16, 2010 at 3:40 am

   Great shots, I like how you have the close-up, medium distance and longer distance. It shows the building and sign off!

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   • wendyvee says:

     November 16, 2010 at 4:57 pm

     Thanks, Larry

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2. Mod Betty / Retro Roadmap says:

   November 18, 2010 at 10:08 pm

   Wendyvee! So swell to meet you in person- and bummer for all of us that it gets so dark so early this time of year, not easy to look for roadside finds in the inky blackness.

   I have a picture of the Electric City sign from one of the room windows in the Lackawanna Train Station/Radisson, what a great sign, huh?

   Thanks so much for coming out to the meetup – hope to see you out on the road again soon!!

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   • wendyvee says:

     November 18, 2010 at 10:34 pm

     Good times … hope we can all do it again soon!

     You were right. Olde Good Things was spectacular!

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