![]() ![]() On the opposite side of town lies the famous “auto mile,” where car dealerships and service centers line State Avenue on the way into town from Lehigh Street. The “west end” of town, where Main Street becomes Chestnut, includes a Weis Market, CVS and strip malls with a large array of offerings including a Chinese restaurant, a jewelry store, deli and a smoke shop, among many others. The area just outside of downtown is populated by the service industry and offers a wide variety of doctors, lawyers, CPAs and financial planners as well as banks, hair salons and yoga studios. The borough is anchored by a charming downtown, sprinkled with one of kind unique shops, cafes and restaurants, each a little different from the other. Today, Emmaus is more than 30 times the size of that original Moravian town with a population of approximately 12,000 residents and a bustling business district.īoasting more than 600 businesses, Emmaus is easily accessible from two of Lehigh County’s main arteries – Lehigh Street from the east and Cedar Crest Boulevard from the west. In 1938 the Emaus Rotary Club circulated petitions to change the name back and Emaus again became Emmaus. The town’s name was changed to Emaus (one “M”) in 1830 and the village of 200 acres was incorporated as a borough in 1859. For hours and admission to the museum, click HERE.Formed in 1759 as a closed Moravian community on land owned by the Moravian Church, Emmaus is tucked into the north slope of South Mountain in Lehigh County. Saturday tours will be added during the summer. The tours will be offered on Wednesdays and Fridays at 1 p.m., starting on Wednesday, March 4. "You want to come, and you want to come to this corner and really put your mind to enjoy and watch as we save and restore American history." "It's not just a one-time thing that you want to do," Flickinger said. The tours will be free during the month of March with the purchase of a museum ticket. ![]() "Coming over here, it's an opportunity to learn and to witness how difficult and how involved is to restore a car, but to restore it the proper way - to restore and respect the authenticity and the factory specifications of the car, because that's real preservation or real restoration." "In the museum, you'll have the chance to see the cars ready," his brother added. "So, the buyer is pretty confident that he's buying a nice classic car." "We are like a modern dealer for classic cars, and it's important, because each car that we sell, we perform an inspection in our restoration center," said Alex Ruozzi. What we try and do is change it enough to get all different age brackets."Īcross the street, Ruozzi and his brother Alex moved into the old Klein building in 2015 and turned it into a classic car dealership and restoration center. Right now, we have T-birds in there, and that's really special. "It could be anything with a big title," explained museum president Keith Flickinger. Every six months, the marquee exhibit changes to give visitors something new to enjoy. The tours start at the museum, which features two floors of automotive history. "We acquired building in order to do this unique attraction - to be in front of America on Wheels Museum and to integrate an automotive museum and a restoration center for the first time," said Al Ruozzi, co-owner of RB Collection. "We had many discussions, many meetings in order to bring to life to the city of Allentown a new attraction that would not only educate everyone, but enhance some museum experience, as well as learning about the process of restoration." "Everything starts with a vision and a dream," said museum executive director Linda Merkel. Next week, America on Wheels Museum and RB Collection will start offering a combined tour of both facilities in an effort to create the "Automobile Corner of America." (WLVT) - A new initiative hopes to drive car enthusiasts to either side of Front Street.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |