Concrete City is a ghost town in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States. It was an early example of International Style architecture in the United States, built as company housing in 1911 for select employees of the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad's coal division in Nanticoke.[1]
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 The ruins of an abandoned home in Concrete City, December 2023 | |
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| Coordinates: 41°11′21.48″N 75°58′33.96″W / 41.1893000°N 75.9761000°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Pennsylvania |
| County | Luzerne |
| Founded | 1911 |
| Abandoned | 1924 |
| Population (2024) | |
| • Total | 0 |
| • Estimate (1924) | Around 80 |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
The complex originally consisted of 22 duplex houses which surrounded a central courtyard containing tennis courts and a baseball field.[2]
It was eventually taken over by the Glen Alden Coal Company who, uninterested in paying for required improvements and unable to demolish it due to its robust construction, abandoned the property in 1924.[3]
In 1998, the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission declared Concrete City a historic site.[4]
Concrete City stands to this day, albeit in extreme disrepair. The ghost town is commonly used by military, police, firefighters,[5] airsoft military-simulation events,[6] recreational paintball players for staged games, and as a popular site for urban explorers.
References edit
- ^ Janosov, Robert. "Concrete City: Garden Village of the Anthracite Region" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on August 30, 2005. Retrieved February 4, 2007.
- ^ "Concrete City". atlasobscura.com. Atlas Obscura. Retrieved January 16, 2024.
- ^ "Concrete City". hmdb.org. The Historical Marker Database. Retrieved January 16, 2024.
- ^ "Concrete City Historical Marker". explorepahistory.com. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission. Retrieved February 4, 2007.
- ^ Goran, David (May 29, 2016). "The ruins of the Concrete City – A post-apocalyptic looking ghost town, abandoned for 90 years". thevintagenews.com. The Vintage News. Retrieved January 16, 2024.
- ^ "Concrete City Airsoft: CTF Gameplay, Cut Throat Contracting". youtube.com. YouTube. Retrieved January 16, 2024.
External links edit
- The Concrete City - Web page showing recent photographs of the site, with a brief history
- Concrete City - Before and after (then and now)
- Google Maps of Concrete City
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