2016 Lehigh Valley Awards
Land Development Project Winner
The NB Center for American
Automotive Heritage
City of Allentown
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PROJECT PARTNERS
• AC Drive-In Holdings LLC
• Allentown Classic Motor Cars
• Benjamin L. Walbert Architects
• Brown Design Corp.
• City of Allentown
• Hanover Engineering Associates
• LB&W Design Associates, Inc.
• Norris McLaughlin & Marcus, P.A.
• Pennsylvania Site Contractors, Inc.
• Shane Patrick Associates Inc.
• The NB Center for American Automotive Heritage
• World Wide Stereo
Through the adaptive reuse of the former Boulevard Drive-In movie theater site, the NB Center for American Automotive Heritage project has successfully converted a long fallow East Allentown location into a 30.7 acre campus devoted to the restoration, preservation, education and promotion of American Automotive History. In addition to the fully restored and updated drive-in theater and the “proving grounds” for testing and displaying a collection of over 150 antique cars, the project includes a new clubhouse and entertainment facility that draws on Pennsylvania’s rural architecture, renovated industrial buildings supporting the organization’s endeavors, and a state of the art laboratory for the Historical Vehicle Association (HVA) to photograph, digitize and permanently archive American automotive history for the Library of Congress.
Lehigh Valley Planning Commission
961 Marcon Boulevard - Suite 310
Allentown, PA 18109
Phone: (610) 264-4544
Toll Free: (888) 627-8808