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Midtown, Harrisburg

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opened its new Midtown campus at the corner of 3rd and Reilly streets in the renovated Evangelical Press Building. The building holds many of the college's technical programs and has a capacity to hold several hundred students. From 2019 to 2022, HACC began to leave its Midtown 2 building by the end
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floods which damaged many homes, especially in the Old Uptown area. However, since the 1990s the neighborhood has gentrified drastically especially along the Penn and Green street corridors. This is primarily due to a strong housing stock for renovation and proximity to the
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Midtown became named as such following World War II as state government construction expanded further north from the Capitol District. By 1977 the Midtown Square Action Council was established, and starting with the 1980s revitalization began and has continued since.
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of any race. Persons aged 25–29 make up a large portion of the total population, at 13.6%. Approximately 5.5% of the total population consists of unmarried partners.
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is a neighborhood of large homes built in the early 1900s between Kelker and Maclay streets. Much of this neighborhood lies within the Old Uptown Historic District.
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and Famous Reading Cafe opened in 2008 and subsequently expanded to the corner of Verbeke. Considered the largest used academic bookstore between
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is the namesake for Verbeke Street (formerly Broad Street) and first bought and developed the area. Midtown is home to the
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is spreading as many historic homes are being renovated throughout the northern and eastern part of Midtown.
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of its lease, opting to relocate the programming to its main Wildwood campus to save money.
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building on Third Street, which operates two performance venues with a bar and restaurant.
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The section of Midtown from Reily to Kelker Streets and 2nd to 3rd Streets is known as
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there were 7,628 people living in Midtown. The racial makeup of Midtown was 53.4%
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Neighborhood of Harrisburg in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, United States
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Much of Midtown fell into disrepair in the 1970s and 1980s after the
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Midtown Harrisburg as seen from the corner of 3rd & Reily Streets
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style homes were built in the 1890s by Benjamin Engle. The
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Neighborhood of Harrisburg
Midtown Harrisburg as seen from the corner of 3rd & Reily Streets
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United States
Pennsylvania
Dauphin County
Harrisburg
Area code(s)
Area codes 717 and 223
neighborhood
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Susquehanna River
William K. Verbeke
Pennsylvania Governor's Residence
Broad Street Market
street market
Engleton
Queen Anne
Old Uptown
Old Midtown
Old Fox Ridge
historic districts
National Register of Historic Places
2010 census
White
Black
African-American
Asian
Hispanic

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