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May 16, 2019

Defunct steelmaker's global HQ to be imploded

  • Plans call for it to be replaced by a $200 million development with medical offices, retail stores, a restaurant, a convenience store, a hotel and 528 apartments.
  • By MICHAEL RUBINKAM
    Associated Press

    BETHLEHEM, Pa. — Hank Barnette rode an elevator to the top floor of Martin Tower, walked to the empty spot where his office once stood and took in the expansive view, which he'd been too busy to fully appreciate when he was running America's second-largest steel company.

    Barnette was there to say goodbye to the cross-shaped, steel-skinned former world headquarters of Bethlehem Steel Corp. A showpiece when it opened in 1972, Martin Tower stood vacant for a dozen years after the steelmaker went out of business.


     
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