| PPL Building | |
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| Alternative names | Pennsylvania Power and Light Building |
| General information | |
| Status | Completed |
| Type | Commercial offices |
| Architectural style | Art Deco / Art Moderne |
| Location | 2 North 9th Street Allentown, Pennsylvania |
| Coordinates | 40°36′05″N 75°28′33″W / 40.6014°N 75.4758°W |
| Construction started | 1926 |
| Completed | 1928 |
| Height | |
| Roof | 98.02 m (321.6 ft) |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 24 |
| Floor area | 19,094 m2 (205,530 sq ft) |
| Lifts/elevators | 6 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | Helmle, Corbett & Harrison |
| References | |
| [1][2][3] | |
The PPL Building, formerly the Pennsylvania Power and Light Building, is a 24-story office building in Allentown, Pennsylvania. At 98.02 m (321.6 ft) in height, it is the tallest building in the city and the surrounding Lehigh Valley metropolitan area. The building is the headquarters for PPL Corporation, the main electricity provider for the Lehigh Valley, Northeastern Pennsylvania, and other regions of Pennsylvania and the United States.
The PPL Building is often uniquely illuminated at night, especially during the Christmas season, with a candle on one face of the building, and a Christmas tree on the other.[4]
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- ^ "Christmas lights on PPL building date to the 1950s". The Morning Call. 13 December 2004. Retrieved 9 August 2013.