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Wilkes-Barre

About Wilkes-Barre

41,243 in city
549,454 in metro
18 km² (7 mi²)
163.101669311 m
Wilkes-Barre is a manufacturing and service center and the seat of Luzerne County. It is located on the east bank of the Susquehanna River in the Wyoming Valley of northeastern Pennsylvania. Connecticut colonists first settled the area in 1769. The city made headlines in 1972 when extensive flooding caused by a tropical storm caused over $1 billion in damage. Although Wilkes-Barre has added several modern high-rises since WWII, the city's skyline is still characterized by buildings from the pre-WWII industrial era, a more prosperous time for this area. Loss of the Hotel Sterling, demolished in 2007, made a significant change in the city's appearance.

Metro Cities

Ashley, Bloomsburg, Carbondale, Clarks Summit, Danville, Dunmore, Forty Fort, Hanover Township, Hazleton, Jenkins Township, Kingston, Lake Harmony, Nanticoke, Olyphant, Pittston, Plains Township, Plymouth, Salem Township, Scranton, West Pittston, Wilkes-Barre, Wilkes-Barre Township, Wyoming

No. of Buildings

No. Current status
69 All Buildings
59
existing
10
demolished

Tallest Buildings

# Building Height Year
1 Luzerne National Bank Building 177 ft 1928
2 Verizon Building 126 ft 1929
3 Chamber Building 65 ft 1895
4 10 East South Street - 1975
5 Washington Square Apartments - 1974

Building types

No. Type
42 low-rise building
14 high-rise building
9 church
2 open-air structure
1 mast (wired)
1 mast (pole)

Other buildings

No. Type
2 Famous buildings
0 Buildings with construction images