City of Lackawanna Local Waterfront Revitalization Program

摘要

The City of Lackawanna occupies 6 square miles of land in Erie County, extending two miles along the shore line of Lake Erie. The population of the City is roughly 23,000. Lackawanna's development resulted directly from the construction of the Bethlehem Steel Plant on the shores of Lake Erie in the early 1900's. This massive industrial complex of 1300 acres occupies nearly one-third of the City's total land area, as well as the entire Lackawanna shoreline. At its peak in the 1950's and 1960's, the plant employed 23,000 workers. At that time, the population of operations at the plant in 1982; today, most of the facility is idle and employment has been cut to less than 2,000. With the exception of the Bethlehem complex, most of Lackawanna is occupied by low-to-medium density residences.