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Southside Bethlehem’s Murals

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Welcome to the art of Bethlehem!

At the first major intersection is a mural by a local artist named Matt Halm.  His mural is appropriately called “Southbound†and today we’re going to start on the southside of town.

Right around the corner is “Steelworker†by a collective of local artists named, Dripped On The Road.  The work pays homage to the men and women who worked in Bethlehem Steel plant for generations.  The artist group is lead by Lehigh University grad, named Denton Burrows.

And just up the street is a work by Joseph Iacona.   It’s called “Southside Proudâ€.  His work speaks to the community of sharing and why citizens are proud to live on the southside of the City of Bethlehem.

And around the side of Taylor Street, The Bonn Place Brewing Company is wrapped in a beautiful mural painted by local artist Amy Perdue.  And as the camera moves turns the corner, you’ll see other artwork (by Denton Burrows) that pays homage to brewing, festivities, fun, community and just having a good time.

Up on Hayes Street is a mural painted by Ramiro Davaro-Comas.   This entire mural was painted on the flat side of a building, but if you’ll notice up towards the top it appears that there is a roof line with someone peeking out of a window; all of which don’t exist. The artist’s use of trompe l’oeil is truly magical.

Then we went up on Broad Street on the north side of town to see another beautiful mural by Matt Halm. It’s been painted on the side of Christmas City Veterinary Hospital.  The mural curves around the corner of the building to include another fun surprise.

Back on the Southside at the corner of Hayes Street is a traditional phone booth which has been painted brightly and beautifully by Devyn Leonor Briggs.  Then over on Third and New Street is another mural by Devyn Briggs.  The mural reflects “a desire to develop a community that embraces economic opportunity with cultural diversity as a foundation.â€

Up on the street on the side of Café The Lodge, is “Calma†by Pau Quintanajornet.  This artist is from Chile and was raised in Germany.  Her work of art was completed in Pau’s signature style while highlighting Café The Lodge’s mission which is focused on mental health recovery.

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#1 Mistake When Downsizing

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Hi everybody, I’m Diana Hodgson from The RedHeadAgent team and Keller Williams Real Estate here in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. 

Welcome to my channel!  This is my first video; I hope to have many more following.  And today, I’d like to tell you about the biggest mistake that most everyone makes when they’re downsizing. 

The biggest mistake is that they wait too long.  They wait too long to make this decision and unfortunately sometimes it’s a life change that will spur on the downsizing before someone is quite ready. 

So, my three tips in downsizing are make a plan.  Make sure that you’re sure where you want to go.  Start to visit other communities or start to look around with a professional.  Hire a real estate agent to show you smaller houses.  Start to look at different neighborhoods, go to the other state to look.  Do your investigation…Make a plan. 

Secondly, tell someone about the plan. So if it’s your daughter, or your son, your sisters, your brothers, somebody…Let them know what you’d like to do in your retirement or when you’re starting to downsize so that they understand if something should happen or if there’s a life change that happens in your life that you can’t make decisions for yourself any longer, at least someone knows what your plans are. 

And then third, hire a professional.  Hire professionals to help you move, to help you downsize, to help you get rid of your stuff, to help haul away junk….all of that.  And usually a good real estate agent will have a list of people that will be able to help you do all of those things and help you get through that process.

So, if you have any questions regarding real estate that I can answer, please put them in the comments below.  Also, if you’d like to see my next video which I hope you do, please hit the subscribe button and we’ll see each other next time.  Thanks so much, take good care!