“Most of the underground water retention work is completed.  Construction begins on the footers for the skateable obstacles within phase 1 of the skateplaza.  If you get a chance, go by the site in the coming weeks and check the progress.  Take photos and post them for all to see.”

- Erich Hornung, skater and architect on the Bethlehem Skateplaza design team.

F.A. Rohrbach has been putting in overtime making the best of every “nice” day to make sure we stay on schedule to have Phase 1 of the skateplaza finished by Summertime.  F.A. Rohrbach is a local contractor that specializes in architectural cement structures.  Many of the best local skatespots in the Lehigh Valley were made by them- like the Allentown Arts Walk (which is now skate stopped).

This slab of cement will be the support structure underneath the replica Boston City Hospital Volcano.

This guy was awesome.  He reminded me of John Leguizamo and was psyched to be working on the skateplaza even though it was freezing cold outside.  From the skaters to the City officials to the company building the skateplaza- there’s an overwhelming sense of pride that will no doubt help us see this through to the very end.

Also in phase 1 will be two obstacles with a variety of ledges, manuel pads and other replicas of known skatespots.

The pillars and foundations are also being set for these obstacles as well.

Dry!

The construction can only go as far as we have funding for though. 

Right now we only have the funding to finish up to the volcano but we would like to also open up in the Summer with these two addition:

*Please note that these renderings do not 100% accurately represent what will be built.  For example, the rails coming off the 4 sets will not run into the ground- they will be more like flat bars.

We are in the process of trying to raise another $100K+ so we can build these 2 additions to phase 1.  One way is collecting donations from the community on our Paypal Donation Link.  If you’re asking “When will the skateplaza be done?”

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