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The Pagoda is owned by the City of Reading but is managed and preserved by the Foundation for the Reading Pagoda. It houses a small café and a gift shop, and functions as an icon for the City of Reading. The Pagoda is also the home of Pagoda Skyline, Inc., a non-profit volunteer organization formed in 1969 to help with the restoration and ...
Reading's Pagoda. In 1908, a Japanese-style pagoda was built on Mount Penn, where it overlooks the city and is visible from almost everywhere in town. The Pagoda is the home of a café and a gift shop and remains a popular tourist attraction.
Height. 120 ft (37 m) Design and construction. Architect (s) Grover Cleveland Freeman. The William Penn Memorial Fire Tower is a fire lookout tower located on Mount Penn in Lower Alsace Township, Pennsylvania. Named after William Penn, the structure is owned by the city government of nearby Reading, Pennsylvania, which the tower overlooks.
Aug. 5—It was an event Deborah Detwiler wasn't about to miss. Growing up in Schuylkill County, she had always loved the Reading Pagoda. Her family would occasionally travel south to visit the ...
Shwedagon Pagoda of Yangon, Myanmar. A pagoda is a tiered tower with multiple eaves common to Thailand, Cambodia, Nepal, China, Japan, Korea, Myanmar, Vietnam, and other parts of Asia. Most pagodas were built to have a religious function, most often Buddhist, but sometimes Taoist, and were often located in or near viharas.
Reading Public Museum. / 40.32722°N 75.95139°W / 40.32722; -75.95139. The Reading Public Museum is a museum in Reading, Pennsylvania located in the 18th Ward, along the Wyomissing Creek. The museum's permanent collection mainly focuses on art, science, and civilization and contains over 280,000 objects.
Founded in 1869, the Historical Society of Berks County (HSBC) operates the Berks History Center as a museum and library located in Reading, Pennsylvania.The Society's mission, as described on its website, is "to focus attention on the unique local history, the vast material culture, and the diverse cultural heritage of Berks County by preserving, archiving, and promoting this material to ...
Kinkaku-ji (金閣寺, lit. 'Temple of the Golden Pavilion'), officially named Rokuon-ji (鹿苑寺, lit.'. Deer Garden Temple'), is a Zen Buddhist temple in Kyoto, Japan. [2] It is one of the most popular buildings in Kyoto, attracting many visitors annually. [3]