Late 19th century with later alterations. Reading Ave., off U.S. 222 N. Wyomissing exit, West Reading
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(William E. Fischer, Jr.) -
(William E. Fischer, Jr.)
When heavy industry began to disappear, a portion of Reading's great mill buildings were adapted as the nation's first outlet mall. These late-nineteenth-century brick mills with the immense windows typified the industrial city from Philadelphia to Allentown and Easton and west to Harrisburg. Few now survive.