This June, The City of Allentown unveiled new signage on a park and street to honor native son and Pro Football Hall of Fame wide receiver Andre Reed.
“If someone were to say to me they were going to name a park and street after me in high school, I probably would have said, ‘Yeah, right,'” Reed said with a laugh. “I would have been like, ‘What do I have to do to have that happen?' You have to do something extraordinary or significant for someone to do that to you. It’s a heck of an honor.”
“Andre Reed has brought great honor to Allentown and it is only fitting for the city to recognize him in the area where he first made a name for himself,” said Mayor Ed Pawlowski.