Editing State College, Pennsylvania (section)

====Downtown====
Downtown bring in over two million tourists a year, and features 25 major festivals, including Arts Fest,<ref>{{cite web |last= |first= |date= |title= Fast Facts|url= https://downtownstatecollege.com/experience/fast-facts/|website= downtownstatecollege.com|location= |publisher= Downtown State College|access-date=}}</ref> Latin Festival,<ref>{{cite web |last= |first= |date= September 10, 2024|title= Happy Valley Latin Festival Returns for Fourth Year|url= https://www.statecollege.com/articles/community/happy-valley-latin-festival-returns-for-fourth-year/|website= statecollege.com|location= |publisher= |access-date=}}</ref> Fall Festival,<ref>{{cite web |last= |first= |date= October 8, 2024|title= Fall Fest Returns to Downtown State College for 23rd Year|url= https://www.statecollege.com/articles/community/fall-fest-returns-to-downtown-state-college-for-23rd-year/|website= statecollege.com|location= |publisher= |access-date=}}</ref> and First Night festival.<ref>{{cite web |last= McCune|first= Jack|date= 2024|title= Celebrate New Year's Eve in State College with the First Night festival|url= https://www.wtaj.com/studio814/celebrate-new-years-eve-in-state-college-with-the-first-night-festival/|website= www.wtaj.com|location= |publisher= Studio 814|access-date=}}</ref> The neighborhood is home to [[Schlow Centre Region Library|Schlow Library]], Memorial Field, Sydney Friedman Park, MLK Plaza, the [[State Theatre (State College, Pennsylvania)|State Theater]], and several murals and art installations including the Calder Way Fresco, Dreams Take Flight, and the MLK Plaza mural depicting King's 1965 speech at Penn State.<ref>{{cite web |last=Rafacz |first= Sarah|date= September 27, 2018|title= It took 5 years for State College's MLK Plaza to become a reality. How is it being used?|url= https://www.centredaily.com/news/local/community/state-college/article217386350.html|website= |location= |publisher= Centre Daily Times|access-date=}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last= |first= |date= 2022|title= Art Walk|url= https://downtownstatecollege.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Art-Walk-2022-Brochure-FINAL.pdf|website= downtownstatecollege.com|location= |publisher= Downtown State College|access-date=}}</ref>

The 2010s saw a construction boom downtown, with several mixed-use towers developed, including Rise, Metropolitan, Fraser Centre, and Here State College, and others. Unlike older towers, many of the newer buildings are mixed-use, with retail on the ground floor, offices on the next couple floors up, and apartments on the top floors.<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.statecollege.com/news/local-news/construction-under-way-on-two-downtown-high-rises-preliminary-work-begins-for-a-third,1477859/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180921014547/http://www.statecollege.com/news/local-news/construction-under-way-on-two-downtown-high-rises-preliminary-work-begins-for-a-third,1477859/ |archive-date=21 September 2018 | title=State College, PA – Construction Under Way on Two Downtown High Rises, Preliminary Work Begins for a Third -}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.statecollege.com/news/local-news/borough-council-continues-discussion-of-possible-new-highrise,1471438/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180119055221/http://www.statecollege.com/news/local-news/borough-council-continues-discussion-of-possible-new-highrise,1471438/ |archive-date=19 January 2018 | title=State College, PA – Borough Council Continues Discussion of Possible New High-Rise -}}</ref>

The Downtown area has seen large protests over past the couple of decades,<ref>{{cite web |last= |first= |date= |title= Antiwar Protest|url= https://sites.psu.edu/americanrhetoric/antiwar/|website= |location= |publisher= Penn State Educational Activism Archive|access-date=}}</ref> particularly at the Allen Street Gates and the Martin Luther King Jr. Plaza. In recent years, marches for [[International Workers' Day|May Day]],<ref>{{cite web |last= White|first= Daniela|date= May 1, 2024|title=May Day celebration commemorates revolutionary movements, educates community|url= https://www.psucollegian.com/news/borough/may-day-celebration-commemorates-revolutionary-movements-educates-community/article_8746fa5a-0802-11ef-a310-a7618a333b8a.html|website= |location= |publisher= The Daily Collegian|access-date=}}</ref> [[Black Lives Matter]],<ref>{{cite web |last= Rushton|first= Geoff|date= June 14, 2020|title= Protestors Gather in Downtown State College for Third Consecutive Week|url= https://www.statecollege.com/articles/local-news/protestors-gather-in-downtown-state-college-for-third-consecutive-week/|website= statecollege.com|location= |publisher= StateCollege.com|access-date=}}</ref> [[trans rights]],<ref>{{cite web |last= Herron|first= Katie|date= Oct 23, 2024|title= Transgender students, allies raise voices against anti-trans actions|url= https://www.psucollegian.com/news/transgender-students-allies-raise-voices-against-anti-trans-actions/article_2c2458a4-91a3-11ef-9179-7bf3649e2148.html|website= |location= |publisher= The Daily Collegian|access-date=}}</ref> and against [[Israeli war crimes]] have taken place in the Downtown streets.<ref>{{cite web |last= Keller |first= Rachel|last2= White|first2= Daniela|date= Oct 7, 2024|title= Enough is enough' Pro-Palestinian groups hold '1 Year of Genocide' protest in downtown State College|url= https://www.psucollegian.com/news/enough-is-enough-pro-palestinian-groups-hold-1-year-of-genocide-protest-in-downtown-state/article_1f450886-8519-11ef-956b-e301f914c16f.html|website= |location= |publisher= The Daily Collegian|access-date=}}</ref>