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===Attractions=== [[File:Pagoda (Reading, Pennsylvania).jpg|thumb|Reading's [[Pagoda (Reading, Pennsylvania)|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.<ref>"Reading's Pagoda and Historic Buildings" (video), in "[https://pcntv.com/building-pennsylvania/ Building Pennsylvania]." Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: Pennsylvania Cable Network, Summer 2022.</ref> The [[Pagoda (Reading, Pennsylvania)|Pagoda]] remains a popular tourist attraction. Reading's City Park is home to several monuments and works of public art, including the [[Frederick Lauer Monument]]. Another fixture in Reading's skyline is the [[William Penn Memorial Fire Tower]], one mile from the Pagoda on Skyline Drive. Built in 1939 for fire department and forestry observation, the tower is 120 feet tall, and rises 950 feet above the intersection of fifth and Penn streets. From the top of the tower, it offers a 60-mile panoramic view. The Reading Glove and Mitten Manufacturing Company founded in 1899, just outside Reading city limits, in West Reading and Wyomissing boroughs changed its name to Vanity Fair in 1911 and is now the major clothing manufacturer [[VF Corp.]] In the early 1970s, the original factories were developed to create the [[VF Corp.#VF Outlet Village|VF Outlet Village]], the first outlet mall in the United States. The VF Outlet closed in 2020.<ref>{{cite news|last=Rader|first=Tom|title=VF Outlet in Berks closes its doors|publisher=WFMZ-TV|location=Allentown, PA|date=December 24, 2020|url=https://www.wfmz.com/news/area/berks/vf-outlet-in-berks-closes-its-doors/article_99fd2c2a-4643-11eb-82e4-2bc3dfb868dd.html|access-date=December 24, 2020}}</ref> [[GoggleWorks|GoggleWorks Center for the Arts]] is a community art and cultural resource center located in Reading, Pennsylvania. The mission of the GoggleWorks is "to transform lives through unique interactions with art." Located in the former Willson Goggle Factory building, GoggleWorks Center for the Arts features eight teaching studios in ceramics, hot and warm glass, metalsmithing, photography, printmaking, woodworking and virtual reality; 35 juried artist studios; and headquarters of over 40 cultural organizations. GoggleWorks also includes several exhibition galleries, a 130-seat film theatre, a bar/restaurant, and store featuring handcrafted works by over 200 artists working within the building and beyond. Admission and parking are always free. The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2006.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://goggleworks.org/about/history/|title = History}}</ref>
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