One of the ongoing challenges for city leaders is successfully blending the past with the future – knowing what to change and what should not change.
Lancaster, Pennsylvania (population 55,000) is a five-figure city worth watching as they preserve pieces of the past and, at the same time, move boldly into the future.
In Lancaster one will find the Fulton Opera House, one of the three oldest continuously running theaters in the U.S.
Also, the historic Central Market, built in 1889, contains the oldest continuously operated farmers market in the U.S., featuring handmade Amish goods.
Now, Lancaster is installing 165 closed-circuit cameras to monitor the streets, 24 hours a day.
City councilman Joseph Morales says, “Per capita, we’re the most watched city in the state, if not the entire United States.”
No doubt, the number watching Lancaster from outside the city will also increase.
Click here to read more about this new surveillance experiment.
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