Published July 28. 2016 04:00PM
Roses and other flowers are in full bloom at the Malcolm W. Gross Memorial Rose Garden, Parkway Boulevard, Allentown. The famous Allentown garden is name for the 1920s mayor who dreamed of building a park in the middle of the city where citizens could stroll among dozens of varieties of roses. His vision came true in 1931. DONALD R. SERFASS/TIMES NEWS