<P> 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 is a 60 - mile panoramic view . </P> <P> 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 Outlet Village, the first outlet mall in the United States . </P> <P> The book and movie Rabbit, Run and the other three novels of the Rabbit series by John Updike were set in fictionalized versions of Reading and nearby Shillington, called Brewer and Olinger respectively . Updike was born in Reading and lived in nearby Shillington until he was thirteen . He also makes reference to the Brewer suburb of Mount Judge, equivalent to Mount Penn, east of Reading . </P> <P> Filmmakers Gary Adelstein, Costa Mantis, and Jerry Orr created Reading 1974: Portrait of a City; relying heavily on montage; the film is a cultural time capsule . </P>

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