RB Collection Combines Classic Cars and Upscale Apartment Rentals
The Ruozzi brothers of RB Collection tastefully combine their classic car restoration shop and dealership with upscale apartment rentals. The previous Klein Bros. Paper and Twine Co. building has been renovated to showcase vintage and exotic cars in the lobby and house seven spacious apartments on the upper levels. “They [took] an old run-down building doomed to extinction and [turned] it into a functioning addition of the downtown resurgence,” says rental agent Ken Palumbo. “That's what RB Collection does—they take what is old and turn it into a functional asset again.”
In need of a bigger space for their car restoration, Alex and Al Ruozzi renovated the late-nineteenth-century building to fit their needs. It is coincidentally located across from the America on Wheels Museum. “Imagine coming home at night and walking into history,” Palumbo says. “These cars are rare and historic, so beautiful to look at and constantly changing the show room.” The Ruozzi brothers work with cars dating from the early 1900s up to cars made in the 1980s, and the apartments are geared towards this clientele of car lovers. “The preservation and restoration spirit present in the souls of the Ruozzi brothers—that brings all the glamour of the beginning of last century to the vintage automobiles—was used to transform the former Klein Building into a premier and unique residential facility,” says Alex.
107 W. Hamilton St., Allentown | 610.398.9700 | rbcarcollection.com
