Results tagged “Dreamwrights” from York Town Square

Don't know much about (York market) history?

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The Dreamwrights have opened their new house to the public.

The theater group recently remodeled their building, a former market house where west end farmers could sell their goods to residents of surrounding neighborhood.

At one time, five market houses served as the hub for York County's farmers to sell their wares.

Where were York's other four covered market houses? ...

York Market House No. 5 - Carlisle Avenue Market, revisited

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The turn-of-the-century Carlisle Avenue Market represents the last of the great indoor market houses to be built.

And it's the most recent one to make the news, as the soon-to-be-renovated home of Dreamwrights, a local theater group.

So, the scorecard for the five market houses: two still in use, one demolished, and two used for different purposes.

One wonders about the future of the two still in operation: Central Market and Penn Street Farmers Market... .

The forgotten fifth York market house

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A former York market house is hidden in plain view.

Dreamwrights, a local theater group, is quite correctly touting rehab plans for their large brick playhouse on Carlisle Avenue.

For years, I've wondered about the original use of that beautiful building... .


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