Results tagged “Lincoln Highway” from York Town Square

This roadside giant went up at Shatzer's Fruit Market in Franklin County's Hamilton Township this week. It's an example of roadside architecture, evident for years along the Lincoln Highway and Route 30, to attract attention to stops for motorists. Background posts: Mahlon Haines got in trouble at Columbia-Wrightsville Bridge and Old Lincoln Highway pulled 'Americans out of the mud' and Landmark Modernaire Motel built in Lincoln Highway's heyday.

A modern-day Roadside Giant has been birthed along Route 30 near Chambersburg.

Students at the Franklin County Career and Technology Center assembled an super-sized replica of a 1921 Selden apple truck, complete with crates of produce on the bed, according to the Chambersburg Public Opinion.

It's dimensions?

Eleven feet tall and 26 feet long.

Such oversized structures have been part of old-road architecture for years.

York County's Shoe House, near both Route 30 and the old Lincoln Highway, is a York/Adams example.

This tourist attractions are fighting to stay standing... .

York (Pa.) Daily Record/Sunday News photographer Paul Kuehnel captures fellow photographer Bill Schintz as he assesses the prospect of two-way traffic outside his East Market Street photo studio. Background posts: East Market Street's New York Wire factory whistle concert: 'We'd stand out on our driveway to hear it' and Camp Security memories tucked inside memoir and Web site filled with nostalgic Lincoln Highway photos, postcards.

Heavy traffic in post-World War II downtown York prompted the pattern of one-way streets in effect today.

That's the one-way pattern, specifically on East Market Street, that soon will be studied to see if another plan might work.

It was another day when the current traffic patterns were put in place in 1950.

The city's population was at its zenith - about 60,000 people... .

This photo from John Wright restaurant in Wrightsville, Pa., is undated but it must come from the late 1920s because the Veterans Memorial Bridge opened in 1930. Notice the now-dismantled older bridge to the left and the temporary, construction bridge on the downstream side. Background posts: Wrightsville's overlooked attractions and When did Wrightsville ferry service end? and Nature had its way with short-lived York Furnace Bridge in southeastern York County.

A recent York Daily Record/Sunday News story on the restoration of lighting on the old Columbia-Wrightsville Bridge, known as the Veterans Memorial Bridge, brought applause from a commenter.

|"To me, the decision to restore the bridge is a no brainer," he wrote. "Let's do it!"

He also raised the question about when tolls were lifted from the Depression-era structure which carried the Lincoln Highway across the Susquehanna River:

The Modernaire Motel, built in 1949 to serve Lincoln Highway motorists before the Route 30 by-pass went in, sits at a prime spot on East Market Street at Mount Zion Road. Patrons used to enter the motel, according to Lincoln Highway expert Brian Butko, on the art deco building's rounded corner. But later, the entrance was moved to the side. Background posts: York County ... 'A smorgasbord of architectural styles' and Just try to resist studying this memory-tugging photograph and Coca-Cola out in Springetts... self-storage space is real thing and Change flattens Stony Brook's drive-in, humpback bridge.

Richard E. Zimmerman Sr. was a war hero and banker, well known around town.

And his recent death reminded York County folks of how he was best known - as longtime owner of the Modernaire Motel on East Market Street.

York Daily Record/Sunday News writer Mike Argento noted (4/10/09) that Zimmerman's stint in banking including time as manager of the Round Bank, now M & T's Queensgate branch.

Zimmerman left banking in 1966 to take over the round-sided Modernaire.

He thought it would be interesting, Argento wrote.

Argento told about one such interesting incident:

Tom Fadely of Fadely's Auto Masters on West Market Street in West Manchester Township, is seen near a mural of the former Lincoln Highway Garage in 2004. Fadely was an admirer of the landmark garage, demolished to make way for a convenience store. York County artist Gary Gladfelter painted the mural, which reflects the cross-town Springettsbury Township garage in the 1930s. (See pictures of the garage from 1939 and 1950 below.) Background posts: Photo of trolley on Lincoln Highway passing through York's Continental Square and U.S. 30 Drag-O-Way, Part III: 'We would watch the dragsters on trailers head for Thomasville' and All Lincoln Highway posts from the start.

Check out a Lincoln Highway Web site, destined to be a repository for photos and postcards of the old coast-to-coast highway that passed through the heart of York County.

The road today in York County is known as Route 462 or Market Street or Route 30 or even sometimes the Lincoln Highway.

There's some York County material in there including a nifty map of the highway between Lancaster and Gettysburg... .

This was the scene at the 2005 Musclecar Madness event at the York Expo Center, an event inspired by weekend racing at the York Airport - the U.S. 30 Drag-O-Way. The dragstrip operated from the late 1950s to 1979. Background posts: U.S. Drag-O-Way, Part I, U.S. Drag-O-Way, Part II and Wheels of York.

Tim Rearich, a former York countian living out west, remembers the U.S. 30 Drag-o-Way, subject of a couple of previous posts.

He particularly remembers the radio ads that went something like this:

"Saturday, Saturday, Saturday night at the US 30 dragoway... ."

A construction worker breaks up what's left of Springettsbury Township's York (Pa.) Valley Inn this week. There's no word on what will take the place of this old Lincoln Highway landmark. Background posts: 1730s York Valley Inn may outlast its namesake, Forgotten York Valley Inn may be discovered and York Valley Inn confused with historic predecessor.

Remember the York Valley Inn where so many York countians had that special dinner, attended a car show or enjoyed a best friend's wedding reception?

Well, 50 years after it opened and 10 years after it closed, the wrecker's ball has found the sprawling resort that bore so many memories.

York Daily Daily Record/Sunday News reporter Tom Joyce described what remained standing early this week:

This photo, courtesy of J. David Allen & Son, of York, Pa., was taken in the late 1950s. It shows Springettsbury Township's York County Shopping Center in full operation. The shopping center was the first of its type in the York area, and Sears, Roebuck & Co., the large building at right, was the first major retail business to move from York's downtown. PACE Resources Inc./Buchart Horn Inc. used the photo as part of an exhibit at the York Business Expo in 2005. Background posts: Just try to resist studying this memory-tugging photograph, Bury's burger memories far from buried, From top dog and hot dogs to dogfight and dog days in York County, Pa.

Continuing the series of telling York County, Pa.'s, history through images: ... .

A post-World War II baby boom caused families to spill from York city to form suburbs. The entry of Caterpillar and other industries in the early 1950s also attracted families to that part of Springettsbury Township. These new factories brought in families from out of town, too. And then came the York County Shopping Center in 1956, at 3 o'clock position, to serve families who later lived in Haines Acres, which grew up in the fields, upper right, and beyond. (Photo courtesy of York Buchart Horn and J. David Allen.) Background posts: New book offers astute look into heart of York, York County ... 'A smorgasbord of architectural styles', Coca-Cola out in Springetts... self-storage space is real thing and Before Geno's made news in Philly, Gino's headlined in York.

Gene Schenck of Buchart-Horn Inc./BASCO Associates lent us this irresistible photograph (see enlarged version below).

He was even kind enough to provide a description. I've taken the liberty of adding context to the information (in parenthesis), used as part of a company exhibit at the Business Expo in 2005:

The cover of the "The Lincoln Highway Forum" warns members of the Lincoln Highway Association that the vintage brick surface of the historic highway in Stark County, Ohio, might be paved over. The magazine keeps members apprised of news and events affecting this early coast-to-coast highway, which passed through the heart of York and Adams counties. Background posts: Lincoln Highway Communities: 'I know I'll be back.', A 7th bridge? Pedestrian walkway may span Susquehanna River some day and Trees commemorate World War I vets.

Does anyone in York and Adams counties remember seeing cans of sardines littering the sides of the old Lincoln Highway, later Routes 462 and 30?

A writer in the fact-filled "Lincoln Highway Forum" found plentiful metal containers along western stretches of this early coast-to-coast highway.

"Your editor has come to to the conclusion that Lincoln Highway travelers of the 'teens and 1920s lived on sardines," Gregory M. Franzwa wrote... .

In its heyday, the York Valley Inn along Route 462 played host to a range of functions - from car shows, shown in this photo from 'Greater York in Action,' to wedding receptions. The fire-damaged resort along the old Lincoln Highway may soon fall to a wrecker's ball. Background posts: York Valley Inn: 'What a mess.' and Olde York Valley Inn confused with historic predecessor.

York Daily Record/Sunday News reporter Brent Burkey made an astute observation in his story on the proposed demolition of the deteriorating York Valley Inn.

A York Valley Inn has sat along Route 462 or its predecessors since shortly after settlers started arriving west of the Susquehanna River after 1730.

An earlier inn served as a watering hole for travelers from the 1730s to the 1960s. Of course, it had various names but was known most recently as the York Valley Inn or the Old York Valley Inn.

That distinguished the old structure from the newer resort built in 1958, the one that faces the wrecker's ball... .

Lincoln Highway Garage, constructed in 1921, was reportedly the first drive-in service station along the Lincoln Highway. This photograph shows its demise in 2004. A Turkey Hill with mural reflecting the garage's history and architectural features was constructed on its foundation (see photograph below). The garage is gone but other points of interest from the old Lincoln Highway, now Route 462, remain in York and Adams counties. Background post: Lincoln Highway Communities: 'I know I'll be back'.

The Lincoln Highway remains a favorite topic to write about whether in blogs ( Change flattens Stony Brook's drive-in, humpback bridge) or newspaper-columns-turned-blog-posts (June Lloyd's Road of Remembrance).

A story appearing in the York Daily Record 10 years ago ties together a lot of points about the Lincoln Highway - the old coast-to-coast thoroughfare.

That includes the impact of the 1972 bypass, the propensity of business to take their name from the famous road and prominent sites along its right of way.

Enjoy this windshield tour:

Construction equipment demolishes what was the AMC Entertainment movie theater in Springettsbury Township in 2004. Development on the site now includes a retirement home that celebrates the old drive-in also on that site. Background post: Stony Brook Drive-in: 'I saw 'Pulp Fiction' there ...'

The old drive-in east of York, whose land is now covered by a retirement village drew its name from the nearby village of Stony Brook.

Here are some details about that old Springettsbury village, mostly gleaned from the township centennial book (1991) and York Daily Record stories:

Anita Meyers, keystonealarm@comcast.net, is new owner of the Ten Mile House in the village of Farmers, west of the York Airport.

The 6817 Lincoln Highway address is sometimes referred to as Helen's Antiques, named for the former occupant.

Anita is seeking information about the house. Early on, she understood that the house might have been Gen. John B. Gordon's headquarters on June 27, 1863, the night before his brigade entered York along with three other similar units from Jubal Early's division.

The yorktownsquare.com post, Where did Gen. Gordon accept York's surrender? explains the actual location of the site where York's fathers surrendered to the rebels.

Anita provided some information that might jar memories:

Firefighters contained damage to only a few rooms in the Olde York Valley Inn, which has not operated for about 10 years.

"Fire departments from across the county responded to contain a blaze at the Olde York Valley Inn, a long-closed landmark on East Market Street in Springettsbury Township."

So began a story in the York Daily Record.

That lodging place might be a landmark, but it's not to be confused with the original York Valley Inn built in the 1730s several miles west of the motel that burned. It sat in the vicinity of the York Mall, now the Walmart/Sam's shopping center... .