Since 1925, The Yorktowne Hotel has anchored the corner of East Market and South Duke Street. This postcard shows the hotel before 1959, when the courthouse expansion took down the building separating the two.
New owners of the venerable Yorktowne say they will keep the landmark as an operating hotel. See anchor sold.
There can be no better news to York and efforts to revitalize the downtown.
For some, the Yorktowne represents a nostalgic site where famous people have stayed for decades. See Tiny Tim.
For others:
It is the night out of the decade in the Commonwealth Room. It's the wedding reception venue for an only child. It's an overnight part of First Night York festivities. It's the regular meeting place for Rotary or Lions clubs.
It, well, embodies everything that's good about York.
For Voni Grimes and others in the black community, it represented the pinnacle of success, as he expressed in my November 2006 column:
