McCrory's was one of leading five-and-dame stores in downtown York in the 20th century. Murphy's, at the left of this picture, was perhaps the most visible on the corner of York's Continental Square. McCrory's longtime Springettsbury Township warehouse will soon have new tenants. Background posts: York County: '... A smorgasbord of architectural styles', Declaration signer's marker mounted in obscurity and Sears: From top dog to hot dogs ... .
McCrory's was one of downtown York's premier five-and-dimes during the city's downtown heyday.
Those stores included Murphy's, Woolworth's, Grant's, Green's and Kresge's.
But McCrory's enjoyed a special relationship with York after Meshulam Riklis purchased the company in 1960 and moved its home office and distribution center to York County in 1963... .
