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Welcome to York Town Square, 9 years of daily posts about history/journalism, topics that can easily become plodding and self important. My goal is to keep this blog fun and accessible. And I try to say something in each post. I welcome your comments and respond to every one you write. Please contact me at jem@ydr.com.
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It’s 90 years old, but the 11-story Yorktowne Hotel still stands tall
Linked in/Neat stuff below: Hanover Theater back in news/New use of old York church? Yorktowne Hotel G.M. Rick Cunningham stands atop the 11-story landmark that is celebrating its 90th birthday this weekend. That’s one grand milestone. This scene was captured … Continue reading
Posted in Archives, all posts, Explanations/controversy, God & York County, Linked in/neat stuff, Local journalism & Web, Local landmarks, Unsung/obscure sites
Tagged East Market Street, Hanover, Hanover Theater, Martin Library, Milton D. Martin, Rick Cunningham, Royal Square, Royal Square Development, York's one-way streets, Yorktowne Hotel, Zion Lutheran Church
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Change in York County, Pa.? Yes, here’s one example of how it happens all the time
Linked in/Neat stuff, below: Guess what year these photos were taken?/New museum in Hanover Glen Rock Historic Preservation Society’s John ‘Otts’ Hufnagel noticed the ‘tunnels’ that carry the old Northern Central Railway – today’s county rail trail – over Route … Continue reading
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Tagged Ebert Furniture Co., Glen Rock, Glen Rock Historic Preservation Society, Hanover, Lewis Miller, Northern Central Railway, Red Lion, Route 616, Steam into History
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5 more neat places to discover in your own York County backyard
Neat place No. 1: The cafe in New Freedom can be the endpoint for an afternoon out. Or a starting point. Here’s one option. Park on the York County’s rail trail in Railroad, just outside Shrewsbury, and walk the couple … Continue reading
Posted in Archives, all posts, Books & reading, Explanations/controversy, For photo fans, Local landmarks, Nostalgia & memories, Unsung/obscure sites, Wheels of York, York County's towns, YorkEats: Hogmaw & such
Tagged 'The Rabbit and The Dragonfly', Bermudian Church of the Brethren, Bermudian Creek, Bonkey's, Clarks Shoes, Fairmount Park, Hanover, Kiwanis Lake, Lancaster, Lancaster County, New Freedom, New Freedom Rail Trail Cafe, rail trail, Red Brick Bakery and Tearoom, Red Lion, VeloPhoto York, York Rotary
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Most popular York Town Square blog posts: Check out this top 10 list in August 2015
This is one of scores of memorable photos coming from Red Land Little League’s run for the Little League championship last month. The U.S. Little League champs brought Red Land to the attention of the world. And with that came the question: Where is Red Land? Two York Town Square posts exploring the whereabouts of Red Land earned spots 1 and 3 in pages viewed by readers in August 2015.
Posted in Archives, all posts, Explanations/controversy, For photo fans, Local journalism & Web, Local landmarks, Nostalgia & memories, People, Unsung/obscure sites, YorkEats: Hogmaw & such
Tagged Brown's Orchards, Brown's Orchards and Farm Market, Elmwood, First Post, Gitt Mansion, Hanover, Hobbit House, Indian Steps Museum, Loganville, Preservation Pennsylvania, Red Land, Red Land Little League, Springettsbury Township, York College, York College of Pennsylvania
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About artifacts in Hanover’s Clarks Shoe exhibit: ‘I have enough to fill it three times’
Many readers here will remember going downtown on a Saturday to buy shoes and other clothes. That day seems to have passed with retailers selling their stuff mainly in the suburbs. That’s mainly. In Hanover, you can still shop for shoes on a Saturday and other days to the week. Clarks Shoes, known as Clarks Bostonian Outlet, is open on the square, and there’s another dose of nostalgia now awaiting visitors. A local collector and Clarks employee Donald Hamme has put up a display of Hanover Shoes relics. Hamme told The Evening Sun in Hanover that when Harper “H.D.” Sheppard and Clinton “C.N.” Myers founded Hanover Shoes in 1899, the company’s motto at that time was to provide “the greatest shoe value on Earth.” Now Clarks customers get an extra value, a case exhibit showing memorabilia, courtesy of Donald Hamme. ‘I have enough to fill it three times,’ Hamme told the Evening Sun.
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Tagged Central Market, Clarks Shoes, Hanover, Helb carriage house, Kiwanis Lake, Lawrence Golan, V-J Day, York Symphony Orchesta
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Downtown Hanover, Pa.: Here’s how a bird viewed ‘McAllistertown’s’ square 60 years ago
Linked in/Neat stuff, below: More support for WWII hero recognition/New museum in Quecreek This bird’s-eye view shows Hanover’s Center Square in the 1950s. The equestrian statue – the Picket – stood in the middle of the square in those days. … Continue reading
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Tagged Downtown York Inc., Hanover, Hanover Square, Lorann Jacobs, Murals of York, Police Heritage Museum, Quecreek mine rescue, Somerset County, York street art
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This snowy Hanover square photo will bring cool relief in these hot days
Linked in/Neat stuff: Hex Hollow movie/Locate this little red schoolhouse? This view of the aftermath of a blizzard in Hanover’s Center Square in 1890 will give some cool relief in these hot days of summer. The town, then observing 75 … Continue reading
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Tagged 'Hex Hollow', Forest Park, Hanover, Hanover Square, Little Red Schoolhouse, McKay Company, Prospect Hill Cemetery, Shane Free, Wellsville, Wilbert G. Hess, York Fair
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York County filled with diverse museums with their slate clocks, slate boards, prison bars and old cabooses
Delta’s Old Line Museum displays artifacts that tell about this southeastern York County, Pa.’s, diverse history – from Welsh slate mining to Ma & Pa Railroad history. Its inside prize is the slate clock – the Humphrey Pritchard clock. Its … Continue reading
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Tagged Blake Stough, Delta, Fissel's one-room school, Glen Rock, Hanover, Little red school house, Neas House, Old Line Museum, Red Lion, Red Lion Area Historical Society, Shrewsbury Township, Spring Grove, Spring Grove Historic and Preservation Society, Wellsville
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