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Off the beaten path in Wrightsville, Pa.: Linked in with neat York County...
Dianne Bowders, whose photo work is so familiar to yorktownsquare.com readers, captured another off-the-beaten path scene. It’s a black church on a side street in Wrightsville, Pa. She wrote in her...
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It is time for a York County Arts & Entertainment Hall of Fame
Jeff Koons and Kim Bracey meet before the mayor’s State of the City Address at Central Market in York. Koons, members of the rock band Live and playwright Dorothy King were honored with arts awards....
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Check out these famous faces of York County, Pa.
Ken Ludwig is a writer of Broadway plays. But he has not forgotten York County, as his appearance at York Little Theatre earlier this year indicates. ‘It’s such an artistic area,’ he said during a...
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Valley View Park brings memories: ‘We grew up on country music’– Linked in...
Neat stuff below: Abe’s gift/Jeff Koons/Rebecca at the Well Photographs of performers – and the crowds – at Shorty Fincher’s Valley View Park in Hellam Township are not commonly seen around York...
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Declaration of Independence signer James Smith to be honored – Linked in with...
More neat stuff below: Jeff Koons, York Barbell, Civil War medicine exhibit The memory of York’s unsung Declaration of Independence signer James Smith will receive a song at his gravesite (above) on...
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Much history has happened on Accomac site: Linked in with neat York County...
More neat stuff, below: Chambersburg reenactment/Jeff Koons’s BMW/Book blasts The Accomac Inn and the area around that landmark on the Susquehanna River has captured attention of the public for decades...
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Linden Avenue interesting mix of residential, industrial – Linked in with...
More neat stuff below: Jeff Koons/Shrewsbury camp meeting site/Bad weather Linden Avenue in Northwest York was an interesting blend of residential and industrial. That wasn’t a coincidence. Linden, in...
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The Little Courthouse, almost forgotten, still stands tall: Linked in to York...
More stuff below: West Manchester Mall/Jeff Koons/Continental Square Recognize this icon from York City’s past? Well, it’s an icon of Conewago Township’s present. The Little Courthouse has enjoyed...
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York’s Central Market should be used for all kinds of things, Part II
York’s Central Market served as a gathering place on New Year’s Eve, Dec. 31, 2011, an example of its expansion beyond market days. Here, Thirst ‘n’ Howl Musical Productions sings songs and leads...
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John C. Schmidt Mansion home of Preservation and the Arts fundraiser: Linked...
This Preservation and the Arts fundraiser benefits Historic York and the Pennsylvania Arts Experience. And it shows off the work of 35 local and regional artists, including this glass piece by Cliff...
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Hanover car promised to get 40-50 miles a gallon in the 1920s: Linked in with...
George Leader memorial/Lincoln’s funeral train/Harley cleanup York County’s Tim Berkheimer was remodeling a Stewartstown-area house when he found the Thursday, Dec. 29, 1921, edition of The (York,...
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York County history mystery intersection: It’s one to avoid, wherever it is
Linked in/Neat stuff: Jeff Koons/Foust distillery/Kaltreider-Benfer Library This York County intersection is one to detour. In fact, many motorists do so, but it’s still jammed most times. Saturday...
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In this York County mystery town, you’re either going up or down a hill
Linked in/Neat stuff: Parr’s Hill Reservoir/Jeff Koons/Haviland Road This postcard showing a bird’s eye view of … well, what York County, Pa., town? The postcard shows the town about 100 years ago, for...
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When a York, Pa., Santa smelled like Noxema and witch hazel
This photo is framed and hangs in the homes of York County, Pa., sisters Joan Bitzer and Carolyn Fink Mosser. It is part of a story that crosses several icons from York County’s past – the Christmas...
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York countians still doing what we can with what we have
Linked in/Neat stuff: Remember YOMA?/York’s USO ‘A piece of the Mars rover. The guts of a popular DVD rental kiosk. Crayon wrappers. What do all of these things have in common? They’re made in York...
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‘Hot Spill’ sculpture or giant paper clip in York, Pa.? You decide
Linked in/Neat stuff: Tom Wolf/George Leader Millersville University sculptor Ike Hay died recently, but his legacy remains in York, Pa. – a sculpture in Foundry Plaza next to Codorus Creek. It was...
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York history mystery: Quiet factory now, but not so for decades
Linked in/Neat Stuff: The Alcazar/Jeff Koons exhibit/Satterthwaite art This complex sits quietly on a quiet York city street on a recent quiet Sunday afternoon. In its day, it was a busy place that...
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When Jefferson Borough’s square was all grass and its roads unpaved
Linked in/Neat stuff: Career timelines for famous York countians This is Jefferson’s square, with unpaved roads and a rounded traffic pattern, in a photo dated circa 1876, according to the ‘Codorus...
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York County history mystery: Can you ID the location of this annual festival?
Linked in/Neat stuff: Marro’s Lunch/York Barbell’s spectacular I had to look twice to figure out the location of this street festival. Can you ID the York County town that is home to this crowded...
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How York, Pa., kept its cool in the Roaring Twenties
Linked in/Neat stuff: Jeff Koons’ hometown influences/Avalong barn Love these old postcards, and there are 75 more over at YDR’s Media Center. This, of course, is the old Farquhar Park pool or Boys...
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