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Make that people. &#8230;<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\nDuring a<a href=\"\/yorktownsquare\/2014\/02\/21\/how-springettsburys-old-east-york-became-old-east-york\/\"> recent tour of East York<\/a>, Dan Meckley, John Uhler, Luther Sowers and Bob Bowers, all natives of the historic neighborhood, lined the colorful strip with a former dry cleaner that occupied the building.<br \/>\nMary McIntosh cleaners, to be exact. The plaid played on Mary\u2019s Scottish surname.<br \/>\nThe cleaner is gone, but her clan\u2019s colors remain for all to see.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ever wonder why the commercial building on East Market Street in Springettsbury Township has a<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,4,11,12,8,9,28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-228","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-archives-all-posts","category-local-journalism-web","category-local-landmarks","category-nostalgia-memories","category-people","category-small-town-life","category-unsungobscure-sites"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Plaid facade linked to Springetts cleaner&#039;s roots - York Town Square<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/yorkblog.com\/yorktownsquare\/plaid-facade-linked-to-springe\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Plaid facade linked to Springetts cleaner&#039;s roots - York Town Square\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Ever wonder why the commercial building on East Market Street in Springettsbury Township has a\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/yorkblog.com\/yorktownsquare\/plaid-facade-linked-to-springe\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"York Town Square\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2006-09-28T07:29:49+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2014-02-22T23:05:42+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Jim McClure\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@JamesMcClure\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Jim McClure\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/yorkblog.com\\\/yorktownsquare\\\/plaid-facade-linked-to-springe\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/yorkblog.com\\\/yorktownsquare\\\/plaid-facade-linked-to-springe\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Jim McClure\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/yorkblog.com\\\/yorktownsquare\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/b48a19c4bb41c9ee494a3eb75485cdd0\"},\"headline\":\"Plaid facade linked to Springetts cleaner&#8217;s roots\",\"datePublished\":\"2006-09-28T07:29:49+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2014-02-22T23:05:42+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/yorkblog.com\\\/yorktownsquare\\\/plaid-facade-linked-to-springe\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":111,\"commentCount\":0,\"articleSection\":[\"Archives, all posts\",\"Local journalism &amp; 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