LANCASTER, PENNSYLVANIA — There's one less landmark in the Lancaster area today. After a rare and historic single "Golden Arch" sign for the first McDonald's was removed Wednesday.
The sign stood on Columbia Avenue for 54 years. It will be replaced with a new one.
Stephanie Arnold, the granddaughter of the first franchise owner of the restaurant, says the old sign brought back a lot of memories.
"It was controversial at the time, but to have a franchise and to bring that here and to sell hamburgers for ten cents, versus going to the local diner," recalls Arnold.
Stephanie's family now owns three other McDonald's in Lancaster.
Bill Brown is the manager of the McDonald's now and he says the restaurant won't be the same without the sign: "I'm not sure I'm even going to recognize the restaurant that sign has been you know, such a piece of this restaurant...a piece of our lives."
A McDonald's memorabilia collector now owns the sign.
He hopes to display it in a McDonald's museum one day.