[PRCo] Re: TC on Grant???????

[Bob Rathke]

I've seen a photo - but can't locate it now - of this location in the mid-1930's, but
the old Greyhound Bus station was not even built there at that time.  The bus station
may have been built in the late 1930's, maybe 1940.

Bob 6/11/01

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"Fred W. Schneider III" wrote:

> Another question ... the trolley bus demo was in 1936 on Grant, 6th, and
> Liberty.  Was the Greyhound terminal in the southwest former of Grant
> and Liberty extant?  I have this weird feeling that it hadn't been built
> yet.
>
> Jim Holland wrote:
> >
> > > Edward H. Lybarger wrote:
> >
> > > I believe that stack was part of the Pennsylvania Railroad's facilities.
> > > The view is not on Grant Street as has been postulated.  The view is clearly
> > > on Liberty Avenue looking east.  Note the presence of the White Tower and
> > > the absence of the Federal Reserve Bank branch and the Greyhound Terminal.
> >
> > > http://davesrailpix.railfan.net/pitts/htm/wvp53.htm
> >
> >         Had to do a double-take and recheck the photo.  If we are looking east,
> > that means the TC is heading West - toward the Point - and it did not
> > run that way.  The TC would have to run east on Liberty.
> >         And the Parking Ramp for Greyhound would be high in the immediate
> > background, and it is absent.
> >         The White Tower would be in the corner of the intersection near where
> > the 44-line would turn from 11th to Liberty.
> >         AND.......  part of the Greyhound ramp might be visible just above the
> > heads of the people standing between the auto and the front of the TC.
> > Can you see the railing there?
> >         Still believe that this is on Grant just beyond Liberty.
> >
> > --
> > James B. Holland