[PRCo] Re: Carrick Car House

[mrb190]

Thanks, Bob!  I was mistaken then about the shopping center.  I know now
which shopping center is the location of the former Carrick car house.
That's an older shopping center than the one I was thinking of, which is
closer to the 53 terminus and on the other side of Brownsville.   It has a
PNC Bank in it, some small shops, and a Giant Eagle -I think- + a video
store.

Glad also that you know about the Eagles.  (I was just there on Friday night
- have you bowled those lanes, then?   Very unusual nowadays to find old
lanes like this, I'd say.  Those crazy ball returns where your ball comes
back on lane 3 and you are bowling on lane 1....)   So, now you know why I
can't imagine why this guy keeps insisting that there was a carhouse on this
site!

Matt



Bob Rathke wrote:

> The Carrick Car House site is on the northeast side of Brownville Rd.,
> about 300 ft. northwest of the intersection with Nobles Lane.  Foodland
> is the main store at the shopping center, and I believe there's a
> Duquesne Light Co. substation near the curb.  From photos I've seen, the
> present parking lot is in the area where there was open storage of
> trolleys.  My wife grew up a couple of blocks from this site, and her
> family still shops at the Foodland.
>
> I'm familiar with the Carrick Eagles location, and you're correct,
> there's a severe drop-off behind this building, and it's not too far
> from Brownsville Road.  I once bumped my forehead on the ceiling above
> the staircase at the Carrick Eagles - the stairs are steep, and the
> ceiling is low - probably to align with the drop-off in the hillside
> (we've all seen Pittsburgh houses that are two stories on the front
> side, and five stories on the rear side).
>
> Bob 5/5/01
>
> --------------------------------
>
> > > Carrick Car House torn down. Area a small shopping center.
> >
> > Interesting.  Now I know exactly where that carhouse was.  Further
> down
> > Brownsville Rd (inbound) on the same side of the street, a friend
> tells me that
> > there was a car house where the Carrick Eagles and Brownsville Inn now
> is.  I
> > find that hard to believe since those buildings are on a part of
> Brownsville that
> > is on a bluff.  Behind the buildings is a steady drop to streets
> below.   Anyone
> > know about a carhouse on this site?