[PRCo] Re: Lincoln Place

[Greg King]

Hi Matt,

Thanks for sharing those with us, never having been there but have seen
video of PCC speeding down this same track, what a shame and a waste, like
so many other short sited decisions by transit officials.

Thanks again.

Cheers
Greg in Oz
----- Original Message -----
From: "mrb190" <mrb190 at pitt.edu>
To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
Sent: Sunday, May 19, 2002 5:07 AM
Subject: [PRCo] Lincoln Place


>
> Here are some snapshots I took last year of the Lincoln Place area where
rotes
> 56 and 65 ran.
> Hope you find some enjoyment in them.  I'll only have them on the website
for a
> short time.
>
> http://www.pitt.edu/~mrb190/TWO.jpg
> http://www.pitt.edu/~mrb190/THREE.jpg
> http://www.pitt.edu/~mrb190/FOUR.jpg
> http://www.pitt.edu/~mrb190/FIVE.jpg
> http://www.pitt.edu/~mrb190/SIX.jpg
> http://www.pitt.edu/~mrb190/SEVEN.jpg
> http://www.pitt.edu/~mrb190/EIGHT.jpg
> http://www.pitt.edu/~mrb190/NINE.jpg
>
> There is a mini-mart right at the route 56 & 65 junction, just at the
point
> where the former right-of- way came up behind a trailer park off Mifflin
Road.
> (Site of the old Calhoun Amusement Park) The minimart, seen in some of
these
> pictures, was put in after the area was obviously dramatically
back-filled,
> obliterating the former sloping prw roadway.
>
> Matt
>
>