[PRCo] Re: Location?

[Fred Schneider]

Boulevards in Pittsburgh.  That implies a wide street.  There was one downtown
street once known as Diamond Alley.  They name was then changed to Diamond St.
Then Forbes St.  Then Forbes Avenue but it never got any wider.

The typical Pittsburgh Street has abundant width ... so wide that if a motorist
parked his car  30 cm. from the curb, the trolley would hit it.  After looking
through Charles Dengler's pictures of new PCCs, I concluded (very
unscientifically) that the typical PCC had scratches down the side from
automobiles or automobile mirrors within 30 days of delivery.  The streets were
that narrow.   This isn't to say that every route was like that.  Routes 6, 8,
10, 13, and 15 were pretty safe, but not 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 18, 19,.20, 21.  That
covers the North Side.  Most of the hilltop lines oin the South Hills 40, 44,
46, 48, 49 and 51 had very tight clearances.  Route 64 in the East End was no
picnic to run.   I'll have to drive you over some of those lines so you get a
feel for them.

Boris Cefer wrote:

> It could have some sense if it was in 40s or 50s when streets, avenues and
> boulevards of Pittsburgh were full of PCCs. The present world isn't so nice.
>
> B
>
> > Boris.  You could still  hide in the Slovak community
> > in Pittsburgh.  They would keep you.
> >
> > Harold