[PRCo] Ivory Towers

[Bob Rathke]

I don't think that there are any NON-cops living in the Ivory Avenue area.
Ivory Towers (west of Perrysville and Ivory Avenues) and just southwest of
the old Keating Carbarn site, was one of the first single family
subdivisions built within the City of Pittsburgh limits.  Many Pittsburgh
policemen live there because it is a suburban location that satisfies the
City's residency requirement.

By the way, in the early 60's PRC painted a PCC for Ivrory Towers.  The car
was painted an ivory color during the time that houses were being sold
there, and it had wording to the effect, "Take this car to Ivory Towers."
Unlike most of the other ad-cars that ran only on 22-Crosstown at that time,
the Ivory Towers car ran on 8-Perrysville, and probably 10-West View too.

Bob 2/28/04

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark McGuire" <macmarka at netzero.net>
To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
Sent: Friday, February 27, 2004 10:55 PM
Subject: [PRCo] Re: Location?


>
>  Gee, Fred! I'd love to tour the North Side and East End with you
> sometime. I never ventured into these areas very much when I lived
> in Pittsburgh. Had the streetcars still been running when I was a teen,
> I'd have been all over the system I'm sure. I was relegated to just
> 42/38, 35, 36, and 49Arlington-Warrington. My mother went to Perry
> High on the North Side. My brother, who is a city cop, lives on Ivory
> Ave.(isn't this near Evergreen?). I'd love to see where the streetcars
> once ran.
>   I plan on being at PTM for the rollout of Red Arrow 14 June 26th.
>
>                         Mark Mc
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