[PRCo] Re: Ivory Towers

[John F Bromley]

You sort of blew this one, Bob.  There were TWO Ivory Towers Cars, 1699 and
later 1605 (after it shed a Chrysler advert).  I have views of both.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bob Rathke" <bobrathke at comcast.net>
To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
Sent: Saturday, February 28, 2004 10:14 AM
Subject: [PRCo] Ivory Towers


> 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
>
> -----------------------------
> ----- 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
> RR
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