[PRCo] Re: McKeesport 1953

[Fred Schneider]

And sadly, the 30K that still live there are mostly the ones who can't get
out.

Derrick J Brashear wrote:

> On Mon, 12 Jan 2004, Harold Geissenheimer wrote:
>
> > McKeesport had a daily newspaper...Is it still there?
>
> Daily News; Still at the corner of Lysle Boulevard (Jerome St) and Walnut
> St.
>
> > They had rail commuter service and it was a stop on mainline B&O trains.
>
> They had commuter rail service until 1989, and Amtrak service until a few
> years later.
>
> > PRC trolleys connected to downtown PGH via two routes
>
> 56C and 61C buses still approximate those routes.
>
> > They had a good downtown.  A Sgt in my National Guard unit
> > operated a family owned rug business...Sam Dougherty on 5th Ave
> > It was still there two years ago.
>
> It was still there the last time I was through and paying attention, but
> my wife doesn't live in Versailles anymore, so it's not that frequent
> anymore.
>
> > A good hospital...and lets not forget Dr Hunt
>
> The hospital is still there.
>
> > What is the current population?  Used to be about 65 K I believe.
>
> I'd guess under 30k.
>
> The author of that site, incidentally, was a student at CMU a year behind
> me. He's now Pitt's webmaster (so he told me earlier today)