[PRCo] Re: McKeesport 1953

[Harold Geissenheimer]

Fred and all

Thats the problem.  With few exceptions in Europe (UK, Belgium, Russia and Ruhr) they have
maintained theor cities and small towns.

Its wrong in my opinion to throw a community away.  Its not something
to be proud of.

McKeesport was a big player in winning World War 2.

Harold Geissenheimer


-----Original Message-----
From: Fred Schneider <fschnei at supernet.com>
Sent: Jan 13, 2004 9:10 AM
To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
Subject: [PRCo] Re: McKeesport 1953

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)