[PRCo] Historical Bldgs SF

[James B. Holland]

Good Morning!


If you are interested in Historical Bldgs in general then this one in SF 
may interest you.       It went through the earthquake and fire of 1906 
and is to be totally renovated.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/08/15/DDGM9E772S1.DTL&hw=skyscraper&sn=001&sc=1000

The third picture is a rendition of the future New Look.       You can 
see a PCC inbound on Market in the lower right, Geary runs from Market 
along the bottom of the photo, and Kearny runs up the left side - Geary 
and Kearny are both One-Way away from Market.       All Intersections 
north of Market are 3-way  --  Market and two other streets  --  and the 
rule of thumb to prevent getting lost In The Good Ol Days is that 
heading downhill on any of those streets brings one out to Market.

Muni started its first TrolleyCar line on Geary in December 1912  --  
two way in those days and 2-way until the very latter 1960s or early 
1970s.       Inbound TrolleyCars on Market had a mandatory stop where 
Geary intersects Even After Bustituted to check for inbound Transit 
Vehicles onto Market from Geary - these vehicles had the row.

The 4th picture shows an actual PCC outbound on Market at Kearny  --  
didn't show in the newspaper itself  --  this area very dark!



Jim__Holland


I__Like__Ike.......And__PCCs!!

down with pantographs ---- UP___WITH___TROLLEYPOLES!!!!!!!