[PRCo] Re: Curb running

[Bob Rathke]

In the late 1950's, Chestnut Street (PRC routes 1 and 5) between E. Ohio St.
and Spring Garden Ave. had:

-  Al's Barber Shop

-  Hiegel's Bakery,

-  Patsy's Tavern

-  Another tavern at Tripoli St.

-  A Grocerty store at Spring Garden Ave.

- A gasoline station at Peralta St.


On route 5-Spring Hill, Itin St. and Rhine St. were both curb-running
outbound.  The retail stores served from the curb outbound:

- Hamm's Market (still there),

- Al's Shoe Repair Service

- Arbrogast's Pharmacy

- Miller's Bakery

- A hardware store at Haslage Ave. in 1956-57

- Ladesic's Tavern (still there, I think)

- Two Lutheran churches within 25 feet of each other at Walz St. (one of
them is still there)

- Miller's Meat Market (no connection with Miller's Bakery)

- Sukitch's Spring Hill Tavern (just south of the loop)


Lots of curb-running on 21-Fineview, including curb service to homeowner's
porches.  See photo I took on  April 23, 1966.  It's at
www.rr-fallenflags.org/lightrail/prc1689.jpg

Bob 3/4/05











Inbound, the trolleys ran on the left side of the streets.

- Three Rivers Aluminum Window Company

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From: "Harold G." <transitmgr2 at earthlink.net>
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> Bob, Jim and all
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> How many places did the trolley run against the curb?Chestnut-
> Spring Garden?   Any other nominations.?  There were
> not that many stores on Chestnit Street.  Harold
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> From: Bob Rathke <bobrathke at comcast.net>
> To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
> Date: Thursday, March 03, 2005 11:17 PM
> Subject: [PRCo] Re: Sneak--Peek__of__Things__To__Come...........
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> >Thanks for the photo, Jim. Does the model represent any particular street
> >street in Pittsburgh, or is it a composite model?
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> >Bob 3/3/05
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