[PRCo] Re: Strauss Street - North Side

[Holland Electric Rwy. Op. H.E.R.O. -- Import SPTC 1.48 Models // James B. Holland]

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Hi Matt!
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Quite a few places like that in Pittsburgh  --  the 1 and 5 lines and 
possibly the 4, the 44 and Not A Few Others.       Don't have time now 
to check them all out.
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Jim
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Matt Barry wrote:
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> OK - that makes perfect sense.  Take a look at the photo again.    
> Nothing like opening your front door and stepping right onto the 
> streetcar!
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> James B. Holland wrote:
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>> 7-Charles Street.       Near the end.       This was the outbound 
>> direction  --  line looped to Charles to come back inbound.
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>> Matt Barry wrote:
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>>> Anyone recall what carline ran on Strauss Street on the North 
>>> Side?    Not even sure where that is.   One would think this may be 
>>> the Fineview area, but Strauss does not clang any bells.
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>>> The photo is from Historic Pittsburgh, circa 1968-1970.
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>>> This is the description:
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>>> Title: Strauss Street Homes before Rehabilitation
>>> Date: ca. 1968-1970
>>> Creator: unknown
>>> Description: The Allegheny Housing Rehabilitation Corporation 
>>> (AHRCO) revitalized homes in Pittsburgh neighborhoods during the 
>>> late 1960s and early 1970s. AHRCO was founded in 1968 by Action 
>>> Housing. As a for-profit organization, it gained its finances from 
>>> forty Pittsburgh-based corporations who wanted to provide decent 
>>> housing for low and moderate-income families in the Pittsburgh 
>>> region. In 1975 Action Housing sold the company, which was later 
>>> purchased by the president of the company, Milton Washington, who 
>>> became the sole stockholder. (Note: refer to Collection No. 
>>> MSP285.B029.F39.I02 for a view of these Strauss Street homes in 
>>> Pittsburgh's North Side neighborhood after rehabilitatio
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