[PRCo] Re: Allegheny

[hwandrews at wowway.com]

All of us have fond memories from our youth... for it I look back on the 
late '50 and early '60.  Mom would let me hope the shuttle bus in front of 
the house to the Grove to catch the streetcar.  I then rode over over the 
city...  Buhl Planetarium, Carnegie Museum, or just downtown to Bill and 
Walt's to look at the model trains I couldn't afford to buy.

My early youth was spent in Mt. Oliver - where I could walk across the 
street to the corner store and fill my tummy with penny candy - FOR A 
PENNY!  Mom and I would walk up to the grocery store on Brownsville and ride 
the trolley home.  On a Saturday my older sister would take me into the 
movie theather on Brownsville for a Matinee.  And I remember my kindergarten 
class taking a ride on the Knoxville Incline.  Two years ago I drove through 
Mt Oliver - it looked like a war zone!  I would not want to walk the streets 
there for anything.

Nor would I let me grandkids hop on public transportation to go crosstown 
like I did - I'd be afraid they would never come back.  Guess my point is 
times change... don't know if it is for the better or worst.  But I will 
point out that for our children/grandchildren these will be "the good old 
days".

Howard

On Mon, 9 Apr 2007 23:33:44 -0400, Fred Schneider wrote
> I guess we all have our memories of the Nor'side.
> 
> My Grandma Rebele .....

> ... get  this guys ... a camera store and an Isalys.    I've added a 
> link to a  google map showing that area today.
>