[PRCo] Re: Allegheny

[mtoytrain at bellsouth.net]

Memorys of the Northside, living in Allison Park, about 10 miles NE of the North Side and old Allegheny, after  college I was employed at H. J. Heinz Company, and that time  was during the redevelopment of the north side and the building of Allegheny Center, was active at the Northside YMCA and often would ride a street car from 16th to the Y, also we were active members at Sandusky Street Baptist Church and t was amazed going back to Pittsburgh just a few years ago and seeing all the changes, the new expressways, the new stadiums and yet with all of the changes, the memorys of ole Allegheny still came thru.   The one thing I missed the most was seeing and hearing the PCC street cars, and would give a million to ride a street car on the North Side once again!

Jerry M
Jacksonville
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> From: "Dennis F.  Cramer" <dfc1 at alltel.net>
> Date: 2007/04/09 Mon PM 09:13:20 EST
> To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
> Subject: [PRCo] Re: Allegheny
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> I have many fond memories of the North Side from the late 50's and the 60's. 
> My grandmother lived in the Widow's Home on Taylor Avenue until she passed 
> away in 1972.  There was no indoor plumbing (other than cold running water) 
> for quite a while.  I remember vividly going out back to the toilet house 
> that had pit toilets for the women.  They had to heat water on a coal stove 
> to get hot water and were limited to sponge baths.
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> She was quite the lady, having lived through the Johnstown Flood of 1889. 
> My brother and I used to walk down to West Park and play with no adult 
> supervision.  It was a different world.  Unfortunately, she was mugged a few 
> times in her early 90's, but that did not deter her from walking to church 
> and the corner market.
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> I drove over to Taylor Avenue for the first time in many years last summer 
> and found they are gutting and remodeling the Widow's Home into apartments. 
> Anna Nicholson Cramer and all of those other women, including the matron, 
> would be amazed at the change.
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> It was never a fancy place, but it was her home and all she could afford as 
> a widow who not only buried her husband, but more than half of her adult 
> children.
> 
> Living in Allegheny County for 9 years and visiting through the 60's gave me 
> many fond memories of Pittsburgh and her railways.
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> 
> Dennis Fred Cramer
>      Trombone 
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