[PRCo] Re: Brookline Map

[Derrick Brashear]

you can get that map from the pitt digital library; they just pasted
pieces of the Hopkins atlas together.

On Mon, May 17, 2010 at 1:06 PM, Barry, Matthew R <mrb190 at pitt.edu> wrote:
> This is from the Brookline Community website.  I'd no idea that the part of Brookline Blvd. that leads off of West Liberty Avenue, was originally a road separate from the car line.  The site explains:
> In 1910 the streetcar line was double-tracked and extended into East Brookline. The Boulevard was paved and the West Liberty Development Corporation turned Brookline from a rural farming community into a residential neighborhood. As the community grew and prospered, the boulevard soon was in need of modernization. In 1935, traffic patterns were changed from Pioneer Avenue to West Liberty Avenue. The lower portion of the roadway was blocked off and renamed Bodkin Street. The boulevard was re-routed onto the trolley right-of-way, which was widened and paved for both vehicular and rail traffic.
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> http://www.brooklineconnection.com/history/images/BrookMap28a.JPG
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Derrick