[PRCo] Re: Rt 56 ROW

[Edward H. Lybarger]

Derrick meant that Century III is very poorly patronized now...headed along
the lines of what happened in downtown McKeesport. There are fancier
shopping centers on South Side and on the site of the Homestead Works.

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[mailto:pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementix.org] On Behalf Of Fred
Schneider
Sent: Monday, August 08, 2011 10:54 AM
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Subject: [PRCo] Re: Rt 56 ROW

How now brown cow.....

Yes, Derrick, I saw if after I mailed it.   Goes back to the adage one
cannot proofread his or her own work.   


On Aug 7, 2011, at 11:28 PM, Derrick Brashear wrote:

> On Sun, Aug 7, 2011 at 9:34 PM, Fred Schneider <fwschneider at comcast.net>
wrote:
>> And 55,000 people lived in McKeesport in 1940.    In 2010 the population
was 19,731 ... 64% of the population had flown the coup.
>> 
>> Homestead borough, which the 56 carline skirted was down to 3,165 people
in 2010.  More than 20,000 people lived there in 1920.   In the 1940s the
mill was explanded and half the town's housing was ripped down.   The
trolleys were run into Homestead to serve a mill and 20,000 people ... kind
of useless when you've lost 85% of your business.
>> 
>> However, to partially dispute what George said, a lot of those people
from McKeesport and Homestead also wound up living in newer homes out along
the 56 car line.   I can look at Google maps just like the rest of you and
find those houses and some were within walking distance of the car line ...
many were ... BUT THEY ALL GARAGES AND DRIVEWAYS AND MAY HAVE TWO CAR
GARAGES AND THE TROLLEY DID NOT GO TO CENTURY III MALL.
> 
> and most of those cars don't now, either.
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> Derrick
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