[PRCo] Re: Streetcars in the Strip District?

[Dwight Long]

Derrick

Please explain how Rt. 50 diverged from Rt 51, or even vice versa!

Dwight

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Derrick Brashear" <shadow at gmail.com>
To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementix.org>
Sent: Monday, August 29, 2011 4:42 PM
Subject: [PRCo] Re: Streetcars in the Strip District?


> On Mon, Aug 29, 2011 at 1:20 PM, John Swindler <j_swindler at hotmail.com> 
> wrote:
>>
>>
>> Might have to stop at Quips tomorrow for another dose of 'fish and 
>> chips'.
>
> the special today at Pipers' Pub was fish & chips, but i had curry
> chips. as hot as they'd make the curry. as usual, i made the cook sad
> when i
> said "not hot enough". he said "next time, ghost peppers." i said "bring 
> it".
>
> 19th and carson, so basically a block from where the 50 diverged from
> the 51, and on the route of the 77/54.
>
> today, we have the 48 sort of in place of the 50, which existed and
> then got axed because transit funding is not acceptable in the current
> economic and political climate, and the 54 because flying fractions are 
> scary.
>
> pipers' is newer than the carlines, as is the owner's former
> restaurant, which was a steakhouse and is now a pub, across the
> street.
> perhaps not surprisingly, i know the gentleman that now owns that
> place as well, as the people who are interested in the neighborhood
> as opposed to just filling people  with alcohol until they puke are
> all interesting people are interested in their business and their
> clientele,
> and are friends to the neighborhood.
>
>
> the 50 ended shy of becks run, which was also past the end of the
> shuttle to 36th and carson. currently, becks runs is one way up/west,
> as South Pittsburg Water (now PA-American Water)
> rebuilds their infrastructure.
>
>
>
> -- 
> Derrick
>