For anyone who really cares about the history and stories of this town . . . Take a look at a lovingly documented bit of local history by one of this town's best bloggers:
Ephemeral city: Transit map
The map was hanging in a local antique mall, framed and priced appropriately for an 80-year-old artifact of this town's golden age of mass transportation. It shows no date, but there are clues among its "Points of Interest." Municipal Auditorium exists (opened late 1935) as does the old city hall at Fourth and Main.
Yes, great nostalgia - a whole different World prior to World War Two, when Cities actually had a function in Society.
ReplyDeleteBut, changes in Transportation and Communications have moved on, and the phenomena of "Cities" lost all relevance. It took Millennia to develop "Cities", but only Fifty Years to destroy them.
Back in the 50's and 60's, you could take a bus just about anywhere in the metro area. They ran 24 hours a day on the busiest routes, once an hour usually. They were safe, fairly clean, and folks behaved themselves. That will NEVER come back. Too bad.
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