Sunday, February 28, 2010

First Ever

It's like the past never happened.


Beleaguered Detroit receives $25 million to help the city assemble funds for its first-ever significant transit line — a 3.4-mile light rail line up the central Woodward Avenue spine, seen as a major downtown economic stimulant and way for low-income Detroiters to access the center city.


Detroit streetcar map, 1941.

Some more streetcars that did not exist.