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Gratitude: Big Picture and Closeup
Thanks for the Green!
One hundred Thanksgivings ago, Muni was laying streetcar track at the spot you see here, and finishing up the Stockton Tunnel in the background, all to create the original F-line, the F-Stockton, which was initially built to carry crowds to the Panama-Pacific International Exposition.
Shiny Museum for Your Shopping Spree
Flagship Powell Cable Car Slips Into Service
Without fanfare, the latest product of Muni’s able cable car shops has rejoined the fleet after a full restoration and makeover.
Archival Prints Now at our Museum and Online
Just in time for holiday giving to your San Francisco history-loving friends, eight great new images from the Market Street Railway Archives. You can view them all here. These are quality 8″x10″ prints in double 11″x14″ mattes, perfect for economical ready-made frames in that standard size.
Taking “White” Literally
Beyond the cool historic streetcars, cable cars, and buses, Muni Heritage Weekend taught some important social history lessons as well. One was part of the program: a tribute to the late Maya Angelou for her teen-age persistence in becoming the first female African-American streetcar conductor in San Francisco. St. Ignatius senior Johnnae D. Sanders gave wonderful readings that illuminated that story both days of the festival. The next issue of our Member newsletter, Inside Track, out at the end of the year, will dive more deeply into Angelou’s pioneering transit role.
Streetcars Help Sell Prop. A
San Francisco voters approved Proposition A on the November 4 ballot. It required two-thirds to pass and garnered better than 71%, a strong showing. This means $500 million in new general obligation bonds for capital improvements to San Francisco’s transportation system, including Muni, bicycle infrastructure, streets, and pedestrian safety.
Muni Heritage Weekend a Huge Success
Muni Heritage Weekend drew thousands of San Franciscans and visitors to the Ferry Building area November 1-2, both for the rare opportunity to ride a mix of vintage streetcars, cable cars, and buses, and for a variety of other family-friendly attractions. The event was co-sponsored by Muni’s parent, the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA), and Market Street Railway.
Great Heritage Saturday! Come Sunday!
What a start to Muni Heritage Weekend on Saturday (November 1, 2014). 1938 White motor coach No. 042, Muni’s oldest surviving bus, was packed with happy riders all day.The only remaining original O’Farrell, Jones & Hyde cable car drew stares and shutterbugs all along the California cable car line on every run.San Francisco’s two oldest surviving passenger streetcars, No. 578 (1896, above) and Muni’s famed No. 1 (1912, below) were the stars of the streetcar show. No. 578 in particular, caught the fancy of Chronicle reporter Jaxon Van Derbeken, who wrote a great story for Sunday’s paper.Adding greatly to the historic context of the day, Saint Ignatius Senior Johnnae D. Saunders read Maya Angelou’s story of how she, when even younger than Johnnae, persevered to become San Francisco’s first African-American female streetcar conductor in 1944.
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