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Weekend Sail
Red Heritage
One of the many restored Russian trolley buses involved in the 80th anniversary celebration. Thanks to Jeff Marinoff for tipping us off to this.
Building a better Market Street
NOTE: This article was written for our member magazine, Inside Track, in 2013. Seven years later, after continuous planning for extensive changes to Market Street, City department heads announced there was no money available for most of the envisioned changes, due largely to the Covid-19 pandemic’s impact on city finances.
Reminder: It’s Muni Heritage Weekend
Scenes such as this will be common this weekend. Taken during Muni’s centennial celebration last weekend, this lineup at Market and California Streets shows (left to right) trolley coach No. 776 (1950), Muni’s Car No. 1 (1912), PCC No. 1006 (1948), and behind the trees to the right, O’Farrell, Jones & Hyde Streets cable car No. 42 (1906). Rick Laubscher photo
Trolley Dances Returns October 19-20
Last Renovated PCC Back in Town
Ride the E-line Today
Don’t worry, the arrow missed! PCC streetcar No. 1008 passes the Cupid’s Bow sculpture at Folsom and The Embarcadero, just after switching off from the tracks it shares with N- and T-line light rail vehicles. It will follow its own right-of-way to the Ferry Building, where it will join the F-line tracks to finish its journey to Fisherman’s Wharf. Adolfo Echeverry photo via the Market Street Railway Facebook group.
Rare Streetcar Scenes in Upcoming Silent Movie Showing
On Sunday, July 21, 3:30 p.m. at the Castro Theater, the San Francisco Silent Film Festival is showing a restored print of “Last Edition,” filmed in San Francisco in and around the Chronicle building in 1925. There are said to be many great streetcar scenes included in the film and even a rare glimpse of the Pacific Avenue cable car, which closed in 1929.
Photo Talk Saturday, December 8
Kevin Sheridan and Tim Baskerville will give a talk about the photos in their “Inside-Out” show on Saturday, December 8, at the Harvey Milk Photo Center, 50 Scott Street at Duboce Avenue. Take the N-Judah to the east portal of the Sunset Tunnel.
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