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Completing a century: Muni 1983-2012

Exterior of Washington Mason Cable Car House and Powerhouse During Reconstruction of Cable Car System | December 29, 1983

Final installment of our six part series on Muni’s birth and first century.

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Rails to rubber: Muni 1946-1962

Fourth of six installments in our history of Muni’s birth and first century

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Forty frustrating years underground

The idea of a transit subway under Market Street goes back to the first years of the 20th century, but it took more than 70 fitful years to become reality. That’s a complex and fascinating story we tell in this companion post, which explains the compromises that harmed Muni’s subway operation from the get-go.

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Maya Angelou, streetcar conductor: the full story

The revered poet and novelist Maya Angelou (1928-2014) has attracted growing attention for a job she briefly held as a teenager: streetcar conductor in San Francisco during World War II. Much of what gets tossed about in social media is untrue or only partly true. Here, we turn to her own words from her books and interviews to provide the fullest story possible and correct common misperceptions.

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