Co-founder of Market Street Railway and respected San Francisco historian Paul Rosenberg has passed away after an extended illness. He was 72.
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Geneva Car Barn & Powerhouse Gets Funding
[caption id="attachment_9866" align="alignleft" width="700"] Here’s an artist’s concept of how the restored Geneva Car Barn and Powerhouse might look, looking southwest across the intersection of Geneva and San Jose Avenue.[/caption]
Boston’s Back in Business
Private Cruise on the Boat Tram, Just for You, June 4
UPDATE: This event is SOLD OUT. If you’d like to be the first to know when our next trolley tour will happen, ask to be added to our excursion notification list by emailing us at info@streetcar.org.
Shoppers’ Shuttle
In the early 1950s, as tens of thousands of San Francisco families decamped for the new surrounding suburbs, merchants grew more and more anxious about getting customers into their stores. Muni’s response: a “Shoppers’ Shuttle” — actually two of them, one serving Market Street/Union Square and one the “Miracle Mile of Mission” between about 16th Street and Army Street (now Cesar Chavez Street).
Happy 125th to San Francisco Electric Streetcars
[caption id="attachment_9538" align="alignright" width="700"] Double-ended San Mateo Streetcar 25 at Geneva Car House Yard | Circa March 1903. SFMTA Photo Archives.[/caption]
Muni Heritage Weekend Confirmed for Sept. 9-10
First Rebuilt PCC, Honoring Harvey Milk, to be Welcomed Back March 15
Buses & Streetcars: New Exhibit at SF Railway Museum
[caption id="attachment_9435" align="alignleft" width="700"] View Northeast on Market Street From 2nd Street | March 29, 1951. SFMTA Archives[/caption]
Great Displays at SF History Days March 4-5
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