Still Time to Join the Dallas PCC Charter Aug. 4
Interior of PCC No. 1009, vandalized and burned by homeless, leaving San Francisco for restoration, 2010.
Interior of PCC No. 1009, vandalized and burned by homeless, leaving San Francisco for restoration, 2010.
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.
PCC No. 1060 enlivens the scene at Seventh and Market Streets. (c) Melissa Wuschnig.
Something about the poet and author Dr. Maya Angelou escaped most people’s attention, until now. She was once employed by our namesake, Market Street Railway Company, Muni’s old competitor, as a streetcar conductor. The first black female conductor in San Francisco history, in fact.
Newly restored PCC No. 1009, honoring Dallas Railway & Terminal, takes the turn from Steuart onto Mission as part of its shuttle loop, March 13, 2013. Rick Laubscher photo. Click to enlarge.