Quote Originally Posted by bust View Post
I'll add to that it was also the stomping grounds of all kinds of predatory drug dealers later. Maybe already back then? [[If someone knows, I'm curious when drugs became a problem in the neighborhood.)

There were a lot of factors, clearly.

I wonder how much keeping the streetcars would have helped.

I'm also interested in any other theories.
Houston-Whittier from Hayes to Kelly to Harper was a vibrant and busy shopping area in the 40s and 50s. There was never a streetcar there. Today it is a wasteland.