1955 Detroit Street Car - Unknown Street?

Anyone know what street this photo is from? :confused:

http://detroittransithistory.info/DS...f_1100x749.jpg

I am taking a guess, saying Woodward Avenue north of McNichols. The streetcar tracks ran in the median strip there. At the Fairgrounds the streetcars went into the turn-around and headed back south on Woodward.

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Originally Posted by Stinger4me

I am taking a guess, saying Woodward Avenue north of McNichols. The streetcar tracks ran in the median strip there. At the Fairgrounds the streetcars went into the turn-around and headed back south on Woodward.

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Yep, but no need to guess. This photo appears on the excellent detroittransithistory.info web site, captioned as follows: "Farther south along Woodward, mid-way between Seven Mile Road and McNichols [[Six Mile), car #227 heads north along the center median PRW while between Savannah and Nevada streets [[across from Palmer Park). Since the taking of this photo in 1955, Gib Bergstrom Used Cars and the Log Cabin Lanes bowling alley [[hidden behind PCC car) have been remodeled and taken over by the Park Motor Sales/Lincoln-Mercury dealership, which closed its doors in late 2009."

Great pic. I lament the fact we literally had mass transit in place and got rid of it for the various reasons we don't need to rehash.

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Originally Posted by mikeg19

Great pic. I lament the fact we literally had mass transit in place and got rid of it for the various reasons we don't need to rehash.

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Not to mention that street car looks much cooler than today's busses.

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Originally Posted by downtownguy

Not to mention that street car looks much cooler than today's busses.

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You just have not seen the right buses:
http://www.d.umn.edu/~jschwetm/fall2...chaelAbdi.html

:)

^^I think I've been on that bus but it carried the D-DOT logo at the time.