Comments on: DHC Lunch & Learn Series: The History of the Streetcar in Atlanta

By: Christie

Christie — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 23:37:20 +0000

I used to live in Lenox Place. The story I heard was not that the streetcar went through the neighborhood but that the streets were so narrow because it was a streetcar neighborhood. This meant th.t most people living there used the streetcars to commute to work and therefore there weren’t a lot of cars in the neighborhood.

By: Patrick Sullivan

Patrick Sullivan — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 22:46:23 +0000

DudeinDecatur and Green Tea,

As part of our study with the GA DOT, we have developed a series of map layers for each of the streetcar companies that have operated in the metro Atlanta area. This information will will soon be available on-line in a website that our company (New South Associates) is developing with the DOT and as downloadable GIS data.

For those who are interested in taking a look at the context report, you can download a .pdf copy under the Historic Contexts category at:

http://www.dot.ga.gov/informationcenter/programs/environment/resources/outreach/Pages/Reports.aspx

Thanks,

Patrick

By: GreenTea

GreenTea — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 21:24:41 +0000

From the SaportaReport, a 1940 metro Atlanta streetcar map, which includes Decatur: http://saportareport.com/blog/2010/03/atlanta-can-recapture-the-transit-network-it-once-had/atlanta-1940-streetcar-map/

By: DudeinDecatur

DudeinDecatur — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 20:28:52 +0000

is there a map online of where the street car went around decatur? i’ve heard it went through lenox place neighborhood before