Post by Logan on May 6, 2016 21:37:19 GMT -6
They came to be a part of history.
They came out of nostalgia.
They came because they saw streetcars as yet another sign of the economic and social resurgence of downtown Kansas City.
Shortly after 11 a.m. Friday, as the first streetcar in Kansas City since 1957 to carry regular passengers rolled away from Union Station, a huge cheer arose among the 50 passengers who had been allowed to jam inside.
“My mother used to say hell would freeze over before we had streetcars in Kansas City again,” said Randal Strong-Wallace, 47, whose mother now lives in Wichita.
As the car rolled on, seated passengers and those crammed elbow-to-elbow clasping the straps snapped cellphone pictures and video. The car followed one that carried Mayor Sly James and other dignitaries.
Read more here: www.kansascity.com/news/local/article76034492.html
They came out of nostalgia.
They came because they saw streetcars as yet another sign of the economic and social resurgence of downtown Kansas City.
Shortly after 11 a.m. Friday, as the first streetcar in Kansas City since 1957 to carry regular passengers rolled away from Union Station, a huge cheer arose among the 50 passengers who had been allowed to jam inside.
“My mother used to say hell would freeze over before we had streetcars in Kansas City again,” said Randal Strong-Wallace, 47, whose mother now lives in Wichita.
As the car rolled on, seated passengers and those crammed elbow-to-elbow clasping the straps snapped cellphone pictures and video. The car followed one that carried Mayor Sly James and other dignitaries.
Read more here: www.kansascity.com/news/local/article76034492.html