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Gowanus Lounge reports on a sad sight in Park Slope, as "hideous architecture" and history prepare to collide once again. The old SEPTA trolley car which locals had high hopes of one day seeing turned into a diner...is being deconstructed to make way for a 12-story residential complex. Will the 4th Avenue landmark be headed to the landfill? Earlier this month Brownstoner noted the construction equipment appearing in the otherwise vacant lot and the owner of the trolley commented with its long and sordid history, as well as a glimmer of hope for the future.
Trouble for the 4th Ave. Trolley?
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Why would we want a Philadelphia trolley car in NYC? Send it back and pick up one of the old subway cars they're retiring.
It was rusting away anyway. Probably would have been structurally unsound in a few more years. Whatever happened to those trolleys that used to be in Red Hook? Those would be so much more appropriate.
Old streetcars aren't probably the best thing for a diner. A hot dog or ice cream stand where customers go in would work, but that is about it. They are roughly the size of a bus and not the size of a standard train car.
They used to turn old railroad cars into diners because of the reminiscence of the Dining Car. But who today remembers train travel, other than Amtrak ( which is pretty cool going across the country )? That SEPTA car is way cool and I bet some people in Philly would happily take it back home.