With vintage video and still photos, take a round trip on the University of Minnesota's streetcar line that connected the Minneapolis and St. Paul campuses.
I still use the ravine part of the line from Cleveland to Eustis for walking and mountain biking. The county recently re-did Cleveland Ave but did not put in a culvert that could be walked or biked through to reach the campus side of Cleveland. One could maybe crawl through it. Anyway this right of way through the ravine is one of my favorite parts of the Saint Anthony Park neighborhood. I only hope it stays the way it is or gets developed into a paved trail. I always thought the line went straight west after Eustis. Makes sense that it would hook up with the Como line. I remember that shelter at Como and Eustis. You used to have to change busses, from the Como-Striker, to the Minneapolis, Como and Harriet line and wait in that shelter. I live off of Raymond Ave. right next to the new inter campus bus way. I'm glad that they allow bicycles to use it. It's an easy way to get to my dental appointments at the UofM dental school and to downtown Minneapolis.
I also wish the system had not been scrapped. Though I can also see how people saw it as antiquated. Looks like the system was poorly maintained in those later years. Even if the system had not been ripped out and covered over, major improvements would have had to been made to work in our modern era.
@@mplsmark222 You are 100% right. They still have old streetcars running in New Orleans Louisiana and many tourists from other states pay for rides with memories that last a lifetime.
The busway that runs from Huntington Bank Stadium up to the St. Paul campus was the replacement for the line, I am assuming . Took quite a few years before it was completed. I have been on the busway many times and it is a more direct route then the street car line was. Must have been treacherous driving those streets in the snow, tires on steel rails in the road. Everyone must have just driven slower back then. Thanks for sharing this glimpse not the past.
I still use the ravine part of the line from Cleveland to Eustis for walking and mountain biking. The county recently re-did Cleveland Ave but did not put in a culvert that could be walked or biked through to reach the campus side of Cleveland. One could maybe crawl through it. Anyway this right of way through the ravine is one of my favorite parts of the Saint Anthony Park neighborhood. I only hope it stays the way it is or gets developed into a paved trail. I always thought the line went straight west after Eustis. Makes sense that it would hook up with the Como line. I remember that shelter at Como and Eustis. You used to have to change busses, from the Como-Striker, to the Minneapolis, Como and Harriet line and wait in that shelter. I live off of Raymond Ave. right next to the new inter campus bus way. I'm glad that they allow bicycles to use it. It's an easy way to get to my dental appointments at the UofM dental school and to downtown Minneapolis.
Well done video and the narrator is very smart and entertaining! A well documented vintage classic!
amazing piece of film, i live a block away...wish it was still here
I also wish the system had not been scrapped. Though I can also see how people saw it as antiquated. Looks like the system was poorly maintained in those later years. Even if the system had not been ripped out and covered over, major improvements would have had to been made to work in our modern era.
@@mplsmark222 You are 100% right. They still have old streetcars running in New Orleans Louisiana and many tourists from other states pay for rides with memories that last a lifetime.
The busway that runs from Huntington Bank Stadium up to the St. Paul campus was the replacement for the line, I am assuming . Took quite a few years before it was completed.
I have been on the busway many times and it is a more direct route then the street car line was. Must have been treacherous driving those streets in the snow, tires on steel rails in the road. Everyone must have just driven slower back then.
Thanks for sharing this glimpse not the past.
Thanks again, Aaron
I HAVE BERN THERE & DONE THAT !!!
Just bring the trollys back for summer
Bring the trollys back😮😮😮😢😢😢
Please😊😊😊