Inman Park Trolley Barn on Edgewood Avenue Streetcar Line Atlanta’s first electric streetcar line was introduced in 1889 and operated on private funds. And it was profitable. The streetcar ran from Joel Hurt’s downtown skyscraper, the Hurt Building, along Edgewood Avenue to Inman Park. Edgewood Avenue was originally built for horsecars but electric streetcars replaced them just 3 years later. Just like the Atlanta & Edgewood Street Railway, BeltLine … [Read more...]
Hoverboards, Flying Cars, and Wireless Solar Streetcars
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One of the speakers at the ribbon cutting for the Atlanta Streetcar congratulated the city and then wondered, “What’s next? Hoverboards and flying cars?” A fair question.That’s what the Back to the Future movies predicted for 2015, right? Although hoverboards and flying cars (of a sort) may actually be available, they’re still financially out of reach for the majority of us. Or they catch on fire. There is a technological advancement for the Streetcar that is well within our grasp and one … [Read more...]
P3 Could Fast Track Streetcars on the BeltLine
Atlanta’s very first electric streetcar was an entirely private venture. Joel Hurt owned some dirt outside the city that he developed into Inman Park, Atlanta’s first planned subdivision. In 1886 Hurt connected Inman Park to his Equitable Building, Atlanta’s first downtown skyscraper, with a streetcar that ran east and west on Edgewood Avenue. The Atlanta and Edgewood Street Railway Company would claim yet another first as America’s first profitable streetcar line. The era of the … [Read more...]
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