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<p>Created page with &quot;&lt;noinclude&gt;&lt;div align=right&gt;&#039;&#039;&#039;original post&#039;&#039;&#039;: [{{i/sub|$url}} Nextdoor]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/noinclude&gt; ==Post== How many folks here knew that Durham used to have a trolley system? There...&quot;</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>&lt;noinclude&gt;&lt;div align=right&gt;'''original post''': [{{i/sub|$url}} Nextdoor]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/noinclude&gt;<br /> ==Post==<br /> How many folks here knew that Durham used to have a trolley system? There are some photos here: [https://www.opendurham.org/buildings/607-611-east-main-street-streetcar-and-bus-garage 607-611 East OpenDurham: '''Main Street / Streetcar And Bus Garage''']<br /> <br /> Closest to where I live, in Duke Forest, there was a line which ended at Lakewood -- which, at the time, was a wooded lake with an amusement park and other amenities. It was apparently a wonderful place for kids and families to hang out. [https://www.opendurham.org/buildings/lakewood-shopping-center OpenDurham: '''Lakewood Shopping Center''']<br /> <br /> It's a shopping center now, almost entirely paved over for car parking. (Nothing against the shops there; it did go into a decline for awhile, but between Food Lion on one end and the crafting and thrift shops on the other, we go there quite often now.)<br /> <br /> When they were repaving the streets near there about 15 years ago, I remember noticing a patch where you could see the old street -- rails set into paving stones. (Shortly before that, on Kent Street where it runs through Morehead Cemetery, there was a pothole which revealed one of the rails.) I know it must have been a while back because I never took any photos; if I'd had a smartphone, I'm pretty sure I would have made a point of doing that.<br /> <br /> If this is the kind of &quot;great&quot; that we want to make America be again, then I'm all for it. ...but I think a lot of us are worried that we'll be going the other way.</div>

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