Galveston I Love You, But You're Bringing Me Down - Page 3

llamaorama · #41 Posted **Aug 14, 2011, 7:26 PM**

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They have a streetcar, but for some reason it's not operational.

The trolley barn and the entire fleet of streetcars were destroyed after Ike and there hasn't been an effort to get new ones.

photoLith · #42 Posted **Aug 14, 2011, 8:32 PM**

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Originally Posted by LSyd

hey PL, mind if i put a link to my thread from last year on this one?

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Nope, go ahead.

And all the trolleys were destroyed? That sucks, I was wondering why they werent running. I remember riding them as a little kid and they were awesome.

xzmattzx · #43 Posted **Aug 15, 2011, 12:17 AM**

Nice pictures! You captured a lot of grit in the beginning. The Downtown Area seems pretty nice.

photoLith · #44 Posted **Aug 15, 2011, 3:46 AM**

Ive been reading that they are in the process of restoring the trolley lines, but all 4 of their trolleys were destroyed in the Hurricane basically so they need to buy new ones and obviously since Republicans are cutting all funding to anything that benefits society it will probably be a long time until they can repair the ones that were badly damaged or buy new ones. But, at least they havent just given up on them.

LSyd · #45 Posted **Aug 15, 2011, 11:08 AM**

my pics of Galveston from April 2010

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urbanactivist · #46 Posted **Aug 15, 2011, 2:03 PM**

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Originally Posted by LSyd

my pics of Galveston from April 2010

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Wow LSyd and PL... really awesome threads!! I did one of Galveston that was actually 1 week before Hurricane Ike. I need to get back to the island and do some comparison photos.

But wow... Galveston tells the story of a very different Texas. One that cared about people and quality of life over fundy Christian kookery. The fact that these people cared so much that they raised the entire city by 17 feet and built the seawall. Painstaking hard work, but they did it. Today in this state, you have to beg and plead just to get a sidewalk fixed.