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Article: A Street Car Named 'Survivor': New Orleans' Historic Streetcars Return To Famed Garden District This Saturday.
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- PR Newswire
- Article date:
- November 10, 2007
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NEW ORLEANS, Nov. 10 /PRNewswire/ -- On Saturday, Nov. 10 New Orleans' most venerable survivors -- the historic 1920 era double-ended green streetcars -- will once again roll down the grassy esplanade on St. Charles Avenue into the heart of the world-famous Garden District on the oldest continually operating streetcar line in the world. The line will reopen to Napoleon Avenue during a special ceremony at Napoleon Avenue and St. Charles Avenue on Nov. 10 at 2 p.m. The entire line is expected to reopen in Spring 2008.
(Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20071110/NYSA008 )
Out of commission for more than two years, the streetcar line suffered ...