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Article: Pride of N. Orleans - St. Charles streetcar - to clang-clang-clang Sunday.(News)
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- Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO)
- Article date:
- June 21, 2008
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Byline: Becky Bohrer, Associated Press
For the first time since Hurricane Katrina, the 1920s-era St. Charles Avenue streetcar will clack along its entire 13-mile route Sunday.
Its bell will signal that some aspects of life are returning to normal nearly three years after Katrina flooded 80 percent of the city. But the line's resurgence masks the reality that other mass transit continues to struggle.
Once the final mile or so reopens, tourists, downtown workers and bar-hopping college students will be able to ride the popular, un-air-conditioned St. Charles line from the downtown business district through mansion-lined streets nearly 24 hours a day.
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