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Laurelhurst, the Addition with Character
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One of the secrets of the expansion of Portland's trolley system c.1900-1920 was real estate development. For example, when service began to Gresham it was a hamlet of 100 souls. A year later 1,000 people lived there. Mind you these are electric trolleys, so they bring more than a fast way to get from A to B, but light (yesteryear's Portland Railway Light and Power Company, today's PGE) and power… MODERNITY through ELECTRIFICATION ! !
Laurelhurst is no exception. This advert for the "Addition with Character" is patently false, at least in the sense that no trolley rode north-south on 39th Avenue. The Montaville Line passed in front of the Laurelhurst "gates" on Glisan, but never passed through them.
One of the secrets of the expansion of Portland's trolley system c.1900-1920 was real estate development. For example, when service began to Gresham it was a hamlet of 100 souls. A year later 1,000 people lived there. Mind you these are electric trolleys, so they bring more than a fast way to get from A to B, but light (yesteryear's Portland Railway Light and Power Company, today's PGE) and power… MODERNITY through ELECTRIFICATION ! !
Laurelhurst is no exception. This advert for the "Addition with Character" is patently false, at least in the sense that no trolley rode north-south on 39th Avenue. The Montaville Line passed in front of the Laurelhurst "gates" on Glisan, but never passed through them.
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