streetcar
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Repetitive imagery of freeways, streetcar tracks, even horses seem to torture the main characters for feeling stuck.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
Engineering student Mahmoud Bassam, 24, has visited Alexandria just to ride the streetcar "since our tram in Cairo was removed", he told AFP.
From Barron's ● Feb. 25, 2026
The commuters in “Le Métro” hark back to his early streetcar scenes but now there’s an air of mystery to the straphangers, with the central figure’s face obscured and bisected by a subway pole.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2025
An-My, you chose Robert Frank’s picture of a streetcar in New Orleans, taken that year.
From New York Times ● Jun. 3, 2024
In 1956, the last streetcar stopped running in Detroit and the Packard plant closed.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
That happened in the 1914 storms, to the bridges criss-crossed by streetcars and railroads, and to the famous pigeon farm that stood at the Y where the Arroyo Seco joined the L.A.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026
The fair featured electric lighting and electric streetcars powered by hydroelectricity generated by Niagara Falls, reflecting a moment when electricity was beginning to move from novelty toward widespread utility.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 16, 2026
Now, Egyptians young and old have flocked for farewell rides, before the streetcars come to a halt in April.
From Barron's ● Feb. 25, 2026
Scranton’s nickname, “Electric City,” stems from its being one of the first places in the U.S. to have electric streetcars.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 14, 2025
Vehicles swerved around each other and around the streetcars that ran down the center of the road.
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
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