Were Twin Cities business districts designed around streetcars?

Yes The once robust Twin Cities streetcar organization was a major driver for commerce and shaped various business districts across Minneapolis and St Paul Commercial areas that grew along former Twin Cities trolley stops and streetcar routes include North First Hennepin and th Northeast Avenues as well as Lake Street in Minneapolis and University Snelling Payne and Selby Avenues in St Paul The Twin Cities streetcar has a long history dating back to the s At its height in the early s the Twin City Rapid Transit Company had miles of track in the Twin Cities and surrounding metro area operated more than streetcars and carried over million passengers a year The last streetcar made a final run in June of as people moved to the suburbs and automobile ownership rose according to the Minnesota Digital Library This fact brief is responsive to conversations such as this one MinnPost partners with Gigafact to produce fact briefs bite-sized fact checks of trending indicates Read our methodology to learn how we check asserts Sources MinnPost The secret sauce for the best streets in the Twin Cities is geography mixed with neglect over the years Minnesota Star Tribune Twin Cities work live buildings have roots in the streetcar era Minnesota Digital Library Twin Cities Streetcars The Rise and FallMapping Prejudice The University of Minnesota Race and the streetcar suburb Saint Paul Historical Frogtown Centers of Commerce Minnesota Digital Library Main Streets The post Were Twin Cities business districts designed around streetcars appeared first on MinnPost