I don't know if I would consider the locations in this film, Northeast Philadelphia. For instance, Germantown Ave. is nowhere near the Northeast. Otherwise a good film.
@Jeffbear1 I am a Philadelphia native, and I still reside in the city! I have some old letter head stationary and post cards that actually read German Town, Pa. And oddly, they do not even reference the area as being part of Philadelphia. These post cards are from around 1910. The same held true for Manayunk, Pa. and Fox Chase, Pa. All are part of Philadelphia county. I am also well aware of how it is spelled today, lol. I also have relatives who reside in Germantown and West Mt, Airy.
@italobambino43 Oh by the way, Germantown is one word. It's a section {or neighborhood} in Philly. There is also a Germantown Avenue, on which the Rt. 23 trolley ran. Germantown is a very historic area, with buildings dating back to the 1700's and 1800's.
Beginning at 1:32 the trolley is in Frankford on Frankford Ave. and turns on right onHunting Park Ave. and right on the corner is my old high school Northeast Catholic High School For Boys as you can see the outside fence!
@Jeffbear1 Some of the early pcc's still sported the original Gold body with white roof and maroon stripe paint scheme in the 70's, I used to always see a Rt.23 car that was gold, and of course it had the Septa emblem on the side. I heard this from a retired motorman once, he said the first shipment of PCC'served the Rt. 53 first in German Town! Some were painted either mint or gold metalic !
PTC the 6 bus used to come to Willow Grove amusement park I live up the street from the park the heights it was called Crestmont Willow Grove all the same
@Jeffbear1 I have two films that were produced, one in 1938 for the PRT, these were most likely made for the stock holders. The 1938 film shows the PCC's being introduced, they were coming over the Chestnut street bridge with police escort, and hey were done up in what looked like gold, maybe it looked gold because of the pictures age. The other film was1950, and that was color to, it shows a Rt. 53 car in what appeared to be a light Gold, once again maybe it was the films age.
@Tubes12AX7k Well, sadly those areas have changed, Allegheny at the junction with Glenwood avenue is more like the beginning of Northwest Philadelphia, it is a rough area today. In 1950 it was still post war, and there was still a lot of industry along Glenwood avenue keeping those neighborhoods alive.
@Jeffbear1 My copies are good, I agree with you they are silver! Just at a glance they looked gold! However, in the late 70's Septa did sport gold and white on some of the PCC's, I do recall that, I took the 23 every day, some of the cars were still done up in the bicentennial motif with the "Gulf Oil" colors to.
I remember all of those locations myself. Infact, I filmed at those locations about ten years later. Air-electric PCC car 2047, on Rt. 47 clearly shows the "gray" roof that I remember so well when I was a kid growing up in Philly. Yes, it was "gray", not silver !! Some people today insist it was silver. As far as I know, only "some" of the 1947 2700 series all-electric cars had a silver roof when delivered. The 1948 2100 series all-electric PCC cars were delivered with gray roofs.
@italobambino43 The gold paint scheme was certainly "not" the original colors of those cars. SEPTA painted some in that scheme in the 1970's to match their new buses at the time. The original PCC cars on Rt. 53 {Wayne Ave.} were silver and cream with royal blue pin striping and belt rail. I have actual color phptos from the time. They arrived in 1938. During WW II, PTC changed the paint scheme to green and cream with a gray roof and maroon pin striping and belt rail. I have color photos.
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What a great, beautiful and thriving area....back then. You’d be hard pressed to walk in that neighborhood alone now. Wish I was born before then to see a city grow. Sadly to see most of it in such disarray now.
Need to reconsider the name of this video. The only one even close to Northeast Philly is Hunting Park and Frankford Avenues. Everything else is northwest or just north. Please do some homework before we just throw a name on things. Thanks.
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Can’t help noticing the difference in Phila streets from 1950 until now. Streets are clean, no druggies laying around. Do you see this Mr. Mayor. You and your political pals are responsible for this. Watch UA-cam for any Kensington video.
@italobambino43 Rest assured they were not gold. I'd gladly E-Mail you color photos of the the cars from that era if I had your E-Mail address. Send me a private massage with your E-Mail address. I have both of those promotional films that you speak of. One is black and white and the other film is in in color. Both are transferred to video. Your copies must be bad if the cars look gold.
My uncle was a driver on one of those trolley routes!Those were the days!People were curtious,mannered,respectful. ..
I loved riding those trolley cars. Took me to High School for four years, just loved to ride on them!
I lived around the corner of the car barn so they called it. My grand mom took the forty eight every day to work. Such good memories. Thanks. ❤❤
@Tubes12AX7k
Yes, those were sections of North and North-west Philadelphia in 1950! Philadelphia's city scape was and is very distinctive!
I grew up riding the trolleys and subways in Philly. Great to look back through a window to history. Good job. Thanks!
Since when is Germantown Ave. in Northeast Philly? I think you mean Northwest.
I don't know if I would consider the locations in this film, Northeast Philadelphia. For instance, Germantown Ave. is nowhere near the Northeast. Otherwise a good film.
@Jeffbear1
I am a Philadelphia native, and I still reside in the city! I have some old letter head stationary and post cards that actually read German Town, Pa. And oddly, they do not even reference the area as being part of Philadelphia. These post cards are from around 1910. The same held true for Manayunk, Pa. and Fox Chase, Pa. All are part of Philadelphia county. I am also well aware of how it is spelled today, lol. I also have relatives who reside in Germantown and West Mt, Airy.
I also have a post card that says German Town, Pa.
@italobambino43 Oh by the way, Germantown is one word. It's a section {or neighborhood} in Philly. There is also a Germantown Avenue, on which the Rt. 23 trolley ran. Germantown is a very historic area, with buildings dating back to the 1700's and 1800's.
And by the way, that's North Philly, not Northeast Philly.
None of these locations are in the northeast
Frankford and Hunting Park is probably what earned that label.
Beginning at 1:32 the trolley is in Frankford on Frankford Ave. and turns on right onHunting Park Ave. and right on the corner is my old high school Northeast Catholic High School For Boys as you can see the outside fence!
@Jeffbear1
Some of the early pcc's still sported the original Gold body with white roof and maroon stripe paint scheme in the 70's, I used to always see a Rt.23 car that was gold, and of course it had the Septa emblem on the side. I heard this from a retired motorman once, he said the first shipment of PCC'served the Rt. 53 first in German Town! Some were painted either mint or gold metalic !
PTC the 6 bus used to come to Willow Grove amusement park I live up the street from the park the heights it was called Crestmont Willow Grove all the same
Was Willow Grove amusement park ever called Six Gun Territory or West Point Park. I went to both in the early 70's
What wasit like in Philly back in the 50s? Some of those areas nowadays are not quite the greatest places to be.
@Jeffbear1
I have two films that were produced, one in 1938 for the PRT, these were most likely made for the stock holders. The 1938 film shows the PCC's being introduced, they were coming over the Chestnut street bridge with police escort, and hey were done up in what looked like gold, maybe it looked gold because of the pictures age. The other film was1950, and that was color to, it shows a Rt. 53 car in what appeared to be a light Gold, once again maybe it was the films age.
Mark Conti Yo dude, don’t talk about em,get em, clean em up and post em! Peace, Rocky
I was living near Kensington & Alleghemey at the time and I remember The? Double enders
@Tubes12AX7k
Well, sadly those areas have changed, Allegheny at the junction with Glenwood avenue is more like the beginning of Northwest Philadelphia, it is a rough area today. In 1950 it was still post war, and there was still a lot of industry along Glenwood avenue keeping those neighborhoods alive.
That's North. Northwest begins near Wayne Junction
@Jeffbear1
My copies are good, I agree with you they are silver! Just at a glance they looked gold! However, in the late 70's Septa did sport gold and white on some of the PCC's, I do recall that, I took the 23 every day, some of the cars were still done up in the bicentennial motif with the "Gulf Oil" colors to.
I remember all of those locations myself. Infact, I filmed at those locations about ten years later. Air-electric PCC car 2047, on Rt. 47 clearly shows the "gray" roof that I remember so well when I was a kid growing up in Philly. Yes, it was "gray", not silver !! Some people today insist it was silver. As far as I know, only "some" of the 1947 2700 series all-electric cars had a silver roof when delivered. The 1948 2100 series all-electric PCC cars were delivered with gray roofs.
@italobambino43 The gold paint scheme was certainly "not" the original colors of those cars. SEPTA painted some in that scheme in the 1970's to match their new buses at the time.
The original PCC cars on Rt. 53 {Wayne Ave.} were silver and cream with royal blue pin striping and belt rail. I have actual color phptos from the time. They arrived in 1938. During WW II, PTC changed the paint scheme to green and cream with a gray roof and maroon pin striping and belt rail. I have color photos.
Alright already, all u Philly experts, why don’t you thank LVT812, for some of the best 2:23 that you’ll never live (or again).I’m from S. Camden and I’ll take all ya got ! Peace, Rocky
When I moved to Juniata Park in 1955 I was a 10 !minute walk from the Erie Torresdale El stop
Very nice
What a great, beautiful and thriving area....back then. You’d be hard pressed to walk in that neighborhood alone now. Wish I was born before then to see a city grow. Sadly to see most of it in such disarray now.
Need to reconsider the name of this video. The only one even close to Northeast Philly is Hunting Park and Frankford Avenues. Everything else is northwest or just north. Please do some homework before we just throw a name on things. Thanks.
Germantown, West Philadelphia, etc were Bouroughs at one time and not part of the city.
None of these shots include Northeast Philadelphia
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NONE of these clips were from Northeast Philadelphia. I grew up there I should know.
This is not the Northeast, more like Kensington..
Some people refer to Kensington as the lower NE. I know
Most of these not NE
Not northeast Philly!
Can’t help noticing the difference in Phila streets from 1950 until now. Streets are clean, no druggies laying around. Do you see this Mr. Mayor. You and your political pals are responsible for this. Watch UA-cam for any Kensington video.
@italobambino43 Rest assured they were not gold. I'd gladly E-Mail you color photos of the the cars from that era if I had your E-Mail address. Send me a private massage with your E-Mail address. I have both of those promotional films that you speak of. One is black and white and the other film is in in color. Both are transferred to video. Your copies must be bad if the cars look gold.
Average car was bigger than a SUV. 🤣
It's time to take back our neighborhood !!!! ....get em outta here ....where the hell is danny Aiello and jan-michael vincent when you need them !!!!