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
Kylee Loera’s mostly black-and-white projections strategically added atmospheric images, including the eponymous streetcar; Eric Southern’s lighting zeroed in on Blanche—in different colors—whenever she slipped into reverie.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 15, 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
He still lives in Seattle, consults for transportation clients, and joined the board of a company that locates underground utility obstacles, like those which delayed the new Tacoma Link Hilltop Extension streetcar.
From Seattle Times ● May 21, 2024
On the streetcar I sank into a seat.
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
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
Workers trudged miles to their jobs as horses were too weak to pull streetcars.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 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
In midaftemoon they took one of the last electric streetcars that still existed in the city and went to have fried fish at a stall in the market.
From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende
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