Allentown is one of two neighborhoods in Pittsburgh where the streetcars
still run on the street. Beechview is the other
one. But Beechview, where all the light-rail traffic from all the South
Hills routes is funneled through the center of the neighborhood, takes
its streetcars for granted. Allentown, on the other hand, fought long and
hard to keep its pokey little branch line. The fight was worth it. The
Allentown
Trolley not only links Allentown to downtown, but it also gives the
neighborhood an active spine along Warrington Avenue.
Allentown's steep hills can create curious only-in-Pittsburgh phenomena
like this attic garage on Arlington Avenue.
TRANSIT:
Visit
Allentown on the Route
52 streetcar, otherwise known as the the Allentown Trolley.
