Drive through the city’s Fan District, largely built out during the streetcar years, and you’ll see abundant examples of this uniformity in scale, for example.

While researching the the streetcar's current popularity, the term "streetcar suburb" didn't mean much to this editor until he realized he lived in one.

In cities across the United States, you can find examples of “streetcar suburbs” — enclaves of mostly single-family homes built between the turn of the century and the 1930s. These are often ...

Most Kansas City suburbs have stopped their transit funding in recent years, ending many of the Kansas City Area ...

Inland Northbest Cannon Streetcar Suburb working for historic district status The neighborhood surrounding Huckleberries on Monroe Street in Spokane is in the process of becoming a historic district.

The development of the streetcar made it possible for these middle-class residents to move away from the industrial neighborhoods and form suburbs from which they could commute to their jobs in the ...

The streetcar suburbs thrived and came alive with the progress. — Lawrence S. Sands is a former Medford fire chief, who lives with his wife, Janet, and white bichon frise, Bentley.

Local News Spokane City Council passes historic district designation for Cannon Streetcar Suburb The proposal passed unanimously during Monday night's meeting.

And we are called a streetcar suburb, and that attracted White, working class families to start building businesses and homes. By 1910, it was large enough that it was incorporated into a town.

Suburbs in America really got their start with the introduction of the streetcar in the late 19 th century, which spawned “streetcar suburbs” in many of the nation’s major cities. Then, the ...

The streetcar shut down March 6, 1951. “It’s been interesting how Urbandale has grown,” Gee said. “It’s a long ways from a population of less than 300 to over 40,000.