St. Louis Streetcar scenes 1964

Suburban Lou · #1 Posted **Jul 13, 2008, 8:41 AM**

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Ex-Ithacan · #2 Posted **Jul 13, 2008, 10:58 PM**

I liked it. Cool old streetcars, and plenty of great old autos with the big fins. Thanks for sharing your find Sub Lou.

vertex · #3 Posted **Jul 14, 2008, 1:29 AM**

I like the guy running to jump on the streetcar at 1:08. You never see that anymore.

Well, maybe on SF cable cars...

STLgasm · #4 Posted **Jul 17, 2008, 4:17 PM**

The music is so silly! God, what I would give to have those streetcars back.

ThreeOneFour · #5 Posted **Sep 10, 2008, 3:49 AM**

Absofuckinglutely sweet! Like Gasm, I'd give anything to have the streetcars back. It's great to see how lively the St. Louis street scene was then as well.

I particularly dig the segment featuring Olive Street downtown- you can see the Scruggs Vandervoort & Barney department store (now the Syndicate Lofts/Ninth Street Garage) in the background, along with the Old Post Office, the Chemical Building (now called the Alexa), and the Famous-Barr (now Macy's) skybridge.

SuburbanNation · #6 Posted **Sep 13, 2008, 6:31 AM**

For better or worse, I dig the typical 60% of mid 20th century St. Louis footage that leaves me thinking WHERE THE F*&^ is THAT?

CGII · #7 Posted **Sep 20, 2008, 2:06 AM**

That's one of the coolest films I've ever seen. I mean, I've seen lots of streetcars and love them but I've never really seen them in action. They just kind of had this magical floating air about them...it looked beautiful, I doubt we'll ever have anything like them again.