Keeping History on Track

I saw a rumor on the internets the other day, to the effect that the demise of the Waterfront Streetcar came about in the dark night that the tunnel deal was struck by the minions of Lucifer, and if the tunnel is built, the streetcar can never come back. This (need I say it?) is total B-S.

The streetcar, in fact, was edged out by the Waterfront Sculpture Park, pushed out, and then allowed to die by politicians who had other things on their minds.

And this is a good example of how the fervent opposition to the tunnel is trying to re-arrange the past and future to fit their narrative. In reality, the best chance of getting the streetcar back is to see the elevated AWV off the stage and bring in the streetcar to replace it- not as a highway, but as a qualified user of some of the upgraded waterfront we’ll have when the AWV is not overhead.