We seem to live in a city determined to have as many different forms of public transportation as possible. Eventually, we may need to invent an entirely new type of transit just to keep the list growing at a steady pace.

While several exciting new options (monorail, light rail, trolley) are in the planning/theoretical stages, another could be in jeopardy. The ever-lovable Waterfront Street Car could be going the way of the Kalakala. Its maintenance barn is situated on the site of the soon-to-be Seattle Art Museum Olympic Sculpture Park [#]. Apparently the people with a giant animated yard ornament [jpg] on Second Avenue feel that a maintenance barn would be an eyesore in an outdoor art gallery.

Everyone seems to agree that the Streetcar should remain a part of city life. And by everyone, we mean:

• Historylink.org (”a streetcar named expire!”) [#]
• the editorial boards at the Seattle Times [# ] and the Post-Intelligencer [#]
• city council members have “vowed to save it” [p-i]

Even S.A.M. “supports” it [#], just as long as the garage isn’t located in the park. We don’t understand why someone couldn’t be commissioned to turn the shed into a piece of modern sculpture — even if it’s garish I’m sure we could learn to love it just like we did for the EMP.

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