Portland Railway Light & Power streetcar system map, 1915 Size:24x36 and the biggest player in

and the biggest player in Los Angeles suburban real estate development

is nothing if not traditional - hence the use of serif fonts throughout

Boston already had a well-developed system of horse- and mule-pulled streetcar lines run by five competing companies

is only financially feasible in the absence of alternatives

which is still used by the Green Line today

Portland Railway Light & Power streetcar system map, 1915 Size:24x36 and the biggest player inPortland was built around the streetcar. In the early 20th century, the city was rapidly expanding, and the best way to build new suburban subdivisions was to build streetcar lines. After all, if you didn't want to take the train, didn't own a horse, and weren't a millionaire who owned one of those newfangled automobile gizmos, you had to walk. The train system was run by Portland Railway Light & Power, which is the ancestor of today's Portland