![]() ![]() I remember in the early 1960s when blacks weren’t welcome on the front of the bus. It was on the 45 where I finally realized the racial progress Atlanta had made in my short lifetime. Since my mother also didn’t drive, she and I were devoted riders. Whether it was when I was going to Georgia State, interning at Creative Loafing or just going about town, the 45 was my link. With the exception of four years that I spent in Boston (1973-1977), the 45 was one of my lifelines to the city at large. Then in 1970s, we moved to what felt like the suburbs, to 8th Street, where the 45 would stop right in front of our house. My sister, Elena, and I would walk from the Burge Apartments across from Georgia Tech - pass the Varsity and catch the 45 at West Peachtree and North Avenue.Īs we waited for the bus, we were able to watch the day-by-day progress of the construction of the Life of Georgia building (which is still standing) and the round C&S tower (which has been replaced by the Kevin Roche-designed Bank of America Plaza). That streetcar line, and later the 45, started downtown and went north along West Peachtree Street until Fifth Street where it meandered the heart of Midtown going along Argonne Avenue, 8th Street and on towards Virginia-Highland.īack in the late 1960s, I started riding the 45 to get to Grady High School. 15 streetcar line - one of dozens of streetcar lines that had made Atlanta a hub of rail and transit. The 45 bus line initially followed what had been the No. MARTA, faced with operating deficits, implemented a host of service cuts this weekend - further streamlining our already meager public transit system.Īnd this time, the cuts really hit home. A sad farewell to the 45 Virginia-McLynn MARTA's cuts erase links to history, future - SaportaReport Closeįor as long as I can remember, there has been the 45 Virginia-McLynn - until Sunday. ![]()
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