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Berman provides a clear vision of just how much was lost
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Austin, Texas streetcar system map, 1925 Size:24x36 Berman provides a clear visionAustin's streetcar system was never particularly successful. Like many of its contemporaries, the Austin Transit Co. got its start as a speculative real estate venture. M. M. Shipe, its original owner, was a real estate developer who wanted to build houses in far away Hyde Park. So, to do that, he built an electric streetcar line in the 1890s connecting his new subdivision to central Austin. None of Shipe's successors could figure out a way to make