I had the advantage of growing up on Newport in Wrigleville in the 1950's. I was able to ride the red streetcars on Halsted and the Green Hornets on Clark. The Clark cars went downtown on Clark, turned around in the South Loop and went back north on Dearborn, loading at safety islands. They were fast. By the way, the only surviving Green Hornet #4391, is preserved at the Illinois Railway Museum in
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