Little Tales of CityAfe and the Streetcar Crunch
A quirky city vignette blends a ribbon recollection with a joke about steak and sausage. The piece recalls Ira McCormack, once a street railway magnate, who notes that crowded cars persist at night as workers and clerks all seek the 6 pm return home, shaping the city’s transit grind.
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