1.0Spacing Torontohttps://spacing.ca/torontoShawn Micallefhttps://spacing.ca/toronto/author/shawn-micallef/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="RyNn2PN6dS"><a href="https://spacing.ca/toronto/2011/01/23/the-last-trams-of-glasgow/">The last trams of Glasgow</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://spacing.ca/toronto/2011/01/23/the-last-trams-of-glasgow/embed/#?secret=RyNn2PN6dS" width="600" height="338" title="“The last trams of Glasgow” — Spacing Toronto" data-secret="RyNn2PN6dS" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); </script> As more and more (and more and more and more) cities return to and install light rail and streetcars, this film from Glasgow captures that time in the postwar era when trams were thought to be outdated. It turns out the past is the future. Toronto nearly had the same fate, but it’s Streetcar AbandonmentContinue reading