Trip #677 Traymore Avenue, Beechview, Pittsburgh took place on November 17, 2021, and was published on January 3, 2022.
When it comes to modern-day Traymore Station, it’s true that you can’t get anywhere from here. The platform is closed and gated and signs admonishing trespassing surround the perimeter. If not for the public transit station, who would even want to visit a dead-end cobblestone street covered in potholes and puddles? Yet, despite the blockades, you can still venture a ways, even if it’s only up and down the stairs, like a ping pong ball bouncing between endpoints. To most, that’s not terribly exciting, productive, or forward-thinking. But sometimes, traveling a seemingly useless, pointless path is precisely how you get to where you need to be. Trust in yourself; you know the way. You can get there from here.
Field Notes: This flight goes down to a now-closed train station stop. The platform area is fenced off but the stairs are open (despite a sign at the top). Kind of a bummer why the stop is closed… I wonder why?
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