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Thank you very much. That clarifies a lot, and if you also make the notes to the article, that would also clarify greatly. It would also help if you note things like your 1938 Standard Oil map and Harre Demoro's 2 vol. in the refs. I now see Yerba Buena Ave. on the modern map, which runs diagonally
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I can do both. (1) the term "mole" was used to refer to the combined causeway and pier of the Key System, and also of the similar structures of the SP (Alameda and
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Hi: I'm an East Bay resident myself. I think it's a foregone conclusion that 99% of everyone here has no clue that this system ever existed - so I left that line in. However, I think the waters are a bit muddier as to whether or not there is significant "envy" of SF's light rail systems - maybe
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