February 2013
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September 2012
3 posts
August 2012
2 posts
Why El Paso Should Use its Art Deco Designed Streetcars
Karl Johnson who works at San Francisco MUNI, shares a story about San Francisco’s streetcars being restored and lends his opinion about El Paso’s Art-Deco designed PCC Streetcars.
July 2012
3 posts
Anonymous asked: Do you pay in dollars or pesos?
June 2012
1 post
May 2012
1 post
Interview with the fabulous Maria Garcia. It’s been a crazy journey but this is only the Beginning for the Border!
http://www.kvia.com/news/31069098/detail.html
https://vimeo.com/42256550
April 2012
1 post
“From Skeletons & Survivors” by Ron Dawson
The Future is Arriving on Time on the Border Again!
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March 2012
8 posts
Anonymous asked: Will the trolley at least break even or will the El Paso taxpayer make up the difference? While the idea of a downtown sound nice, the fiscal reality is a different story. I cannot seem to find on your website to address these issues realistically. Studies show that trolleys are money losers and the taxpayer is stuck with the bill
Saved by the bell (fan submission)
In 1972 I was new to El Paso, but not to trolleys; those sensible vehicles had been my principal means of transportation in my old home town, Boston. That first year in El Paso was especially difficult for me as I was newly divorced, homesick, and it was Thanksgiving - a family time. And my family was two thousand miles away. The small family restaurant where I had planned to eat my holiday dinner...
from “Skeletons & Survivors” by Ron Dawson. To see more of this video and others please visit the El Paso Railroad and Transportation Museum 400 West San Antonio El Paso, Texas 79901 915 422-3420
Please take 2 small minutes to click on the bond website to speak out in support of a city-studied vintage streetcar line attraction as an option for November’s quality of life...
February 2012
4 posts
January 2012
3 posts
The El Paso Transnational Trolley Project in the El Paso Times!
http://www.elpasotimes.com/ci_19721904
zyme asked: Are you really bringing back the Trolley or is this just a way of expressing yourself?
Alex the Trolley Conductor visits GERA & MITSU’s pop-up Gallery at Chalk the Block Public Art Festival in El Paso, Tx, 0ct. 2011.
December 2011
1 post
The El Paso Transnational Trolley Project...
DOWNTOWN BUILDING RECEIVES ARTIST FACELIFT Bi-national local artists transform former Saddleblanket building and
conduct food & clothing drive to benefit the Rescue Mission of El Paso
EL PASO, TX (DECEMBER 8, 2011) – Organized by the El Paso Transnational Trolley Project, a visual arts campaign to bring cultural awareness for a transnational trolley system and border-crossing, a...
October 2011
2 posts
September 2011
6 posts
Alex the Trolley Conductor visits the El Paso Comic Convention on Saturday, Sept. 10, 2011. STAY TUNED as the second year of the El Paso Transnational Trolley Project begins!
June 2011
1 post
The El Paso Transnational Trolley comes to NYC →
May 2011
1 post
The El Paso Transnational Trolley Project Summary Reel for 2010-2011. If you wanted to know what this project is about, this video tells all.
April 2011
1 post
Yes we are talking about a montage!!!! An El Paso Transnational Trolley MONTAGE!!!!! Footage from the Official Campaign Launch at Sunland Park Mall, El Paso, Tx. on Saturday, Nov. 27th, 2010. A very special thank you to Alex the trolley conductor and our trolley liasions out to answer the public’s questions.
March 2011
9 posts
NEW FOOTAGE!!! Alex the Trolley Conductor (“The Border’s Newest Hero”) encourages participants to run for the future at the El Paso Marathon on Sunday, March 6th in El Paso, Tx … Later, Alex wondered why they would run downtown rather than take the trolley.
About Peter Svarzbein
Peter Svarzbein, creator of the El Paso Transnational Trolley project is a graduate student in the Masters of Fine Arts program for Photo, Video & Related Media at the School of Visual Arts in New York City. A native El Pasoan, Svarzbein feels a strong connection to the community and wants to spark dialog and change through art. Svarzbein’s work has appeared in The New...
In the past 3 years, over 17,000 children in the...
notanotherguynamedmatt:
Think about it.
February 2011
1 post
Former State Senator Eliot Shapleigh, talks briefly about The El Paso Transnational Trolley.
Stay tuned for more information on upcoming EPTT Events!!!!
* * * Senator Eliot Shapleigh has represented El Paso for more than ten years with passion and purpose. His district, District 29, which encompasses most of...