end of Atlanta's legendary Nine-Mile Circle trolley line Kirkwood was founded in 1899 as an independent city, which grew around a streetcar line between Atlanta and Decatur Austin Hyde Park in Austin, Texas, traces its origins back to 1891 and is considered to be Austin's first suburb. The neighborhood was originally developed by Monroe Martin Shipe in 1891 as a "white only" streetcar suburb with a large artificial lake, but it has since become one of the most densely populated areas in the city's urban core. Baltimore Roland Park Boston Roxbury Dorchester Brighton became a streetcar suburb when transit lines were laid in 1889. Roslindale Brookline Somerville was studied with respect to the social mobility in streetcar suburbs. Classic book on the topic in Boston: Sam Bass Warner, Streetcar Suburbs Winchester Arlington Belmont Newton Melrose Malden Cleveland Bratenahl Cleveland Heights East Cleveland Euclid Fairview Park Lakewood Rocky River Shaker Heights was initially planned by the Van Sweringen brothers. Known chiefly for their railroad interests, the brothers linked their community to Downtown Cleveland with their Shaker Heights Rapid Transit, which operates to this day. Columbus Bexley is the location of the Ohio Governor's Mansion, along with a number of other large Tudor and Colonial style mansions. Grandview Heights Old Beechwold Upper Arlington, specifically the original section south of Lane Avenue, was mapped out and developed around the Scioto Country Club, beginning just after WWI. Dallas The neighborhood of Highland Park was mapped out specifically for such reasons, and attracted the wealthiest citizens of the city at the time. Detroit The Grosse Pointe neighbourhoods were conceived of in the early 1890s as a retreat for wealthy Detroit businessmen and families. A passenger rail line that connected Detroit to Mt. Clemens, along the coast, was operational by the late 1890s, passing through what would become Grosse Pointe, making the area more accessible. Many of the neighborhoods of Detroit were built as streetcar suburbs. They are characterized by mostly single- and 2-family houses on 30 or 45-foot lots with a few townhouses and multifamily apartments scattered about. These include Springwells Village, Southwest Detroit, Michigan-Martin, Arden Park, and Boston–Edison. Edmonton The Glenora neighbourhood waited for 10 years before it developed, because it was waiting for the street car tracks to come to the area. Instead of the edges of many cities at this time having infrequent streetcar service, Glenora was easily accessible via streetcar. Houston