After hearing Prof Condon talking about how wonderful the streetcar would be for the city, I first time had a close look at the profound influence the long-gone streetcar had imposed on our current social and structural formation. In this project, I was provided with a old photo at the intersection of 41st and Oak, looking south ,from 1956, trying to compare it with that of today. I identified the remaining streetcar rail in the middle of the driveway, and distinguished streetcar’s function of brought housing and first-story local shops aside its railway. I uncovered the magnificent power of streetcar to extend pedestrians’ walking distance, while not impeding the prosperity of stores in the middle of their starting points and destinations due to the streetcars’ limited speed. This assignment facilitated my first-time attempt to take a closer look at the city and ask why.