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Decades before, in 1960-70's, this street was one of the busiest streets of Moscow. A tram line, constructed in 1950, was a part of a trunk line that connected the eastern industrial districts of Moscow with the city centre. In 1980's the nearby Tulinskaya street was widened and converted into a highway, and the traffic was moved there. The tram line was also abandoned in 1980 as the parallel metro line had been inaugurated a few years before. Today Shkolnaya street is just an lazy lane with virtually no traffic at all. There were plans to make it a museum lane, but because of Perestroika and the following crisis these intentions were not realized. The first signs of revival of the lane became visible only after the millennial celebrations when the buildings were finally repaired. The street looks today way better than in nineties, but the tram tracks are buried under the new pavement.
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