BusTalk

[NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629]

Don't forget to vote for Roy Goodman before you head to a game at the Garden......

http://bus.nycsubway.org/perl/show?891

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[NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629]

Try Shavin' With Klavon In The Morning On WNEW 1130 (1972)......

http://bus.nycsubway.org/perl/show?881

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[NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629]

"WNBC Radio 66 Vs. FM99 From The Streets" (Lenox & 121st, 1981).....

http://bus.nycsubway.org/perl/show?925

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[NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629]

Grab a hot dog and a cold soda from the vendor on the corner, and then tune into WABC ("The hit music's on us!")

8th St. & 4th Ave., 1973......

http://bus.nycsubway.org/perl/show?1974

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[NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629]

Remember when televisions and radios had TUBES and you could test them for FREE?

(Jay St. & Myrtl;e Avenue, 1972).......

http://bus.nycsubway.org/perl/show?1423

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[NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629]

Back in '71, well-dressed Wall Street Manhattanites could hop aboard a "Tee-Yay" Fishbowl and avail themselves to a "NEW Express Bus Service/Yorkville-Financial District".

Back in those days, "Fiddler On The Roof" and Ringling Bros. promised great entertainment for both young and old.......

http://bus.nycsubway.org/perl/show?635

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[NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629]

Fondling recalling the days of New Looks and Checker cabs (Flatbush & Nostrand, 1972)...........

http://bus.nycsubway.org/perl/show?1596

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[NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629]

Quick sidenote:

This thread originally was going to feature only the first picture linked here, but, almost as soon as I posted the link, I thought of how many old photos there are from several decades ago that truly qualify as historic images of New York.....images that are quite fascinating unto themselves, even if one overlooks the buses.

I tried to find photos that depict now-gone New York stores, old signange, avertisements for radio stations and political ads......photos that show just how much has disappeared in the span of just a few decades.

It IS quite a chore to hunt down the appropriate photos, but, for me, it is yet another delightful chance to travel back in time to see once again what I still clearly remember....as well as to see what I might have missed.

Hope you enjoy this nostalgic trip back....

"NYO"

[NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629]

When this 1972 photo was taken, Fishbowls were the norm, while MACKS (anywhere) were becoming quite rare, where they had not already disappeared.

Today, the Fishbowls themselves have been relegated to the pages of history, forever keeping company in the past with the ever-stalwart MACKS.....

http://bus.nycsubway.org/perl/show?355

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[NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629]

A classic "face-off" greets us here at Washington Plaza, back in 1972.

The remaining Old looks were then nearing the end of their long and colorful career on the streets of New York.....

http://bus.nycsubway.org/perl/show?1626

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[NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629]

Eighteen years difference between these two Brooklyn views (1955/1973).

The 1955 photo I had posted a link to earlier, but wanted it to link it again here to contrast with the same scene as it was in 1973......

http://bus.nycsubway.org/perl/show?3980

http://bus.nycsubway.org/perl/show?1806

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[NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629]

"Rough 'n Tumble" areas have always been a part of New York; this dismal street scene from 1972 (Myrtle & Bridge) serves to underscore the "nitty gritty" of such areas.

Old Look #7088, then nearing retirement, scurries along on her appointed rounds.

Note, too, that, back in those days, it seemed that almost every NYCTA/MTA bus carried a "GILBEY'S GIN" ad.......

http://bus.nycsubway.org/perl/show?1824

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[NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629]

Looking just a bit war-weary, Old Look #7015 awaits departure in this time-honored scene at Washington Plaza, 1970.

A fellow by the name of Leone was then running for Brooklyn boro president, as witnessed by the placard on #7015's dash.

Even in their twilight years, showing the battle scars of decades of faithful service, the Old Looks still retained that stalwart air of ruggedness and dependability......

http://bus.nycsubway.org/perl/show?1650

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[NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629]

School buses are usually YELLOW........but, here, the "school buses" are GREEN; these two GREEN BUS Macks are seen here in school service at Rockaway Park, back in '55.....

http://bus.nycsubway.org/perl/show?4248

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[Mr. Linsky]