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MABSTOA #8557 at Lexington & 34th St., 1969 (also, a memorable year, indeed for the Amazin' New York Mets!)

Note the ad placards heralding the new "EXACT FARE" policy for the buses; the bus still carries its original (and smart!) "OA" insignia.....

http://bus.nycsubway.org/perl/show?1162

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MABSTOA #8571 (still sporting the old "TEE-YAY" green), at Broadway & 23rd St., 1974. *

http://bus.nycsubway.org/perl/show?1182

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*This photo is interesting; while the front roller sign displays a reading for the "#M32", the sign over the reader door is set for the #15".

Until the mid-late 1940's, W. 23rd St. was a busy transfer point between streetcars (and later, buses) and the trans-Hudson ferries of several New Jersey railroads (ERIE/DL&W/CNJ); the "ELECTRIC FERRY" to Weehawken also docked here, until it was shut down in 1943)

The massive, clock-towered "UNION FERRY TERMINAL" (closely resembling the present 1907 Lackawanna terminal at Hoboken) was a hubbub of activity for many years.

By the early 1940's, the CNJ and the ERIE discontinued ferry service to W. 23rd St. from their respective Jersey City, leaving only the ferries of the DL&W; these boats continued to run until the service was abandoned, in late 1946.

Note a trace of this massive, monolithic terminal remains today........

"NYO"

[MaBSTOA 15]

The sidewalk where the bus is parked is on Fifth Avenue short of 23rd Street. That was the terminal, since 1925, for the route 15/M32/MQ32/Q32, Jackson Heights line until it was changed to West 32nd Street & 7th Avenue.

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[W.B. Fishbowl]

[W.B. Fishbowl]

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W.B:

Appreciate the info; I am not at all surprised to see that you had pertinent historical information to post here!

Through your many, many highly-informative responses (regarding roll signs past) here, it truly can be said that many vintage bus photos are indeed "worth a thousand words"......

"NYO"

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12th Ave. & 42nd, 1981.

Recalling the days when WAMATA buses "pinch hit" for the MTA's ailing GRUMMAN fleet.......

http://bus.nycsubway.org/perl/show?2772

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34th St. & 1st Avenue, 1973.

Here we see #8002 "on the job", holding down an "#M15" run.

As can be seen here, the era when many drivers were no longer wearing ties.

As is obvious from this photo, autos were QUITE large AND distinctive, back then.......(!!)

http://bus.nycsubway.org/perl/show?1662

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Chatham Sq. & Mott St., 1972 (two Fishbowls on different routes for the price of one in this nostalgic view!)..........

http://bus.nycsubway.org/perl/show?2899

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Chatham Square in an earlier view; this scene (judging by the vehicles seen here) looks to have been taken not long before the venerable 3rd Avenue El was abandoned in Manhattan (1955)

Look closely on the extreme left; a bus can just be seen, in the shadows of the El structure.....

http://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?96403

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NYCTA MACK #5030 near Chatham Square, 1955 (note the shadows of the 3rd Avenue El above).........

http://bus.nycsubway.org/perl/show?3968

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[W.B. Fishbowl]

[W.B. Fishbowl]

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W.B:

The subject of "loaner" buses, in itself, is an interesting topic.

I always find it interesting to read about buses being "shuffled" from one depot to another, over the course of their service years.

This also had to be interesting when buses were sent to another depot, and, lo and behold, they were not equipped with the appropriate roller curtain readings.

Again, greatly appreciate your always interesting and informative input.......

"NYO"