BusTalk

[W.B. Fishbowl]

[NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629]

W.B.:

Thanks.

Cannot wait to hear of REAL "woik" being done, and know that what once HAD been "the most beautiful bus station in the world" is FINALLY beginning to disappear........

"NYO"

["PORT-OF-AUTHORITY"]

[NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629]

W,B:

Any sort of demolition/construction "woik" going on at present, or still really not much of any "intense" activity?

"NYO"

["PORT-OF-AUTHORITY"]

[W.B. Fishbowl]

[NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629]

W.B.:

Thanks for the update.

Sure seems as though the "Pee-Ay-Bee-Tee" is indeed taking its own sweet time into really getting the REAL heavy-duty "woik" "into gear"...........

"NYO"

["5 NEW YORK"]

[W.B. Fishbowl]

Although . . . I saw a sign near the Eighth Avenue entrance/exit advising that the parking ramp will be closed for good effective Dec. 21, in anticipation of the building of the new terminal (whenever that is).

[NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629]

W.B.:

Appreciate the update,

Keep us posted (always interested in hearing of the progress on the demolition of what HAD been "the most beautiful bus terminal in the world"..............

"NYO"

["33 NEW YORK"]

[NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629]

What I am waiting for, is to see when the actual demolition work on the present terminal gets underway, and what the new loading/unloading areas and bus staging areas will look like.

This will be MOST interesting, I am sure............

"NYO"

["NEW YORK CITY"]

[W.B. Fishbowl]

The demolition of the ramp will also mean that the parking garage atop the "toiminal" will also be closed after the 21st.

[NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629]

[NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629]

The "Port-of-Authority" at rush hour, 1981 (indeed, another time, another "woild").......

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?156428

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?156412

(courtesy: nycsubway.org)

Look VERY closely in both photos (lower left, under the ramps); you can just glimpse a Fishbowl with its engine hatch raised!

Man, the VARIETY and DIVERSITY we so took for granted, bus-wise, back in the day............

"NYO"

["MAPLEWOOD EQUIPMENT COMPANY"]

[NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629]

Futrher.........

The two 1981 PABT photos in my previous post indeed underscrore the fact that the early/mid 1980s was the last time that the iconic Fishbowl would indeed dominate the "Port-of-Authority" ramps....or, for that matter, anywhere else.

Sadly, a long and colorful era was ending.......

["GMC"]

[NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629]

HAD to post this link here.........

https://www.torontojourney416.com/toronto-coach-terminal/

Talk about a CATHEDRAL of commerce (replete with lavish and magnificent stained glass!)

Many rare and historic photos here; quite a few historic views depict the buses throughout the years.....talk about VARIETY!!

Just imagine had this truly historic masterpiece been built in "Noo Yawk"!

Enjoy!

"NYO"

["GRAY COACH LINES"]

[NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629]

Of related interested (note rare 1936 bus exhibition photo of front-engined "GRAY COACH" and TTC "slant back" TWIN.......)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gray_Coach

["TORONTO"]

[W.B. Fishbowl]