BusTalk

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1953 is the date for this bustling scene at 149th St., in the shadow of the 3rd Avenue El (another SURFACE bus also lurks under the elevated).....

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?53585

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[NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629]

These 149th St. 3rd Avenue El photos date to 1973, the year the venerable elevated line was closed down.

MaBSTOA buses can be seen beneath the El structure......

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?28636

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?28637

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?57244

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[NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629]

E. 180th St. (at the 3rd Avenue El station), 1973......

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?28686

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3rd Avenue El* (Fordham Rd., 1965); note two Old Looks and a Fishbowl......

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?43163

*(Note train of IRT 1938 WF cars and older Lo-V's above the buses)

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[NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629]

Gun Hill Rd, 1973.

Note Lo-V train on the lower level, obviously "museum" cars on a farewell fantrip (recall, the prewar IRT cars on the Bronx 3rd Avenue El were retired in 1969)

Also, note the blanked-off a/c unit on the two-tone blue Fishbowl down below......

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?57233

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183rd St. at 3rd Avenue, 1973*.......

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?28692

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*Note the "BUSES & RIGHT TURN ONLY" sign hanging from underneath the El structure......

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143rd St. and 3rd Avenue, 1955; note SURFACE Old Look approaching.......

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?75754

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[NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629]

204th St. (3rd Avenue El), 1969, shortly before the last prewar IRT cars were replaced with R-12 cars.

On the right, note the MaBSTOA Fishbowl, still sporting the classic MaBSTOA script over the windows.......

http://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?57278

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[NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629]

3rd Avenue at 53rd, 1947.

In this snowy, scene a SURFACE bus (MACK) can just be glimpsed under the El, heading away from the camera.......

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?142871

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Looking west on 42nd St., 1955.

Note the new '55 FORD station wagon and '55 Chevy taxi; a SURFACE Old Look is seen in the foreground, with a MACK a little further ahead.

Another bus can just be glimpsed under the El structure; a few others can also be seen in the far distance, on the left.

Also, to further date this nostalgic photo, note the fabled AUTOMAT on the left.......

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?75749

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[NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629]

Here's a rare and unusual picture (taken in 1931) that I just came across that I wanted to share here with you fellows, even if it is a bit "off topic"; note the top of a passing bus in front of the stolid 3rd Avenue El's substation at 34th St. (the structure still survives today, used as a yeshiva).......

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?142740

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Houston St., 1955.

Here we see veteran YELLOW #463 sporting its rebuilt Old Look-style front end, near the 3rd Avenue El......

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?87466

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