[Ads-l] 5th Ave. in the '30s

[Laurence Horn]

Ah, very nostalgic—would be even more so for my parents, if they were still around (of course they'd be well into their second century by now).  I do remember when you (well not me, but the car and bus drivers) could drive north as well as south on Fifth Avenue.  Are those double-decker buses you see in the video regular NYC Transit buses (i.e. the 1,2,3,4)?  If so, when were they phased out?  If they were still around when I started to commute to elementary school on the 4 (now M4) from Washington Heights to the 70th St. stop near the Frick in 1952, I don’t recall them.

LH

> On Mar 21, 2021, at 10:03 AM, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at GMAIL.COM> wrote:
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> Keith,
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> 59th St. to 79th St. (first east side of street, then west).
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> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65Deh9u2pLw
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> My old stomping grounds.
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> 860 not built yet!  Spot looks like the big courtyard of the gray mansion
> just north of the site (demolished 1949).
> 
> Jon
> 
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