BusTalk

[NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629]

Recalling now the happy-go-lucky Doris Day romp from 1962, "THAT TOUCH OF MINK" (Audrey Meadows was a dead-ringer for Mom!)

There is one brief part that features the old GREYHOUND terminal near the original Penn Station, featuring 4104s (ahhh, the fond memories that the sweet sounds of GM engines conjured up!)

Enjoy the photos!

https://www.imcdb.org/vehicle_1642037-GMC-PD-4104-1953.html

(courtesy: imcdb.org)

["TRAVEL BY GREYHOUND"]

[NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629]

Regarding the old 34th Street GREYHOUND station.......

Aside from "THAT TOUCH OF MINK", I wonder how many other films this now-gone station was featured in?

I have a circa-1947 short "THE BUS DRIVER" on dvd, which features both interior/exterior footage of the station (a "SILVERSIDES" is the undisputed "star" of this wonderful old short; great driver scenes as well!)

"NYO"

["IT'S SUCH A COMFORT TO TAKE THE BUS"]

[NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629]

Also interesting to note that when the GREYHOUND station opposite the old Pennsylvania Station about 1963, its closing also brought to an end to the era of "independent" outdoor bus terminals in Manhattan.

IMHO, GREYHOUND, being then the undisputed "King Of The American Highways" was truly deserving of its own Manhattan terminus; of course, many factors contributed to GREYHOUND's operations being transferred over to the "Port-of-Authority"...................

"NYO"

[traildriver]