https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tVX8POJWaLo
Coaches were very comfy.
All gone now, subsumed by the MTA.

>>2046162 (OP)
Madison Square Park was a major hub for them.
Building in the background of >>2046162 (OP) pic related is park-adjacent Metropolitan Life North Building:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metropolitan_Life_North_Building
Each corner has an enclosed plaza underneath, like pic related, giving a sense of what's behind the bus in >>2046162 (OP) (SW corner, whereas this pic related is the NW corner).

>>2046165
Pic of the full building (left). Was supposed to be the tallest building in the world, but they ran out of money during the Great Depression.

>>2046162 (OP)
>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tVX8POJWaLo
Video starts on the west side of
>>2046165
>Madison Square Park
before shifting to the east.

This footage makes me nostalgic for the good old days when you could ride your bike down Broadway like a human being, without all those b*ke l*nes and potted plants and picnic tables everywhere making it impossible to go a block without 30 random pedestrians standing in the b*ke l*ne. But hey at least there's a Venchi and a La Pecora Bianca and a Lady M boutique with sidewalk dining every 300 meters right? Privatize the profits, let the public pay the price.

John Forester is, was, and always will be right

>>2046169
>without all those b*ke l*nes
I like to run in them.
Only problem is avoiding the piss puddles.