Before it is gone . . .
I posted this picture a while ago as part of my 125th
street extravaganza. This period picture
looks like it was taken not long after opening. This is just next to the Riverside Drive Viaduct on what we call incorrectly 125th street. Ultimately the service station was turned into a car
wash. The station and the car wash
fall within the area that Columbia University feels it need to expand
into.
This is the service station as it has look for years. The car wash stopped operating a few
years ago but gas was being sold there up until a few weeks ago. Above the “menu” the
protest banner reads “Dear Columbia: No Forced Displacement”. The banner is protesting the eviction
of the businesses that have called Manhattanville home for years.
So farewell once upon a time art decoesque service
station. Farewell slightly
overpriced gas station and not so hot car wash. I will miss you, you relic, you reminder of another time
when even Manhattan had beautiful gas stations.
