Friday, June 26, 2009

The Past Meets the Future

There has to be some deeper meaning in this shot. An MTA bus idles outside the Durant-Dort Carriage Company — the birthplace of General Motors.


A justifiably wary bus driver unused to tourists.



4 comments:

  1. penny for his thoughts :) anyone want to guess?

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  2. "Please step away from the bus before I pepper spray you."

    Actually, he was really friendly. We talked about the Dupont Street line, one of my favorite topics.

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  3. "Aw, man - I left the Dupont Street line to get some peace, and here comes that kid again!" (tee hee hee, just kidding)

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  4. Naaah, Redgirl -- that's a good one. No apologies required. As Shakespeare wrote, "the evil that teenagers do lives after them."

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