"Bar car" on the NYC subway, 1962

It was a temporary stunt as part of a city-wide cleanup. The goal was to give a “first class experience” to commuters.

It looks like something has broken in the USA in the '70s. It only went downward from there…

The funny thing about this generalization is that this was a stunt because the city needed to be cleaned up so badly.

It was a temporary stunt as part of a city-wide cleanup. The goal was to give a “first class experience” to commuters.

But I think the problem ultimately at the start of the 1970s was Richard Nixon. Awful president who put us on the path we’re on.