Hailing a Cab processing-sub-inside-page Onlookers watch automobiles travel southbound

Onlookers watch automobiles travel southbound as the West Side Elevated Highway opens after eight years of construction

Despite how far technology has come

Those early Ferris Wheels

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This photo of Grand Central's interior

Hailing a Cab processing-sub-inside-page Onlookers watch automobiles travel southboundBefore the days of Uber, even champion taxi hailers would have to stand and wait, hands in the air, because there never seemed to be an empty cab. In this photo, a woman takes on the challenge in one of the toughest places to land a cab even on a sunny day: Times Square. The taxi world has changed a great deal in the past six decades, but getting a ride in the Big Apple always seems to be an adventure. In 1955, Times reporter Meyer Berger wrote in his