For thousands of 9-to-5 commuters, this bygone scene was as familiar to them as their own living rooms. Here we see the stern loading aprons for the ferries; the upper level ramps were in part supported by the heavy frame attached to the lower loading aprons, seen here. After the ferries stopped running in late 1967, these ramps gradually began to collapse and sink into the Hudson; being connected to the main loading aprons, the upper deck ramps collapsed as well, rusting in the river. It was not until well into the 1980's that most of these ramps were finally demolished and removed.....a very sad sight indeed to those if us old enough to remember what this was all like when the ferries were still running. Into the 2000's, the mangled, twisted, rusted remnants of the outer ends of the upper bridges in the southernmost slip sad forlornly upon the rotting pier where once railroad offices were once located. Note, too, the familiar TDI advertising frames, a colorful and commonplace fixture in the busy commuter facilities. Some of these still were in place (though no longer displaying ads) into the 1980's. Growing up back in the 60's, I recall this scene vividly, and can still hear the creaking of the pilings, the clattering of steel cables, and the clatter and clash of the ferry gates being opened and closed. Right up until the end, this was still a busy place during the rush hours. For decades afterwards, it was an eerie, echoing, decaying mausoleum......a once-grand monument to a more opulent way of commuting...