It doesn't take long before any sense of New York City completely disappears, and you begin to feel like you've somehow been transported to a strange apocalyptic world of tin shacks and ramshackle garages. … Looking back at pictures from the time, you can see the first few auto shops making appearances in otherwise empty tracts of land. auto … There are so many derelict cars that they begin to feel like permanent monuments. … America, you sure are an odd mix. …

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Visiting The Apocalypse (in Queens) | Scouting NY