Back in my taxi driving days I would always peek out the corner of my eye as I sped past this beautiful gas pump. It was located on the very busy 21st Street and I was usually on my way to LaGuardia airport. Even back in the late ’80s it was unusual to find a perfect example of a 1959 Sinclair pump. Anyone my age will recall their logo “Dino the Dinosaur” The gas stations would give away dinosaur shaped bars of green soap and other silly items in order to compete with all the other companies.
When I first started driving, gasoline was 50¢ per gallon. Cigarettes were 50¢ a pack. Pizza was still 50¢ a slice…
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Black and White Street Photographs of New York City by Matt Weber 
…and you had to walk eight miles to school every day, even Saturdays, uphill both ways, in the snow.
Ah, those were the days.
Must be where the Cars movie got “Dinoco” as a gas company. Learn something every day.
That’s definitely where they got the Dinoco from…