Erick Castro, who has worked at the Chelsea parking garage since 1976, New York City, April 1, 2020
"The dusty window of Ann Service Corp., which occupies a ninety-year-old taxi garage in Chelsea, in downtown Manhattan, serves as a makeshift memorial to the company’s drivers who have died on and off the job, their names traced onto the panes with a finger. Soon the fragile record will be gone: the garage closed for good in April. Economically battered by the impact of customers lost to ride-sharing apps and by the corruption among industry leaders that has stricken the taxi business citywide, Ann Service Corp. was already limping along; the coronavirus pandemic was the final straw. Erick Castro worked at Ann Service, which was founded in 1952, for more than half of the company’s long life. ..."
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A window at the Chelsea garage inscribed with makeshift memorials to taxi drivers, New York City, April 1, 2020
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