Passing From The New York Scene -- Known to New Yorkers and visitors from everywhere as something from which to leisurely survey beauty spots of Manhattan, the Fifth Avenue, open-topped, double-decked buses officially withdrew from the Metropolitan scene today with the last ran of this bus from Washington Square to Fifth Avenue and 59th Street, Despite the rain, these hardy New Yorkers, protected by umbrellas, went for last ride. In background is the Washington Arch. December 29, 1946. (Photo by AP Wirephoto).