Free on 40th Street

My sister and I were driving downtown to get her return train ticket to New York. Buying in person at the ticket window she saved almost 40$ instead of buying online. What is that about? Mary encouraged me to get out of the car to get a better shot so I parked. We stopped on the way home.

This is a crop from a horizontal shot.
The vertical orientation is below
The sign says FREE

Thanks for your visit. It's always good to hear you stopped by.