From: Phil.Kane@nov.shmovz.ka.pop   
      
   On Tue, 17 Feb 2015 14:19:02 -0800 (PST), hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com wrote:   
      
   >I came across a 1982 article by Avery Corman about growing up on the   
   >Grand Concourse in the Bronx, and returning for a isit in 1988.   
   >At that time he found mixed conditions--some restored buildings, but many   
   >vacant lots and abandoned buildings, too.   
   >   
   >I also read Penny Marshall's memoir, and she grew up there, too.  She loved   
   it.   
      
   In the mid 1950s I dated a girl who lived "on the Concourse" - it was   
   a nice, solid, neighborhood.  If it wasn't for her living there, I   
   never would have had the opportunity to spend any time in Da Bronnix.   
      
   But then again, so was East New York when I was growing up there in   
   the 1940-50s.  When I visited ENY last - 1983 - it was also burned out   
   and dilapidated.   
      
   Phil Kane   
   Beaverton, OR   
      
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