The Bronx New York City NYC Grand Concourse Photo Gallery by Pat Morgan at pbase.com

The Bronx New York City NYC Grand Concourse

The Bronx in 2007. Come take a walk with me through Walton Avenue, Featherbed Lane,
Mount Eden, the Grand Concourse Boulevard, Jerome Avenue, 174th Street. Enjoy the
walk with me and sit back and enjoy the memories.

Please eave your name in the comments and let me know what brought you here and
what the Bronx means to you. So many come here to remember. I miss my home as I
know so many others do too.

This was my residence for the first ten years of my life, yet it has been my home
for all of my life, the place where I hung my hat, the place I miss the most.
Bronxites can tell you what the neighborhood was life back in the 30s, 40s, 50s, 60s,
just as the exodus began.

I miss my home, the place where I trick or treated, lit Chanukah candles with grandpa,
went to synagogue during the High Holidays and played in the same schoolyard my mother,
my brother, and my uncle played in as children. The Bronx holds memories no other place
can compare to, a place I discovered the movies, parades and the park. This is my home.
Share the day with me.

Pat Morgan

Please leave me a message letting me know where you found this page and if you are from
the Bronx especially the old neighborhood. This page has a large number of hits and I am
interested in hearing your Bronx stories.

Thanks

and read this:
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The Grand Concourse looking North towards the Lewis Morris	The brick from my building on Walton. I have a brick on my bookcase from when the building was renovated in late 80s.
My fire escape on Walton. Home... The window on the rightside of the fire escape or should I say Bronx Terrace was ours.	Nothing changes does it.
Love the facade.	The building on 174 st by the tunnel
this escaped the Cross Bronx Expy	Inside. Look at the original tiling.
IMG_4259	The back of grandma's building on Walton. Her fire escape where I used to talk to Robby who lived in Siann Hall.
Robby's fire escape	siann
More Siann	More Siann
More Siann	My home
The Lewis Morris	I have not been to this block in 40 years and I love the art deco of this building on Featherbed lane.
Another view.	Next to the building up the steps to Davidson Ave.
What is this out out of place house right next to the steps on Featherbed Lane	The Steps and Art Deco
Yeah another view.	Up Featherbed Lane
The Rook	Yes I am madly in love with Art Deco
Anyone know this place yet? is this their land?	From the top of the steps. Love the view.
The house.	On Davidson
On Davidson and 175th the view looking at the Lewis Morris	The famous steps. Grandma could never walk up those steps. I always wanted to play on them but I was too young to cross 174.
on Jerome and 175th	a close up. i think this is funny for a high crime area
yeah the steps	On Clifford Place looking towards 174th Street. I can remember those vague images of the building the XBronx. Moses be damned
Home.	Home
The famous tunnel. I called it Nancys tunnel because there was graffiti a heart with Nancy and some guy.	I walked this tunnel to school
Selwyn Ave	Selwyn
someplace I was born	the old library eastburn
closeup	Selwyn and the Capri
I remember this piece so.	Morris Ave
Look at the deco	My shul used to be here. We can never go home again. It just doesn't work.
The old Swedish 7th Day Adventist Church.	Closeup of art deco building. Look at the wrought iron. It is the Empire State Building design.
The Church.	The new out of place monstrosity.
Gorgeous Art Deco	PS 70. It had a pool.
Art Deco	Art Deco
Loved the shadows	The Church again.
Now this I found fascinating, same type of brick that was used for my building.	The Church
Morris Ave	The Concourse at the Lewis Morris
174th St	Look at the view. I would have loved this view if I lived in the Lewis Morris
Sigh	i can keep on sighing because Robert Moses hurt my neighborhood. Imagine the buildings that stood here.
sigh	The Lewis Morris
Lewis Morris	fire back in april, 41 injured
Ten firefighters were injured. Five were taken to New York Hospital, five to Jacobi.	The building has 308 recorded building code violations, including fire exits blocked by cabinets, creating an "extremely hazardo
City records show that the 270-unit building was bought in February for $28.3 million	That current SRO space is being converted to "penthouse suites." Even its 6.5 room sprawling apartments
still rent for an average of 1300 a month	A walk along the concourse
The Derbies. http://www.richardspens.com/?page=ref_info/skyline_profile.htm	go to this pen site to see how the derbies looked on the eversharp skyline http://www.rickconner.net/penoply/we.04.html
wade	wade
the derby	architectural masterpieces
on the concourse going uptown	remember the parades
and how lovely the concourse looked when it snowed	this is our home
look at the art deco	i would love to see this triangle room
this building looks to be from the 20s	art deco
all along the concourse	i love as you can see in other galleries this intricate styling
this building intrigued me so i walked over there were about 40 people on the streets seniors and moms with kids playing	then the drug dealer tried to grab my camera and i held onto it and said dont even try it
he looked at me and asked if i were a cop and i stared at him	beautiful building i said to him you never know who is buying it do you and can make improvements on the block heat in winter
further down mt hope place	the flatiron on da concourse
the flatiron on da concourse	i love this photo
flatiron	flatiron
flatiron	look at the work
flatiron	look at this sign on this building on the the concourse the sign is original from the 40s
the building	formerly a shul
a church	on the concourse
loved playing with the light and shadows	more
concourse	what became of our shuls
look at this work	more beauty
this place is like where does this belong off the concourse	an ashram
look at the urns on the concourse	look at the urns on the concourse
i loved how the light hit them	this lost art
art deco	beaux arts
the entry on the concourse	another original sign
from the 40s	art deco
the derbies	a close up
see the fire escapes	i saw this off the concourse the kids stopped playing basket ball so i could take this photo
concourse	what used to be a shul
more 1920s	a former shul
1920s	1920s
Paradise found	http://www.thirteen.org/bronx/sites15.html
http://www.backinthebronx.com/paradise.html	www.theparadisetheater.com/en/defaulten.htm
http://wirednewyork.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3688	http://www.welcometosilentmovies.com/news/newsarchive/loews.htm
it is back	revived
and i looked up and saw the old dollar savings banks, my bank when i was a kid	paradise restored
the last time i was here was for brothers graduation in june 1967	i want to go in but could not
art deco near fordham road	as the sun was setting
i looked up and saw this and was overwhelmed the sky was yellow	sun bright as anything
the golden bronx	and time to head to the train to see my partner
the bank	a closeup
farkas started alexanders, remember alexanders on fordham road	time to say goodbye
looking up and sighing	and walking away
to the number 4 train to take me downtown

post a comment

Guest		04-Oct-2008 03:46
I graduated from PS 28 in 1954. Anyone else around from those years? I still have class pictures from Mrs. Widman's class, Mrs. Michael's class, and Mrs. Fisher's class! Let me know if you are in those pictures. Roberta Rempell

Guest		03-Oct-2008 21:11
Thanks for these pictures - they are beautiful. This is my current neighborhood and I love it. Moved back to NYC after finishing college and settled here - right on the Concourse, a little north of Burnside - in a nice big apt in an Art Deco building :) After 8 years here, I've had so little trouble (really!) it's not worth talking about. Let's talk about the community here instead. People still say hello/hola, the kids still play ball in the streets, still go in the hydrants in the summer. I'm not trying to paint a perfect picture (it is still NYC in 2008) but the more things change, perhaps the more they also stay the same?

Ernie		03-Oct-2008 07:52
Graduate of PS 28 in 1969.My favorite teacher Mrs Mateo in 6th Grade.Was a classmate of Mitch "Blood" Green in 4th grade(go to www.bronxboard.com)Class pictures PS 28 Class 4-1-2 1967.Lived on Mt Hope Place between Walton and Jerome.Naturally I went to Wade (loved the pics).Missed playing stickball their at the "U".Spent many mornings at Wade playing chess in the parking lot on Mr Marshall's Cadillac ! Great pictures ofn the whole neighborhood and like other writers appreciate the great buildings on the Concourse. Spent many summers playing softball vs PS 70 teams.Missed going thru the tunnel leading to the Concourse Branch Library.Back in the day who needed the internet when we had the joy of visiting the library.

Walter		27-Sep-2008 13:10
I was born and grew up in the Bronx, where I lived till my family moved to the Inwood section of Manhattan in 1968. I attended Evander Childs High School. I remember going to Fordham Road to shop in Alexanders and Sears, and buying a knish. I also went to the movies at the Lido Theater on Fordham Road - a double feature for 99 cents. I kept my money in the Dollar Savings Bank - a beautiful building. Now I live in Europe, and I could just as well live anywhere. I can't go back to the Bronx anymore, but as you said, somehow, it remains home. Thank you for refreshing my memories. At 58, I find myself becoming more and more nostalgic.

Guest		22-Sep-2008 18:55
Hi All: I lived on E. 206th street. 1951-1974 Went to PS8, 80, Mt St Michael and Manhattan College! So I guess I got an education in the Bronx! MoM worked at Krums Candy Store! Great Great Memories!

Joe Lania		09-Sep-2008 22:05
Spent so much time in that area.Went to PS64 (1966-69)4th grade to 6th. Lived on Elliot and Walton. Walked the Concourse EVERY DAY to JHS 117 (Wade) and moved to Jessup Ave for awhile before WE ALL GOT THE MEMO to move to Co-op City in 1971. My paternal grandma lived off of Fordham (behind the White Castle) on Belmont. I loved those old buildings, and as a typical boy, we travelled the neighborhood. Best place to live at the time. WE WALKED EVERYWHERE... Good lives, good friends.. nice family times. The Bronx was ours!!

Arnold		02-Sep-2008 16:01
I lived at 47 Featherbed Lane between 1968 and 1990. This site brought back such memories ---both good and bad. I went to Taft H.S. and graduated in 1972 then on to Lehman College. Bronx boy makes good!!!! Keep this site going.

Guest		28-Aug-2008 22:53
Guest To- Alan Ouimet St.Barnabas Hospital currently leasing the once Royal Hospital plans to build a ten story out-patient facility. I thought you would like to know what's happening to the hospital you were born in.

Alan Ouimet		26-Aug-2008 20:49
Great pictures. I was born at the Royal Hospital, in 1937, on the Grand Concourse. Lived at 2234 Ryer Avenue not one block from Saint Simon Stock where I went to school. Love you pictures especially the Loew's Paradise. I remember the Saturday matinee's - ten cents for two movies and cartoons. And you could take a chance on a raffle of one acre of land on Long Island. Was just a desert then. Now we live in Madison, CT - and always remember the Bronx in its hayday. Tar roof on hot nights, remember?

Mara		23-Aug-2008 19:43
This is to Elliot M. Roth: I went through elementary school with your brother Fred. I still have our kindergarten picture. He wore a cool flannel shirt. Mara

Guest		11-Aug-2008 03:23
Hi Mara, There is some Roosevelt history on the internet. There's too much to write under this small comment rectangle. I think you will enjoy reading some of those facts. Student Gossip - We were proud of Dion And The Belmonts, the famous White Castle, the known fact that the assistant principal- Mrs.Schneider, would put on bobby socks and catch the girls smoking in the bathroom. We had a really bad basketball team that lost every game, no football team, but a terrific glee club that practiced during zero period. We were a fun loving group of students. We have fond memories. The Roosevelt building will remain at the same location. Four smaller educational groups will use the property.

Mara		11-Aug-2008 01:06
Hello Guest, So sad to hear the school closed. Hard to imagine that area without Roosevelt. I rmember as a young girl it was referred to "The Maternity Ward" Do you know much about the school's history?

Mara		10-Aug-2008 21:07
Hello Guest, So sad to hear the school closed. Hard to imagine that area without Roosevelt. I rmember as a young girl it was referred to "The Maternity Ward" Do you know much about the school's history?

Guest		10-Aug-2008 16:21
Hi Mara, I graduated from Roosevelt H.S. in 1962. Graduation was held in the school auditorium. June,2008 was the last graduation. Sadly, the school closed.

Mara		08-Aug-2008 12:09
Hi "GUEST", This is Mara again. Lost this site and had to hunt to find it again-. I graduated from Roosevelt HS in 69 at the Loew's Paradise. I now live in Ellijay Ga. Tell me when you graduated.

Herb (Herk)		07-Aug-2008 03:33
I was born in 1928 and lived in 4 apartments until my 22nd birthday. These were located on Eastburn, Monroe and Topping Avenues. I attended PS 70, Wade and Taft HS ... graduated Taft in 1949. PS 70 was my hangout as well as the old handball courts in Claremont Park (down the steps). My friends and I played stickball and punchball on Eastburn Ave during the early 40's. I read someplace that..."The happiest people are not those who have the best of everything, but those who make the best of what they have." ... and we sure did.

Richie Bionda		05-Aug-2008 14:16
Richie Bionda Thanks for the photos. I grew up in 2155 Mohegan Avenue at the corner of Bronx park South from 1936 to 1957. I went to PS 69, JHS 118, and Theodore Roosevelt HS

Richie Bionda		05-Aug-2008 14:14
Richie Bionda Thanks for the photos. I grew up in 2155 Mohegan Avenue at the corner of Bronx park South from 1936 to 1957. I went to PS 69, JHS 118, and Theodore Roosevelt HS

Richie Bionda		05-Aug-2008 14:14
Richie Bionda Thanks for the photos. I grew up in 2155 Mohegan Avenue at the corner of Bronx park South from 1936 to 1957. I went to PS 69, JHS 118, and Theodore Roosevelt HS

Guest		28-Jul-2008 01:08
Mara I live in Marietta Ga. and graduated from Roosevelt. Where in Ga. do you live?

Mara		27-Jul-2008 22:11
WOW!! I went to PS 70 - the school with the swimming pool you mentioned (1955-61) then on to Wade JHS. It was really getting tough then. I remember girl fights almost every afternoon. (1961-64). Then Taft HS, moved in 66 and transferred to Roosevelt HS & graduated in 69 at the Lo-ez Paradise. I am in north Georgia now (?) & delight in finding Bronx trivia. This is a GREAT site. So many wonderful pix. Does anyone remember the Roosevelt Gardens Apts on the Concourse, around 171st St? Or the Sugar Bowl candy store across from Taft? Or the Jewish Book Store across from the Luxor Theater? Such fun. THANK YOU!

lucy johnston		27-Jul-2008 08:54
Wonderful pictures. Brought back so many memories. I was born and lived in the Bronx for nineteen years, until I got married and moved away. I lived on E. 227th St. between Bronxwood ave. and Barnes ave. Went to PS. 2l, PS 113 and Evander Childs H. S. I remember all the stores along Gun Hill Road. The neighborhood was mostly Italian and the stores were stocked with wonderful Italian food. Although I have never been back there I still have vivid memories of that neighborhood. I went to the Laconia movie theater and some others whose names I have forgotten. I cherish my memories of that wonderful time and that wonderful place.

RON		26-Jul-2008 05:24
My name is Ron. I lived, with my brother Richy(I was called Peewee back then), at a boarding house from around 1952 thru 1955. I can't remember the exact address. I do know that it was on Featherbed Lane, one block from the elementary school and all the homes that were torn down to make room for the Cross Bronx Express Way. There was a candy store on the other corner. Across from that was a Kosher poultry slaughterhouses...I remember the chicken running around after it's neck had been slit and dropped in a basket. The way they held an egg up to some type of light(candling) to tell if it was fertile or not. The Roman Catholic Church and Jewish Synagogue. The lady who owned the house was known to us as Miss Kelly. The house to the right was owned by a very religious Jewish family. The house to the left was owned by an older lady who worked for the state at some kind of reform school. The neighborhood was ethnically diverse. To quote, "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times...." After the third grade we were reunited with our mother and father and lived on Barnes avenue and 224th street in the North East Bronx, attended P.S.41 ON 225th street, between Barnes avenue and White Plains Road, Olinville Jr.H.S. and graduated from Evander Childs High school. I met the "love of my life", Bethy(Liz), on Barnes avenue, when we were only 17. We were married in 1966 at, Our Lady of Grace church. We now live in Las Vegas. Did you ever stop to think?..that The Bronx is the only borough of the five Boroughs that is referred to as "The"... It's not...The Queens, The brooklyn, The Manhattan, The Staten Island or The Long Island, But it is and will always be, The Bronx. We were born and raised in... "The Bronx". Thank you for the photos and the memories. Ron

Guest		26-Jul-2008 02:43
Sheryl 1965

Guest		23-Jul-2008 18:03
SHERYL---WHAT YEAR DID YOU GRADUATE EBB JR.H.S. 115 ?

Guest		22-Jul-2008 08:02
Sheryl I lived at 2474 Grand Ave and on Aqueduct Avenue. Attended PS33, EBB Jr HS 115, Bx Science.Your photos brough lots of memories to life. My building had this huge courtyard( at least it seemed huge), with a lobby that was marble and we would play king and queen on the steps. Would take short cuts to family on University area by climbing up the "hill" in the alley to get to the top of the Aqueduct. in those days traffic was the danger ( 1950-1972) and I remember being told to use the el to get across the big street on Jerome Ave. I live in the midwest now and they don't get the candy stores, Krums, Jahns and that amazing Paradise Theatre. The little Lido theatre too. Poe Park. I remember watching the tags at Loehman's for something to get down to where I could buy it. Alexanders was so ahead of its time. There is a book called the Old Neighborhood and in it are these descriptions of the Grand Concourse from the '50's that held true till Coop city got built.Your photos capture the glory of those buildings and what neighborhoods should be. thanks for the memories.

Guest		22-Jul-2008 08:02
Sheryl I lived at 2474 Grand Ave and on Aqueduct Avenue. Attended PS33, EBB Jr HS 115, Bx Science.Your photos brough lots of memories to life. My building had this huge courtyard( at least it seemed huge), with a lobby that was marble and we would play king and queen on the steps. Would take short cuts to family on University area by climbing up the "hill" in the alley to get to the top of the Aqueduct. in those days traffic was the danger ( 1950-1972) and I remember being told to use the el to get across the big street on Jerome Ave. I live in the midwest now and they don't get the candy stores, Krums, Jahns and that amazing Paradise Theatre. The little Lido theatre too. Poe Park. I remember watching the tags at Loehman's for something to get down to where I could buy it. Alexanders was so ahead of its time. There is a book called the Old Neighborhood and in it are these descriptions of the Grand Concourse from the '50's that held true till Coop city got built.Your photos capture the glory of those buildings and what neighborhoods should be. thanks for the memories.

Judy		19-Jul-2008 02:24
Thx so much! I grew up on Popham Ave near the Sedwick Library in the late 60's, went to Sacred Heart and LOVED walking down Featherbed Lane!

BARBARA DOOLE		19-Jul-2008 01:40
thanks for the memories grew up on nelson ave&174 st. hung around park plaza is it still there?went to grace dodge h.s.graduated in 1957.THANKS AGAIN BARBARA

barbara doole		19-Jul-2008 01:31
loved your pictures would love to see more i grew up on174st.&nelson hung around park plaza1954.would love to see pictures university avefordham rd.thanks for the memories.barbara grace dodge h.s 57.

Guest		12-Jul-2008 23:13
Hi, I lived at 1685 Morris Avenue, around the corner from the library and across the street from the church and Mt. Eden Shul from 1956 to 1969. My grandparents lived on the 5th floor and we lived on on the 6th. I went to PS 70 and Wade as well then onto Music & Art. Live in the Florida Keys now but recently took my husband to see the old neighborhood. Sometime things from your childhood are smaller then you remember them but the hills of the Bronx are still as steep! Beautiful photographs! Thanks, Rita Irwin

Guest		12-Jul-2008 20:52
GUEST I LIVED AT 160 BUSH STREET, AND THE BACK ENTRANCE OF THE BUILDING WAS 2020 CRESTON AVE. IT WAS A SMALL STREET OFF THE GD.CONC.- AROUND THE CORNER FROM THE ROYAL HOSPITAL. BETWEEN BURNSIDE AVE.AND 179TH ST. I WENT TO P.S.28 ON TREMONT AVE.AND ECHO PL. THE JUNIOR H.S.I ATTENDED WAS 115 ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING ON 183RD ST. AND RYER AVE. I WENT TO THEODORE ROOSEVELT H.S.ON FORDHAM ROAD. I WORKED AT ALEXANDER'S DURING MY SENIOR YEAR. MY UNCLE LIVED IN THE LEWIS MORRIS BUILDING. IT WAS THE ONLY BUILDING IN THE BRONX THAT HAD A DOOR MAN, AT THAT TIME. I BELONGED TO THE YWHA AND LOVED GOING TO THE YOUNG TEEN DANCES. I LOVED WALKING ON THE CONCOURSE WINDOW SHOPPING. I ENJOYED GOING TO POE PARK ON WED.NIGHTS DURING THE SUMMER, MEETING AND MAKING FRIENDS. IT WAS FUN GOING TO THE PARADISE LOOKING UP AT THE STARS, AND THEN GOING TO KRUM'S,OR JAHN'S FOR DESSERT. IN THE WINTER WE WENT ICE SKATING AT THE OLD OXFORD MOVIE THEATRE ON JEROME AVE.AND 183RD ST. ROLLER SKATING WAS ON JEROME AVE.AND FORDHAM RD.NEAR KINGSBRIDGE. WHAT FOND MEMORIES. I NOW LIVE DOWN SOUTH. IF YOU EVER VISIT THE OLD NEIGHBORHOOD AGAIN, I WOULD APPRECIATE YOU TAKING A PICTURE OF THE BUILDING I GREW UP IN. I MISS THE JEWISH DELI, THE GARDEN BAKERY, AND THE SEVEN BROS.DINER ON BURNSIDE AVE. THANK YOU FOR THAT WONDERFUL WALK DOWN MEMORY LANE !!!

Mike		10-Jul-2008 02:51
I'm from Co-Op City. And I'm making a documentary film about the South Bronx and the last year of the old Yankee Stadium. I'd like to talk to people who lived in the area pre-1970s. If you lived in the South Bronx and are interested in sharing some stories, I'd love to hear them. You can contact me at mkgartland@hotmail.com. Thanks.

NEEKO SANTANA		03-Jul-2008 22:59
OH YEAH....175 AND DAVIDSON IN FRONT OF 1711....176....D.STREET ....170...... ELIOTT..

NEEKO SANTANA		03-Jul-2008 22:57
WOW I AM GASPING FOR AIR...HOW DID YOU GET THAT PICTURE ON TOP OF THE STAIRS ON DAVIDSON I USED TO LIVE IN THAT HOUSE.....AND TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTIO ABOUT THAT LAND ...IT IS NOT THEIRS..........I GREW UP IN THAT HOUSE....I WANNA CRY!!!!THAT WHOLE NEIGHBORHOOD ...FEATHERBED LANE...CLIFFORD PLACE...WALTON...TOWNSEND...LEWIS MORRIS....THE 4 TRAIN ...JEROME AVE...THE GAS STATION ON JEROME..WOW....I WANNA GO HOME....LOVE NEEKO

Patrick		02-Jul-2008 23:08
Great pics. Was a beautiful place back in the day, way more expensive than where I lived on 184th between Washington and Park Ave. A great place to hang out. Thanks for the memories.

arlene dolen		02-Jul-2008 01:36
I'm going to have a fight with my husband if I don't get into the kitchen. PAT MORGAN - thank you...I won't be able to shake the Bronx until maybe my third reincarnation. Found your site by looking for Macombs Rd., Featherbed Lane, University Ave., etc. My neighborhood - 1647 Macombs Road was my home for almost 15 years. Guess the Park Plaza Movie isn't around anymore but that beautiful Paradise is. Used to have lime rickies next door and great ice cream across the street at Krum's. Thank you for bringing life back to my memories! Arlene Dolen

j.r.		19-Jun-2008 00:06
Did you go to Wade JHS?

Bob		15-Jun-2008 03:33
Thank you so much for the trip down memory lane. I found your site looking up bronx aparment bldgs. I am so happy I found this site. I was born in the Central Maternity Hospital on the Grand Concourse in 1959. Grew up on Topping Ave bet 173rd and 174th Sts. Attended PS 70 on Weeks Ave, spent 4 months at Macombs JHS 82 then went on to St Adalberts on 155th and Melrose Ave finally graduating from Cardinal Hayes in 1977. Lived in the Thomas Gardens Apts across from the County Courthouse on Grand Concourse before moving to California in 1987. I remember the Bronx so well. In spite of the fact that I grew up in the Tremont section as it was "changing" I believe it was the best place on earth and I'm so very happy to have grown up there. I proudly tell people "I'm Bronx, NY born and raised" Thanks again for this wonderful site. Bob

Devora		12-Jun-2008 23:17
Does anyone remember the Devora building on the Grand Concourse?

darrett		02-Jun-2008 03:06
thanks for the photos of featherbed lane. I lived at 15 featherbed lane from 1969-1975 and used to love to watch the trains come down the tracks from 170th st to mt eden ave. many a memory playing stick ball in the streets, watching cars roll down the cross bronx expressway, and planes flying over the BX leaving LaGuardia airport to Barbara Drier...what years did you go to PS 88? I was ther from 1966-67 pre kindergarden and kindergarden. Do you remember Mrs Massey?

melanie towler		25-May-2008 03:11
U took a nice picture of my building on 1695 Grand Concourse.Did u remember the black out in 2003? I use to go to school at st.Marget Mary and Crist the King in the Bronx and if u know where those schools are can u take pictures of them?

melanie towler		25-May-2008 02:55
U took a nice picture of my building on 1695 Grand Concourse.

kevin reynolds		22-May-2008 18:03
I loved the colorful and clear images that are here. One of my children was born in Bx Lebanon Hospital and I remember the Coucourse very fondly. Great photos ! Thanks for the invite !

Miike Maranto		21-May-2008 20:19
Thank you so much for sharing the wonderful pictures of Bronx. I live at the corner of 176 and Morris Ave in 1990's. You sure did bring old memoroies back. I used to take the trains from Grand Concourse near 176 street(My favrite D Train). Your effort is much appreciated here.

omar		19-May-2008 11:10
Took a quick look and the pictures and captions are great. What inspired you to document your neighborhood? It seems that there are several chapters in a story. Your chapter precedes my experiences, since I was part of the new wave of immigrants inhabited the south Bronx. I'm sure there are areas of overlap, but it's great to hear the memories of a place that is near and dear to us. Omar 2025 walton ave.

ELLIOTT M. ROTH CPA		18-May-2008 19:39
Great photos. As the cbx was being built , my building that i lived became the corner house on townsend (1605) my apartment overlooked the handball courts, where i spent my days. (when i went to taft i was on the handball team and those handball courts were taft's home court). As i worked my way through college i worked two stores down from the paradise theatre at the concourse paradise catering hall. sometimes i would work from saturday morning to sunday night preparing smorgesbords for weddings and bar mitvahs (i don,t remember any bat mitvahs then). the then owner of the concourse paradise and his son are now my clients. i had friends on walton avenue, perhaps you knew them. Jay Citron, Jeffrey Gutterman, Linda Zuckerman amongst others. When I got married in 1971 I moved to 1560 grand concourse. Around that time quanset huts were used as classrooms for ps 70. it was time for my daughter to start school. i then moved to tappan, ny. I am still in Rockland County ny. I have not back to The Bronx for a number of years. I normally use the Harlem River Drive to go home and I stopped using the Major Deegan. i saw the name Ricki Tiven, I believe I went to school with here. My brother Fred who you may know (as i believe he knows your brother) still goes for his haircuts to jerrys baber shop on mt. eden and jerome. My brother lives in yonkers.

Harvey		17-May-2008 19:38
Incredible photos. I grew up (1953-73) in the Rosalie (215 Mount Hope Place) and it hurts so much whenever I go back to visit the east coast. I would have been quite happy staying in my art deco neighborhood for the rest of my life but it wasn't to be. Even my high school (Taft) is now a part of history. Oh well, life goes on.

lauri rovin ward		11-May-2008 18:06
Thank you so much for sharing your wonderful photos. Many of the pictures captured the neighborhood I grew up in from 1950-1964. I lived at 230 East 173 St. (corner of Eastburn) across from P.S. 70 and remember going to the library and then to Shelley's candy store for a malted, around the corner, afterwards. I believe one of your previous posters, "Ricki" may be Ricki Tiven who lived across the street. I also attended Wade before my family moved to Forest Hills (I attended Music & Art H.S.). Claremont Park, where my brother Gary and I played and got ice cream from Good Humor man on the corner; "The Ovals," Mt. Eden Temple where my parent's were married; the movie theatre and hospitals on Mt. Eden Avenue; The Luxor movie theatre on 170 Street, where you could buy chocolate wafer Delicia bars and the Waldorf diner and the Chinese restaurant on the other side of 170th Street, all bring back many wonderful memories. The stores on 174 Street - before and after the Cross Bronx Expressway plowed through our neighborhood: Steinberg's Toy Store and card shop, Deutch's dairy, the shoemaker, the drug store on the corner of Morris Ave and 174th, the A&P 1 block north of P.S.70, and the bakery - were also haunts. I also have fond memories of weekend evenings spent standing and talking, laughing and singing with dozens of friends in front of Roosevelt Gardens in the early 1960s. Last month I was contacted by 2 friends from P.S. 70 (we were in the same classes from 1st-6th grades and all graduated together in 1961). After 45 years, we're having a reunion dinner on the Upper East side of Manhattan tomorrow night!

Lauri (Rovin) Ward		11-May-2008 17:56
Thank you so much for sharing your wonderful photos. Many of the pictures captured the neighborhood I grew up in from 1950-1964. I lived at 230 East 173 St. (corner of Eastburn) across from P.S. 70 and remember going to the library and then to Shelley's candy store for a malted, around the corner, afterwards. I believe one of your previous posters, "Ricki" may be Ricki Tiven who lived across the street. I also attended Wade before my family moved to Forest Hills (I attended Music & Art H.S.). Claremont Park, where my brother Gary and I played and got ice cream from Good Humor man on the corner; "The Ovals," Mt. Eden Temple where my parent's were married; the movie theatre and hospitals on Mt. Eden Avenue; The Luxor movie theatre on 170 Street, where you could buy chocolate wafer Delicia bars and the Waldorf diner and the Chinese restaurant on the other side of 170th Street, all bring back many wonderful memories. The stores on 174 Street - before and after the Cross Bronx Expressway plowed through our neighborhood: Steinberg's Toy Store and card shop, Deutch's dairy, the shoemaker, the drug store on the corner of Morris Ave and 174th, the A&P 1 block north of P.S.70, and the bakery - were also haunts. I also have fond memories of weekend evenings spent standing and talking, laughing and singing with dozens of friends in front of Roosevelt Gardens in the early 1960s. Last month I was contacted by 2 friends from P.S. 70 (we were in the same classes from 1st-6th grades and all graduated together in 1961). After 45 years, we're having a reunion dinner on the Upper East side of Manhattan tomorrow night!

Marie		04-May-2008 18:42
I didn't grow up in this area of The Bronx - my area was Woodlawn - but, I can tell you, no matter where else you roam in life, your Bronx years stay with you - forever in your heart. Most people don't understand the magical quality of The Bronx - perhaps the most-maligned borough in NYC. One should be proud to come from there. There is so much history. I dream of it frequently.

E.DEIGHAN		28-Apr-2008 17:56
I LIVED AT 212 E 182 ST IN THE 70,S BUT THE BLACK OUT TORE THE HEART OUT OF THE NEIBGHOOD.SO THESE PHOTOS ARE NICE BUT -THAT WAS THEN THIS IS NOW.

Mike Smith		25-Apr-2008 16:04
Hi, I was born in Bronx Lebanon Hospital(MY mother was a nurse there for 30 years, from 1967 - 1997, the eyar she retired) I lived on 1770 Grand Concourse between Mt' Eden and 175th stree below the concouse. Man o man the memories, I left the bronx when I was 16 years old and moved to Teaneck,NJ. I stil lhave fond memories of the Concourse and actually just drove by there yesterday to check up on an old friend. I went to Clinton up until the 10 grade then I went to Teaneck Highschool for the remainder of my HS years. Nothing can replace the bronx, it holds a special place in my heart and I am so proud to be from there(regardless of what others think)

Barb		20-Apr-2008 03:06
Many thanks for those photos. I'm not a fan of the modern buildings in the city and am happy to see someone else enjoying the details of the buildings, most of which are between the 20's and 40's. I grew up on West Tremont off Grand and Davidson. Wish I had more pictures before they tore down the building to put in a school. That part of Davidson Ave was razed for the school...bet. West Tremont & Snake HIll. For those who requested photos of 82 & University Ave., go to Classmates.com then Taft HS and look at the albums. Mine says Taft, Macomb's Grand Ave., etc.

ROBERTA		11-Apr-2008 08:01
ROBERTA WOW! THE MEMORIES NEVER GO AWAY. I SPENT THE FIRST 13 YEARS OF MY LIFE ON 170TH ST. AND TELLER AVE. WHENEVER I GO TO "THE STADIUM", WHICH IS QUITE OFTEN, I GET OFF THE CROSS BRONX AT THIRD AVE AND DRIVE ACROSS CLAREMONT PKWY, WHICH BECOMES 170TH ST. I CAN SEE TELLER AVE AS I DRIVE TO THE CONCOURSE. I THEN RIDE TO MY BELOVED YANKEES. I'M AN AMATEUR PHOTOGRAPHER AND RECENTLY TOOK PICTURES OF MY BLOCK AND PUBLIC SCHOOL 53. OF COURSE MR. REISER'S CANDY STORE ON ONE CORNER AND MR. MERRITT'S GROCERY STORE ON THE OTHER ARE NO LONGER THERE, BUT I CAN SMELL THE 2CENT PRETZELS AND FEEL MR. MERRITT'S HAND AS HE CROSSES ME ON 169TH ST. GOING TO SCHOOL. THE BRONX HAS ALWAYS BEEN THE PRETTIEST OF THE BOROUGHS WITH HILLS AND PARKS. I HOPE IT ONE DAY DOES WHAT WILLIAMSBURG HAS DONE. WOULDN'T THAT BE WONDERFUL!

Rosie		04-Apr-2008 14:42
Wow...I was just doing a search on apartments in the Bronx and came across your page. I was born and raised in the Bronx and I am still there. I actually live on Townsend between 174th and Mt. Eden. You have some really great pics of the place...of course it's not what it use to be. Went to Wade in the early 80's. The theatre on Mt. Eden was converted in to a church which I now attend...amazing how much everything's changed but a lot of the architecture is still intact which is great. Thank you for taking the time to create memories for many.

Joe		02-Apr-2008 13:50
I went to Sacred Heart school on Nelson Ave. We moved upstate when I was 8 but I have many fond memories of my block. My mom used to buy me egg creams at 170th & Jerome. My relatives stayed but eventually moved to Bainbridge. My cousins are still there. It's a shame there are so few good neighborhoods left. I wish I grew up there in my parents era, 50's & 60's.

Eric		31-Mar-2008 13:41
I worked as a teacher at PS 70 for more than 20 years (until 2004)and marveled at the beauty of the surrounding architecture. E.L Doctorow, in his book World's Fair, describes a true event -- a car went out of control on Weeks Avenue and fell more than 20 feet into PS 70's schoolyard (I think there was a fatality). And my wife organized the murals painted on Wade's handball wall shown on one of your photos through a NY Cares beautification activity in 2006.

Angelo		30-Mar-2008 04:26
Thanks for the trip down memory lane--boy do I remember the paradise worked therein 56-57 lived in the Fordham section on 183st.between Hughes & Belmont Aves.The saying is true --you can leave the Bronx but the Bronx never leaves you.

Marsha		29-Mar-2008 22:07
Wonderful!!! There was nothing like the Bronx. I lived on Davidson Ave. between Burnside Ave. and Tremont Ave. Went to JHS 82, T. Roosevelt on Fordham Rd. , then on to uptown Hunter College. Those were the days. Thanks so much for the memories.

ricki		29-Mar-2008 12:52
I lived at 1691 Eastburn Ave and went to 70, Wade, and Taft. I also taught at 70 until 1991! It was great seeing the photos. What great memories! It will always be "the Bronx" and it was home. Unfortunately, you can never go home again.

Connie Capobianco		17-Mar-2008 19:15
Thanks for the trip. I grew up on 148 street between Morris Ave and Courtland Ave in the 40's and 50's until 1965. We used to walk to to Franz Seigel Park and even up to the Paradise. I still say I am "from the Bronx". We owned a 36 family building that we sold for about $80,000 in about 1970s . The guy never paid us all the money so we really ended up selling 36 family and 3 family next to it for about $60,000. Rent controlled so folks paid about $80 rent even in the 70's and 80's. I can still hear the stick ball bat roll to the curb on Sunday mornings when it was thrown down as batter hit and ran. C. Capobianco

mercadies		08-Mar-2008 20:03
you took a nice picture of my apartment on 1695 grand concoures

Vera		29-Feb-2008 11:23
I'm an italian girl and I've always been fascinated by the Bronx and I saw lots of movies about it.The photos are simply great!

Alan Goldsand		22-Feb-2008 17:21
Alan Goldsand 22-Feb-2008 16:46 I grew up at 37 Featherbed Lane in the 1940's and 1950's, the house just up from that private house you photographed. There were about a dozen of us kids all about the same age growing up on Fetherbed Lane. We used to sit on the stairs to the private house when we weren't being chased by the home owner; we played stick-ball using the garage door, painted with a vertical home-plate, and hitting the ball into Inwood Ave, which it faced. The lot next door to the Davidson Ave. steps was our frontier for "Cowboys & Indians," war games, rock fights, and whatever else we could imagine. I attended PS 70, a wonderful school, was taught to swim in the pool by Mr. Bone, who had the boys swimming classes. The Mt. Eden Center, near Claremont Park. I too have very fond memories of growing up there with my friends, most of whom I have lost track of. I never realized at the time, how beautiful the art deco buildings were. Many of my friends'homes were destroyed by Robert Moses' insanity. Thank you ever so much for posting these pictures on the Web. You did make it possible to "go back", if just for a moment.

Rachel Herman		18-Feb-2008 22:17
Pat, Thanks so much for such "grand" memories of the Bronx. My family and I lived in 735 Walton/740 Gerard. We will never know of such a time.Could you tell us if the mural at the "Fish" building is still there? Rachel Herman Brooklyn, NY

Guest		15-Feb-2008 01:30
Great photos. I lived across the street from the church and Mt. Eden Center (the Shul) in the late 50's through 1969. Around the corner from the library. Went to PS 70 and Wade. Recently took husband from FLorida to see the old neighborhood. Wanted to go into Lewis Morris but very scary dudes outside the lobby. Forgot how hilly the neighborhood is. Still beautiful.

Mike		11-Feb-2008 21:23
Lived on 173rd street down the hill from the library and hospital until 1965 when my family moved uptown to the Fordham area. Enjoyed the pictures..great job!

Mitch		11-Feb-2008 01:03
Pat: Thanks for these photos. Although I grew up in Queens, I spent a good deal of my younger years in my grandparents' last residence in the Bronx on Shakespeare Avenue right off Featherbed Lane. I remember the Nelson Avenue synagogue and the kosher delis that were situated on Featherbed. I took a walk near there in 2007 (some 40 years after I had last done so) and see some signs of renewal. Thanks for the memories.

Patrick		09-Feb-2008 06:52
Hey Pat, I enjoyed strolling down the neighborhood with you. I was born in 65', lived on 174th and Grand. I took those steps, on both views of Davidson Ave., and would hop in a milk crate or bread crate and slide down the sides on the cobblestone. You want to talk about exhilarating. The sight looking down or up for that matter of the stairs brought back many a memory. That Nancy tunnel led to the D train where my dad was a token clerk. he would take me sometimes to his overnight shift. Subways were dark green/ brown dungy back then, 35 cents fares. Featherbed Lane became home to many gangs in the 70's. I grew up with Jennifer Lopez before she hit it big. We had to leave the neighborhood in 75' for Kingsbridge Rd. Fordham was THE PLACE to be, especially for my mom. Do you remember Jahnns IceCream Parlor? Or Nedicks Hot Dog Stand on Bainbridge and Fordham. How about the chocklate Krumms across from the Paradise......I recently went to a 1980's reunion with my 8th grade buddies. Funny, but that year and group stood out as far as a Bronx Neighborhood. Who goes to 8th grade reunions. I'm tellin ya, dem days were special. I can feel your sighs as you walk along. I feel I got the last good days of the Bronx. I officially moved out in 2002. I hung on as long as I could. I can only image what it was like growing up in your day. I meet Bronxies all the time and there is something always in their eye or smile that says more than words can ever utter. Check out Kenney Chesney Live songs...ie. I GO BACK, you can see them on Youtube.com Gotta go, you take care, and I'll see if I can send you some memoirs.....take care

Guest		01-Feb-2008 06:42
LOVE UR PICTURES! THEY BRING BACK SO MUCH WONDERFUL MEMORIES! THANKS!

Guest		04-Jan-2008 18:43
would love to see pictures of Macombs Road 82....the school was so incredibly horrible that i would love to see pics of it....

Guest		03-Jan-2008 17:27
Loved your photos Pat! I am a fromer Bedford Park resident and hop the subway and go back often. True enough, we can never go back inb the sense that we want. Keep up the good work.

barbara		15-Dec-2007 19:45
I love your photos, Pat. What kind of a lense do you use for the high rise buildings? New York looks less scary than I imagine.

Adrienne Gray Gutierrez		14-Oct-2007 21:38
I lived inthe Grand Concourse until I was 22 month old. Then my father died. The depression hit, and happy days were over. I would like to see interior pictures. Any suggestions? I had no idea it was such an illustrious building.

Guest		30-Jun-2007 20:07
This is great stuff. I lived at 910 Grand Concourse, so a bit south and in some ways a world away. 161st St was the hangout, along with Joyce Kilmer Park. This was JHS 22 territory. Somehow I think Penny Marshall lived in one of the buildings you shot. Again, thank you. Richie Eisinger

MIRA JACOBSON WIENER		25-Jun-2007 19:42
MET A COUPLE OF GALS FROM WADE AND HAD A GRAND CONCOURSE TIME TALKING ABOUT THE BRONX HERE IN FLA. DID YOU EVER NOTICE MY BUILDING 1860 GR. CON.? IT WAS NOTHING LIKE THE OTHER BUILDINGS.

Barbara (Nusgarten) Dreier		22-Jun-2007 16:16
Your photos brought me to tears. I lived on Grant Avenue near 170th Street, and went to PS 88, PS 90, JHS 22, Taft HS and Hunter College. I have happy and sad memories of my life in The Bronx and have not been back there for many years (except in my heart.) You can't go home again. Thank you so much for your gallery and comments. Your work is appreciated . THANKS SHARON FOR THE FORWARDED WEBSITE!

Bill Sperling		01-Jun-2007 03:20
What wonderful pictures flashing back memories of walking to Wade JHS from my house on Walton Avenue..The art deco is more attractive in your photos. It seems like yesterday . Thank you . .Billy Sperling

Guest		31-May-2007 21:11
I know that you were limited as to how many pictures you posted, but I would have liked to see the Park Plaza theater site and P.S. 82 Macombs Jr. High School. University Avenue would have been a great shot to see. All in all it was wonderful. Thanks, Richard Copans