The Beautiful Bronx 1920-1950 (Hardcover)

~ (Author) "We all knew we lived in The Bronx; that was taken for granted..." (more)
Key Phrases: The Bronx, Grand Concourse, Tremont Avenue (more...)

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Product Description

A native Bronxite takes us back to the heyday years of the Bronx.

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A native Bronxite takes us back to the heyday years of the Bronx.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 192 pages
• Publisher: Harmony; First Edition edition (December 12, 1988)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0517548003
• ISBN-13: 978-0517548004
• Product Dimensions: 11 x 8.1 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #318,741 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An excellent text and pictorial review., December 29, 1998

By A Customer

The Beautiful Bronx brings back to life many beautiful memories. It is truly an excellent text and pictorial review of what was once home for so many people. The words and pictures give the reader a feeling of going back into the past. Life in the Bronx from the Roaring 20's to the beginning of the Kennedy Presidency certainly experienced many changes,good and bad,like the rest of our beloved country. The book describes events and locations perhaps forgotten by many people because so much time has passed from the time period examined. To study the many pictures is tantamount to looking at a time capsule. This book is "must reading" for those folks who never lived in the Bronx during this era and also for those folks who did. Yes, you can go home again.

9 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Born There, March 19, 2000

By	MURRAY APPEL (Long Island) - See all my reviews

Born 79 years ago on Bway. near Van Cortlandt. Lived in Kingsbridge & Mosholu areas 27 years. Drove the trolley cars, Bx.& Van Cort., University, Webster, 167 st. xtown, etc. after WW2. Fordham Rd.,3 movies and the Windsor within a few blocks. Loews Grand, Paradise and 1 more few blocks east. What an era! Skinny dip & sleep out in Botanical Gardens. De Witt Clinton Grad. 1938. Jacob H. Schiff center. Brought back many memories. Only complaint, didn't cover enuff. Faded roses are almost impossible to revive. Still a few childhood friends left from those years. Going back brought a mixture of emotions, so many are gone. [e-mail]

5 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Born there moved away 1952,many memories, January 11, 1999

By A Customer

First read the book at my brothers in Florida, had to have one. So many memories, Happy ones. The RKO Royal my farther worked thier for over 25 years. The pictures were so good again memories of days gone by. I lived in Edgewater remember the Mansion and our Volinteer Fire Dept. How things have changed, but your book brought it back to life for me again, no Bronx-ite should be without one Thankyou Bill Taylor