alot of time spent...

in the Bronx, since the last report. Yes, I was there on Saturday evening, to work with Alejandra and Martha, on Olinville Avenue, and then yesterday, early with Fernanda (some good work) and then off to Southern Boulevard and 183rd Street. Hard to lie: some anxiety in entering that project, the elevator is like a box with no windows, a little scary--however once I found the apartment, had a really good lesson with Cristina, the youngest of the two Hernandez daughters--taught her how to divide, and she seemed very happy---not sure if I will continue, but going there is certainly different from going to the Brachmantes, or Fernanda and mom who live in my old neighborhood. Afterwards, jumped on the Southern Boulevard bus, could have taken it all the way to 145 and Amersterdam, but got off at Tremont (177 street) then proceeded to walk west all the way up to the Concourse. Avenue was thriving, in that there was much activity on the street--passed two blocks away from where my mother taught at JHS 44. Long, arduous, but necessary walk, much more interesting than taking the bus, at the end, as I approached to Concourse, found the front of what was the Devon movie house, a neighborhood theater that showed double features of two first run features, after they had exhausted their original runs.
It was there, right before I began sohpmore year at Science, that I saw the double feature of Somethng of Value (poitier) and the amazing A Face in the Crowd.
When did it end, I wonder, when was the last movie shown there, the last double bill, how far was the neighborhood in transition at that time---questions, questions, it all comes down to the story of the two worlds. Anyway........