reading noticing.....

New York, more depressing news about what the city is trying to do to the libraries. Where are the true protesters in this. Why is the writing community so silent in its  (non) protest. Does P.R. know about this?
Perhaps should contact M. W....anyway...
yesterday afternoon---restless, had to go "somewhere"---forsook my regular Brooklyn outposts to go the Bronx. Why? Felt it was important to make a visit---of course there is no place to "hang out" there, no conducive coffee shop, or whatever, nevertheless, took the D to 175th, immediately saw the architecture--
again amazed as the memories return---still mythic in my mind. Traveled down Morris Avenue until Tremont, then crossed to Creston. Tried to identify Grandma Landau's apartment house, did not find it---I remember it as being one of the red buildings, but red building was first---seemed too close to Tremont, my memory is that ithe apartmant house was very close to Burnside.Was there an elevator in her building...? Maybe not....
Anyway, after stopping at the Bank on Burnside, continued to Fordham up the Concourse. On Tremont, very little commercial input---much more on Burnside, but tried to imagine the avenue (Tremont) during its Jewish hayday, say the forties, or fifties, or even the early sixties...stores and shopping all over. Nothing like that now. Is this the second of the "two cities" that deBlasio talks about? He is so Brooklyn oriented, is he even aware that parts of the Bronx exist. No sense of chaos or fear walking the streets, people seemed pretty independent and safe, but the area simply looked "poor" . Doorways that lead to apartment houses seemed frayed, much more than last time I visited a few years ago. Not a sense of hopelessness, but if not that..."what....? Poverty? Later walked down Fordham to library, very frenetic, people all over. Really understood that I did not "live" there.
Today, tutoring seems to have been canceled--will check on that in a few minutes---that might change. not sure what the day brings--probably will listen to first act of Tosca if I am not tutoring, then consider my choices as I travel, those choices are numerous.....