Comments on: Two Bronx Libraries Are Made Landmarks http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/04/14/two-bronx-libraries-are-made-landmarks/ Blogging From the Five Boroughs Thu, 06 Oct 2011 16:51:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/section/NytSectionHeader.gif NYT http://www.nytimes.com By: Arthur Bachner http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/04/14/two-bronx-libraries-are-made-landmarks/comment-page-1/#comment-413959 Arthur Bachner Wed, 15 Apr 2009 06:51:02 +0000 http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/04/14/two-bronx-libraries-are-made-landmarks/#comment-413959 In 1934, I at 10 years of age, I moved with my family to 923 Baretto Street, one block north of the Hunts Point branch of the New York Public Library. I immediately got my library card for the childrens’ section (upstairs- side entrance on Tiffany Street}. I averaged a book a day. When I turned 14 0r 15 I graduated to the main or adult section (street level on Southern Boulevard). My then sweetheart (now my beautiful wife of sixty years) used to meet there. Those wonderful memories will always be with us.

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By: Judy http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/04/14/two-bronx-libraries-are-made-landmarks/comment-page-1/#comment-413263 Judy Tue, 14 Apr 2009 19:37:48 +0000 http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/04/14/two-bronx-libraries-are-made-landmarks/#comment-413263 In the late 1940s, my mother used to take me and my sister to the Hunts Point library at least a few times a month–a walk of six or seven blocks from home, and in the 1950s, I walked there myself. In those “mean streets,” the library was a refuge, and the books I borrowed were the world I lived in. The picture above is amazing. As often as I went there, this photo is the first view I’ve ever had of the whole building. All those years ago, I hurried there and didn’t pay any attention to the external features of the building. What was important was inside. I lingered inside as long as I could, hunkering down with a lapful of books, the light from those arched windows spilling into the room. After checking out my favorites, I hurried back home. Thank you for returning a bit of my past to me.

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