Before it became synonymous with urban decay and “The Bronx Is Burning,” the borough was a vibrant middle-class community with classic apartment buildings on the elegant Champs Elysees-inspired Grand Concourse, shopping galore on Fordham Road and taking dates to Jahn’s Ice Cream Parlor.
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Samtur, the author of three books about the borough, will include recollections from his interviews with famous Bronx natives such as Regis Philbin, Robert Klein and Danny Aiello, and illustrate his talk with photos from his collection of hundreds of old-time pictures.
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