Note from Connie: Here’s a little visual to prepare everyone for our visit to the Grand Concourse. Our guide, Sam Goodman of the Bronx Borough President’s Office, is a trove of information about the area — where he grew up and where he lives today — and he was enormously helpful to me when I was writing my book on the Concourse. 

Among other things, he shared a photo of himself as a child in front of the Lorelei Fountain, which we’ll see on Saturday and which is an important borough landmark that like so much of the Bronx has survived tough times. You’ll see that he’s wearing one of those dressy hats and coats that children wore in the mid-50s.

See you all Saturday. And after the tour, take a moment to post a few lines and let me know what your reactions were.