Throwing it back to childhood in the Bronx, rockin’ the metal skates and saddle shoes! I was around six years old in this photo. I’d like to say I learned to skate well, but metal on cement worked at cross purposes to my effort. Just out of the photo, three houses up, is the Hadley House, of the oldest houses in the Bronx, second only to the Van Cortlandt mansion and estate. The alley behind my small block of Post Road was a remnant of the original Albany Post road, the native trail that became the mail route to Albany from Manhattan. We weren’t allowed to play back there though; it was too much of a mess. Also, just out of the frame are my two playmates and next door neighbors, David and Peter Ferguson, nephews of the late, great trumpeter Maynard Ferguson. We had a wonderful childhood, as city kids exploiting a concrete playground. ~shared by @djhinva