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The 1980s began with the Bronx still grappling with the aftermath of the 70s. Abandoned buildings remained a grim reminder of the devastating fires, and poverty rates continued to climb. Crack cocaine infiltrated the borough, fueling violence and deepening social issues.
Jan 15, 2013 · For Ricky Flores, one of the photographers in a group exhibition at the Bronx Documentary Center, chronicling his South Bronx neighborhood transformed him from a hobbyist into an obsessive.
Primarily beginning in the 1980s, parts of the South Bronx started to experience urban renewal with rehabilitated and new residential structures, including subsidized multifamily townhomes and apartment buildings. [37]
Jan 16, 2013 · This weekend photographs of the South Bronx in the 1980s will be put on display at the Bronx Documentary Center. While we've all seen photos highlighting the worst moments in the...
Aug 10, 2019 · There’s a popular narrative that blames the blight and decline of the South Bronx in the 1970s on the working-class people who lived there. But a new film shows that it was landlords and the state who were responsible for the famous fires that ravaged the Bronx.
Principal photography covers the South Bronx during the 1980's during the decline of the South Bronx due to apartment building fires for insurance money or abandonment by the property...
Apr 18, 1981 · In a few places the ruins add up to acres of rubble and litter. For the most part, however, the abandoned buildings pockmark the South Bronx's 20 square miles of real estate.
