Never ever have I seen the true story of why my hood looked like this. Thank you for at some history, I just saw rubble every where I went and thought it was normal.
For anyone wondering, the audio at the end (where he talks about buying an apartment block for $1000) is from The Fire Next Door, by Bill Moyers. It's on youtube.
I grew up in the Bronx during the 60s. I agree it was very different back then.I bemoan its loss. I recall seeing whole city blocks full of habitable buildings slated to be demolished to make way for shiny new projects that later become hubs of crime and neglect. But the metamorphisis can't be blamed on just one thing. Many factors contributed. The expansive national highway systems, love of cars, globalism, crime, and local /national policies that were meant well.
1985 I was working in the rebuilding of the apartments in the Bronx for the city as soon as the new apartments were given to tenants at very low rent sometimes even for free we had go back and fix them all over again for the tenants destroy them, broken windows fires in the halls break ins feces every were and so forth.
Howard Cosell. "The fire department has it under control..." Howard, did you see a _single_ red or blue light flashing in that shot? No you did not. The fire wasn't under control, it just ran out of building. My Dad grew up in the South Bronx. As a consequence, he raised me on Roosevelt Island. Man, nyc was insane during the 70s.
This Never happened in Beijing or Moscow. Ees BOD Seestim, Tovarich! Kidding...or, maybe Not. There used to be a Lot of Factory jobs in the Bronx. That decreased after World War Two. VHA home loans incentivized newly married Veterans to move to Suburban areas in New Jersey, Rockland County, NY and Connecticut. The more prosperous folks moved to Staten Island or Eastern Long Island. The LIRR and Metro North could get you to Wall Street and back from anywhere in the area. The Bronx was crisscrossed with Freeways. The Cross Bronx, Especially, contributed to it's ruination. There was a Lot of Blasting, along with jackhammering, done to build it. The Southernmost (and, at the time, Worst) section of the Bronx, was physically cut off from the rest of the Borough. You know; I think a good portion of the SoBro was ALWAYS a Slum. The Charlotte street area had New Law Tenements, built around 1905, in anticipation of the IRT Subway line. Jews, along with Italians, Irish and other groups, fled the overcrowding of the Lower East Side, and also Harlem, when IT began to turn African-American in the 1920s. West Harlem was ruined by Speculative Real Estate Practices, along with Blockbusting. Buildings went up in anticipation of the "A" Train. East Harlem went up in the 1870s-1880s, following the construction of the Lexington Elevated Line. It consisted of Tenements. While tenement buildings are in the Public Imagination, when thinking about the Old South Bronx, there is Also a LOT of Public Housing in that Borough, along with the rest of NYC. And, Unlike in most other major American Cities...it's still standing. That Experiment Failed, and it's the reason why the Bronx, and Brownsville Brooklyn (which is chockablock FILLED with High Rise Projects) have problems. The Latter, Especially, is the Only part of the Five Borough area which hasn't improved since the Early Nineties. Many Puerto Ricans moved into the South Bronx after the War, seeking a Better Life. They have since been supplanted by Dominicans, and other Latino groups, along with people from the West Indies, and some Native Africans.
Extremely interesting and horrifying. Busing seems to merit one fleeting mention but caused how much of this trouble, eg the white flight described fairly early here? Please redo this presentation with clear oral narration instead of that goofy music.
Music was fine. I do voice work and I'll be the first to tell you it wasn't needed. There's a song called Open Letter to a Landlord by Living Colour, in '88, that describes the attitude of the residents pretty clearly. Good vid. Lots of memories.
We just learned about redlining in class and how it displaced many immigrants and people of color. its interesting how American cities became less walkable and more isolated with the rise of suburbs and many many other factors.
The Bronx still is beautiful, truly beautiful in places, and is a hidden gem of the city. I hope that whom ever decides to live there is able to take care of their communities in a meaningful way. That should be part of the greater legacy legacy our city offers to its inhabitants.
IT'S JUST THAT SOME PEOPLE DON'T CARE MY MOM AND DAD LIVED IN THE SOUTH BRONX FROM 71' TO 74' THEN IN 78 BOUGHT THIER FIRST HOME THAT'S THE DIFFERENCE MOVE UP OR STAY THE SAME
I group in the south Bronx in the sixties and seventies and I left in 1977 I have great memories but more bad ones gangsters bad 👮♀️ the world was caving on me and moved to up state never to return have so many stories to tell and questions I will never get the answer.
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Never ever have I seen the true story of why my hood looked like this. Thank you for at some history, I just saw rubble every where I went and thought it was normal.
Do you have some documentary footage of the East Village ?
@naranjo99 Sure do!
@@fewsaid Can you Post it and provide a link ? I'd love to see it !
@@naranjo99 I might post a East Village video in the near future, as I do have other ideas to upload.
For anyone wondering, the audio at the end (where he talks about buying an apartment block for $1000) is from The Fire Next Door, by Bill Moyers. It's on youtube.
I grew up in the Bronx during the 60s. I agree it was very different back then.I bemoan its loss. I recall seeing whole city blocks full of habitable buildings slated to be demolished to make way for shiny new projects that later become hubs of crime and neglect. But the metamorphisis can't be blamed on just one thing. Many factors contributed. The expansive national highway systems, love of cars, globalism, crime, and local /national policies that were meant well.
In resume, political decisions caused the chaos. Nothing new here, and it is about to happen again.
Thank you! That scratched my itch about how this tragedy came to be. Fascinating how people of one neighbourhood suffered while the rest were watching
Once the clientele started changing, landlords found it easier and cheaper to light a match and walk away.
There was a documentary showing huge angry demonstrations against the Cross Bronx Expressway project, mostly Italians and Irish residents attended.
Been living in The Bronx for almost 7 years now. This video broke my heart.
1985 I was working in the rebuilding of the apartments in the Bronx for the city as soon as the new apartments were given to tenants at very low rent sometimes even for free we had go back and fix them all over again for the tenants destroy them, broken windows fires in the halls break ins feces every were and so forth.
Sad, you would think one or many would care for it instead of destroying it.
Howard Cosell. "The fire department has it under control..."
Howard, did you see a _single_ red or blue light flashing in that shot? No you did not. The fire wasn't under control, it just ran out of building.
My Dad grew up in the South Bronx. As a consequence, he raised me on Roosevelt Island.
Man, nyc was insane during the 70s.
I would recommend a different color than orange outline for the subtitles, kinda hard on the eyes
Thank you for the feedback!
@@fewsaid White text bordered with black is visible on any surface.
agreed ~
@@fewsaid Ah ok im sorry i didn't knew that, i have removed my previous message thanks for your reaction and for your awesome video :-)
Damm, this video gave me some mad flashbacks. Lived through this.
This Never happened in Beijing or Moscow.
Ees BOD Seestim, Tovarich!
Kidding...or, maybe Not.
There used to be a Lot of Factory jobs in the Bronx.
That decreased after World War Two.
VHA home loans incentivized newly married Veterans to move to Suburban areas in New Jersey, Rockland County, NY and Connecticut. The more prosperous folks moved to Staten Island or Eastern Long Island. The LIRR and Metro North could get you to Wall Street and back from anywhere in the area.
The Bronx was crisscrossed with Freeways. The Cross Bronx, Especially, contributed to it's ruination. There was a Lot of Blasting, along with jackhammering, done to build it. The Southernmost (and, at the time, Worst) section of the Bronx, was physically cut off from the rest of the Borough.
You know; I think a good portion of the SoBro was ALWAYS a Slum. The Charlotte street area had New Law Tenements, built around 1905, in anticipation of the IRT Subway line.
Jews, along with Italians, Irish and other groups, fled the overcrowding of the Lower East Side, and also Harlem, when IT began to turn African-American in the 1920s. West Harlem was ruined by Speculative Real Estate Practices, along with Blockbusting. Buildings went up in anticipation of the "A" Train. East Harlem went up in the 1870s-1880s, following the construction of the Lexington Elevated Line. It consisted of Tenements.
While tenement buildings are in the Public Imagination, when thinking about the Old South Bronx, there is Also a LOT of Public Housing in that Borough, along with the rest of NYC. And, Unlike in most other major American Cities...it's still standing. That Experiment Failed, and it's the reason why the Bronx, and Brownsville Brooklyn (which is chockablock FILLED with High Rise Projects) have problems. The Latter, Especially, is the Only part of the Five Borough area which hasn't improved since the Early Nineties.
Many Puerto Ricans moved into the South Bronx after the War, seeking a Better Life. They have since been supplanted by Dominicans, and other Latino groups, along with people from the West Indies, and some Native Africans.
music sources please?
0:00 - 2:02 is a copyright free song Smooth Jazz No Copyroght - Animazon
2:03 Great Escape - Denny Greene
i wasn't even alive, but the 1970s was crazy. almost right
In 1950 2/3rds of the Bonx were white and non-Hispanic.
By 1960 2/3rds were Black or Hispanic.
that's why it declined
Well done, I want more of this content 🙏
More will be coming soon, you can check out some of my other videos for similar content!
Extremely interesting and horrifying. Busing seems to merit one fleeting mention but caused how much of this trouble, eg the white flight described fairly early here?
Please redo this presentation with clear oral narration instead of that goofy music.
The fall of the Bronx was really kickstarted by white flight and urban renewal, while the worsening economy and arson amplified it.
@@fewsaid Urban "renewal" is one of the fastest ways to ruin a place.
American planners in the 1950s way of urban renewal were to kick out minorities to build a large highway to further divide neighborhoods.
Music was fine. I do voice work and I'll be the first to tell you it wasn't needed.
There's a song called Open Letter to a Landlord by Living Colour, in '88, that describes the attitude of the residents pretty clearly.
Good vid. Lots of memories.
We just learned about redlining in class and how it displaced many immigrants and people of color. its interesting how American cities became less walkable and more isolated with the rise of suburbs and many many other factors.
*I Like The Movie "South Bronx Heroes"*
The graphics were hard to read
Yeah, sorry about that, I transitioned the font color from orange on black to white on black
When the Bronx in 1970s same housing was bunting because of the fire 🔥 pugs the water was turned off nyc channel 31 showed the city turned them off
My Puerto Rican grandmother was born in the Bronx NY but grew up in North Philly
jewish lightning was at an all time high
HBO should do a documentary or docufilm called the Bronx is Burning
The Bronx still is beautiful, truly beautiful in places, and is a hidden gem of the city. I hope that whom ever decides to live there is able to take care of their communities in a meaningful way. That should be part of the greater legacy legacy our city offers to its inhabitants.
I do have plans to make part 2 of this video on the 1990s+ on the improvements by the Hispanic community and how new life was brought into the area.
IT'S JUST THAT SOME PEOPLE DON'T CARE MY MOM AND DAD LIVED IN THE SOUTH BRONX FROM 71' TO 74' THEN IN 78 BOUGHT THIER FIRST HOME THAT'S THE DIFFERENCE MOVE UP OR STAY THE SAME
This exactly was going to happen to Manhattan with all those illegals that have come . 😂
Who sing the song in this someone please let me know😊
Denny Greene - Great Escape
@@fewsaid I was about to ask that same question! Thank you! For a moment, I thought it was Rocker's Revenge
I group in the south Bronx in the sixties and seventies and I left in 1977 I have great memories but more bad ones gangsters bad 👮♀️ the world was caving on me and moved to up state never to return have so many stories to tell and questions I will never get the answer.
Make America great AGAIN?
And again, and again, and again...
The landlords
Le rêve américain😢
In 2023, homes in the Bronx are askin $400,000.
at the very low end...because in 2018 my great grandparents home not to far from Yankee Stadium was at $750,000.
How? Democrats in charge
cool