To click on the like button,or to say I liked this video would be an understatement. This video was great. I like how it went from showing the devastation that surrounded us and howwe were still able to live together and create positively through our artistic sides (i.e.: Salsa,Break dancing ,Hip Hop,etc.) To all my people from the Bronx "I Love & Miss you "
I miss all of those things also... But it was horrible I grew up fine but the elders around me are the ones I felt bad for I miss them everyday even though they chose the wrong path they showed me the right way New York Knowledge from the elders was great... As for the girls I still think of them a cute curly haired puerto rican was the best
amazin bravo,, the photos captured the that portion in time remarkably,, wow those people were so much like my family, i was 9 then an i remember it was exactly like that in the bronx all my uncles played latin jazz so the music brought back beautiful memories for me,, i adore this thanks for sharing*)
My Brother I went AWOL because the Bronx needed one of their own to stop the conflict; karate Charlie Melendez was the the name I used to coordinate the 1971 Peace Treaty. However name is Carlos Suarez.
i remeber this 1 of the blocks shown in the vid was mine the one with the kids on the car man it was a struggle but when you had freinds to hang out with it was fun
I love the way that you captured the Essence of the South Bronx with the black and white images.The music goes nicely with the pictures.It's almost like a documentary with music! I am a Mass Communications major so I notice things like this
i dont know who you are but a million thanx for posting this...im 35, i grew up here. dude the hair styles, the trash on the street, the gutted building.....i remember now....it choked me up.....some one actually remembers! thanx
I remember NY then and it's population. There's so much obesity in NY now with young people. Young chicks who got the size breastsenough for 20 women. People in their 20, 30, and 40's with really large guts. People in the ghettos with very abnormal body types. NY wasn't always like this. This video proves that people use to look normal at once. Thanks for posting this video.
Wow..The old neighborhood. This is how we lived. I guess one could say, we are real SOUL SURVIVORS!!! And proud of it. This is a great Jazzy tune by Earth, Wind, & Fire. I've never heard it before. Really Cool!!!
The record is New World Symphony by Earth, Wind and Fire. That music and many others, was often the background music that you would hear bouncing off of the abandoned buildings on a late summer night in the South Bronx.
I grew up on Creston/Burnside, and have seen a few things a child should not see in 1970. However, I have nothing but great memories from those days. Everything from saying "HEGGIES DOWN" when I had a fresh .50 slice of pizza, to playing Ringolivio with the rest of the kids on the block, to playing in the empty lot right next to my building.
I'll cherish those years, as they were good for me.
I don't doubt it was hell living in SB during this era (late 60s thru early 80s). What these pictures tell me is, through all this, as bad as it got, those who stayed were able to not just survive but establish some sense of community and make it livable. I'm sure there were (and still are) plenty of good folks who live(d) here in these poor areas, but I admit I'd still be nervous about going into an area like this. Glad to see the SB has cleaned itself up a bit. Thank u for sharing this!
Wow this is great... it makes me proud to see how the puerto ricans in the south bronx didnt let the poverty that they lived in affect them. In these pictures I see hispanic people who dont have much but are proud of the neighborhood where they are from... I am of hispanic descent and I am very proud of the puerto ricans in the Bronx for never being ashamed of living in the ghetto.... which cant be said for the white republican cubans in miami who are all a bunch of sellouts
Great video ! Brings back great memories of growing up in the South Bronx from '70 to '85. I lived in Hunts Point on Lafayette. Miss the old days ! I used to go in many of those abandoned buildings and play ball on the vacant lots. Those were the greatest days of my life ! I go back today and even though the South Bronx will always be home to me. Gentrification has killed some but not all of it's soul. They even fixed up my building.
Thanks for all of your comments. The Bronx at that time was a complicated and difficult life. I don't want to glorify it or condemn those of us who live through that. I want people to remember that it indeed did happen. Many of us, our families and friends, paid a price because of a city's indifference. The experience made those that aurvive that much more stronger.
All of your comments are deeply appreciated and welcomed.
wow...even though im from uptown bronx, i remember the south bronx well in the 80's,,,there was a certain special quality abt it and the people there, who were beautiful, blacks & puerto ricans !!! i just really miss the vibe from back then...!!! words just can't explain...!!! if u weren't there u wont possibily be able to even imagine !!!!
Damn the 70's and early 80's didn't even look like an American city...It reminded me of ww2 war torn europe..Man u had to tuff asa hell to live there...Thanx 4 the pics.
boy did this video brought back memories i grew up in brook ave 138st in the early seventies but thhing change big time i still go out there to visit my moms and its kinda funny because the young cats look at me like im the one thats new in the neighborhood great job on the video.
Damn all you people talk about how good it was back then in the so. bronx but my family was involved in and alot of other shit and you don't seem to remember the crime that was going on back then all the murders, raping etc...
@WORSTDAYOFYOURLIFE Most of these youths, yeah I'm talking about the 30 year olds and even 40 year olds never experienced or lived in a situation like that on U.S. soil, NYC, the south Bronx community. I'm from the bay area and even places like Hunters Point and the Tenderloin is nothing like the near total vacuum the south Bronx was. I think if it hadn't been for Hollywood Beat Street, alot of these so called contemporary b boys and graf writers would be the bourgeoisie.
@Khultan Look up the statistics, violence was the worst in New York (including the Bronx) in the late 70's and 80's. 30 year olds remember some of that and 40 years old most of it.
@Califacience Saying that violence was the worst in the late 70s and 80s is subjective. I wouldn't really take the assesment of a 30 year old ( buddy, that's someone born in 1980) and a 40 year old (someone born in the late 60s), I'd say someone born in the late 50s or very early 60s. who grew up in the late 60s at the formation of New York City's gang rise.
No, everyone who wants accurate information lives by numbers, numbers that were compiled by people who were THERE (law enforcement) but who also had much more information than you did.
@Califacience So much corruption and bias in information in any dedade really, if were talking about worse off American communities, examples, such as the Bronx communities, you can't deny that.
@WORSTDAYOFYOURLIFE The thing is that I miss the abandoned buildings and the real people especially the girls. We were poor materially but rich spiritually. Today, folks got money and material goods but lack a SOUL.
Beautiful! Great work! I was born in 1973 and had an aunt who lived in washington heights and yes, we would visit a cousin of ours that lived in the bronx by fordham road. I too agree that NYC has lost it's essence and soul, it's become extremely generic. Saludos a todos!
so beautifully put together - i myself grew up on longwood and prospect ave from mid 70's to late 80's - i remember sometime in the mid to late 70's the group kiss filmed a scene for their video a few blocks from my building and that one block on both sides was literally abandon and gene simmons lead singer is coming out in the middle of the street from a manhole and they had barrels on fire in the background - thank you for posting this video it totally took me back to my roots.
Hi peterwo2e I'm like you I often whatever happened to all of my friends from back in the day especially from the late 60's and early 70's. That was the heart and soul of the Bronx. I often wonder whatever happened to all of those gangs. The Savage Skulls, Savage Nomads, Black Spades, Ghetto Brothers, Royal Javlens,Roman Kings. Man Those were the real gangs back then.
im still looking to connect to my old friends 174st 3rd ave 174st fulton ave circa 1967 to 1977. i use to live at 1709 fulton between 174 and 173rd use to sneak inside that pool for many years, my wave to those black assasins and ghetto brothers, went to the marines and got back to destruction,, damn!!
Thx for all you comments. The song is by Earth, WInd & Fire, New World Symphony. We burned that record back in the day and it was a natural for this slideshow.
And that girl at 2:51 was so beautiful, it's like she was so natural and glowing with soul. Not like these fake ass materialistic sluts with they're fake ass weaves and sidekicks. The look on her face was just angelic. Can't find women like that these days.
That's what I'm saying also these days. I feel sad for the fellas coming up now. They have never seen real down to Earth girls like back in the day that loved you for you and not what you had or could do for them materially.
I just gotta say one more time, phenomenal work on this peace, nuff respect. I feel my eyes tearing up watching this. I hope u break through with whatever u do, the world needs this type of thing to Pearce the cloud of dumb apathy and ignorance. I hope New York can make it back to it's roots cuz we so lost now, I pray everyday that the spirit that used to flow through the city comes alive again.
I couldn't have said it better myself. It's that SPIRIT that is lacking today. Material improvements do not improve the soul. We had nothing back then but we had more heart, more love, real friends and girlfriends than today. Today the Bronx may look prettier but I prefer those days. I still miss the abandoned bldgs. and the smell of wood burning in the winter.
let's not also forget the hip hop movement that was taking place. Esprcially during the summertime with the old men playing dominoes and opening up the fire hydrants to cool ourselves. The man with the cart selling piraguas. playing stickball at the playground. Things were so simple then. I miss those days
WORD!, Stickball, piragua, girls on the stoops calling out to you as you walked past them asking you to sit down next to them. It was a simpler time where you were liked and loved for you and nothing else because we had NOTHING MATERIALLY!!!
Yo, really good video man. Props to u and oh, what the fuck is that song?! That music is so beautiful I got shivers down my spine, and it goes perfectly well with the pix. Great work man, great work.
Great photography. Nice video, but would have been better if it was slowed down a bit. Less transitions and more time to actually look at the photos. Otherwise great and brings back nice memories.
I like this alot.. my hairs stand up on end jus remembering the memories as i see the the background on da pics...i rememba the good,bad and ugly times living in da bronx,but i would'nt change a thing!!!! BIGG UP 2 MI GENTE YA TU SABES!!!!
wow, this is the New York I remember from back in the early 80's! Although I lived in Manhattan all of my life, I remember my dad driving us kids thru those neighborhoods. But how come no one remembers those days?
even though i lived in the upper bronx, and was born in 1979...do remember the 80's . i always though that the south bronx, had a beauty about it...even the burned out buildings...as well as the people there
Me too. My dad used to drive me though the 'war zone' he worked for NY telephone to show me what I should 'appeciate about my life in Westchester'.. Wow......memories... Nice vid.. A + pics
I was born Dec 15, 1972 in Morrisania hospital in the So Bronx (which burned down not too long after that). Raised on 138th and St Ann's and reared in the Patterson Houses near 143rd. Thank you for posting this.
To click on the like button,or to say I liked this video would be an understatement. This video was great. I like how it went from showing the devastation that surrounded us and howwe were still able to live together and create positively through our artistic sides (i.e.: Salsa,Break dancing ,Hip Hop,etc.) To all my people from the Bronx "I Love & Miss you "
nyrvg 1 day ago
what do you call photos like this urban or something?
pimpmegirl 1 month ago
I miss all of those things also... But it was horrible I grew up fine but the elders around me are the ones I felt bad for I miss them everyday even though they chose the wrong path they showed me the right way New York Knowledge from the elders was great... As for the girls I still think of them a cute curly haired puerto rican was the best
WORSTDAYOFYOURLIFE 5 months ago
Much respect to the survivors! No thanks to the beaureucrats !
mikeodd777 7 months ago
amazin bravo,, the photos captured the that portion in time remarkably,, wow those people were so much like my family, i was 9 then an i remember it was exactly like that in the bronx all my uncles played latin jazz so the music brought back beautiful memories for me,, i adore this thanks for sharing*)
zeelove8 7 months ago
Thank you for showing the world the bronx is more then burned down buildings and dirty streets
mystiquedulce41 10 months ago
great photography thanks for sharing your work!
staeone1 10 months ago
Can anyone see the irony in the fact that government policies destroyed the South Bronx in the 70's but then revived it 20 years later?
ufuckfacesonofabitch 10 months ago
My Brother I went AWOL because the Bronx needed one of their own to stop the conflict; karate Charlie Melendez was the the name I used to coordinate the 1971 Peace Treaty. However name is Carlos Suarez.
712suavecito 10 months ago
Stunning work!!!
dawn220 11 months ago
I think I commented on this vid before. I can't stop enjoying it..it's very well done and I LOVE LOVE LOVE the music. Thanks so much for sharing.
MOCHAMILAN 11 months ago
i was in the bronx 87 and 89 and it was the best times ive ever had point blank
MegaDoomkid 1 year ago
Check out my FACEBOOK page "I Survived the South Bronx in the '70s & '80s"!
LortheBlair 1 year ago
Beautiful Pics....GOOD music too...
MrChiRockk 1 year ago
In the South Bronx,does anybody remember Vickye, president of the Roman Queen?
antonairon0 1 year ago
beautifully done!
grae247 1 year ago
i remeber this 1 of the blocks shown in the vid was mine the one with the kids on the car man it was a struggle but when you had freinds to hang out with it was fun
micknamer 1 year ago
thank the city the the jewish landlord's who burn the buildings on purpose
Stgfre 1 year ago
the blacks and the ricans got along so good it was magic back in the old days
MegaDoomkid 1 year ago
@legoboy676 Thats just a few blocks from my building, cuz I live between Croes and Fteley on 174th street
BLKPHrozty 1 year ago
I love the way that you captured the Essence of the South Bronx with the black and white images.The music goes nicely with the pictures.It's almost like a documentary with music! I am a Mass Communications major so I notice things like this
719kai719 1 year ago
i dont know who you are but a million thanx for posting this...im 35, i grew up here. dude the hair styles, the trash on the street, the gutted building.....i remember now....it choked me up.....some one actually remembers! thanx
melbango1 1 year ago
I remember NY then and it's population. There's so much obesity in NY now with young people. Young chicks who got the size breastsenough for 20 women. People in their 20, 30, and 40's with really large guts. People in the ghettos with very abnormal body types. NY wasn't always like this. This video proves that people use to look normal at once. Thanks for posting this video.
ForeroFlower 1 year ago
Wow..The old neighborhood. This is how we lived. I guess one could say, we are real SOUL SURVIVORS!!! And proud of it. This is a great Jazzy tune by Earth, Wind, & Fire. I've never heard it before. Really Cool!!!
tico241000 1 year ago
ESTA HEAVY MAN...GOOD JOB !
speeches 1 year ago
The record is New World Symphony by Earth, Wind and Fire. That music and many others, was often the background music that you would hear bouncing off of the abandoned buildings on a late summer night in the South Bronx.
Rigglord 1 year ago
I grew up on Creston/Burnside, and have seen a few things a child should not see in 1970. However, I have nothing but great memories from those days. Everything from saying "HEGGIES DOWN" when I had a fresh .50 slice of pizza, to playing Ringolivio with the rest of the kids on the block, to playing in the empty lot right next to my building.
I'll cherish those years, as they were good for me.
bronxborn70 2 months ago
I don't doubt it was hell living in SB during this era (late 60s thru early 80s). What these pictures tell me is, through all this, as bad as it got, those who stayed were able to not just survive but establish some sense of community and make it livable. I'm sure there were (and still are) plenty of good folks who live(d) here in these poor areas, but I admit I'd still be nervous about going into an area like this. Glad to see the SB has cleaned itself up a bit. Thank u for sharing this!
CTyankee4277 1 year ago
cool music!
Sunnybunny2006 1 year ago
a nice photo compiled piece of history ....the b\n is a kind of mindblowing ...
jjlegends 1 year ago
Wow this is great... it makes me proud to see how the puerto ricans in the south bronx didnt let the poverty that they lived in affect them. In these pictures I see hispanic people who dont have much but are proud of the neighborhood where they are from... I am of hispanic descent and I am very proud of the puerto ricans in the Bronx for never being ashamed of living in the ghetto.... which cant be said for the white republican cubans in miami who are all a bunch of sellouts
finsrule84 1 year ago
Great video ! Brings back great memories of growing up in the South Bronx from '70 to '85. I lived in Hunts Point on Lafayette. Miss the old days ! I used to go in many of those abandoned buildings and play ball on the vacant lots. Those were the greatest days of my life ! I go back today and even though the South Bronx will always be home to me. Gentrification has killed some but not all of it's soul. They even fixed up my building.
supadupascupa 1 year ago 2
Thanks for all of your comments. The Bronx at that time was a complicated and difficult life. I don't want to glorify it or condemn those of us who live through that. I want people to remember that it indeed did happen. Many of us, our families and friends, paid a price because of a city's indifference. The experience made those that aurvive that much more stronger.
All of your comments are deeply appreciated and welcomed.
Rigglord 2 years ago 3
wow...even though im from uptown bronx, i remember the south bronx well in the 80's,,,there was a certain special quality abt it and the people there, who were beautiful, blacks & puerto ricans !!! i just really miss the vibe from back then...!!! words just can't explain...!!! if u weren't there u wont possibily be able to even imagine !!!!
nicoleayanna 2 years ago 2
they called in Little Viet Nam
zuluqueenchele 2 years ago 2
Damn the 70's and early 80's didn't even look like an American city...It reminded me of ww2 war torn europe..Man u had to tuff asa hell to live there...Thanx 4 the pics.
silky1700 2 years ago 2
boy did this video brought back memories i grew up in brook ave 138st in the early seventies but thhing change big time i still go out there to visit my moms and its kinda funny because the young cats look at me like im the one thats new in the neighborhood great job on the video.
kabe138 2 years ago 2
@kabe138 'the young cats look at me like I'm the one that's new in the neighborhood' Just goes to show, nobody knows anything. Word.
Khultan 1 year ago
Damn all you people talk about how good it was back then in the so. bronx but my family was involved in and alot of other shit and you don't seem to remember the crime that was going on back then all the murders, raping etc...
WORSTDAYOFYOURLIFE 2 years ago 6
@WORSTDAYOFYOURLIFE Most of these youths, yeah I'm talking about the 30 year olds and even 40 year olds never experienced or lived in a situation like that on U.S. soil, NYC, the south Bronx community. I'm from the bay area and even places like Hunters Point and the Tenderloin is nothing like the near total vacuum the south Bronx was. I think if it hadn't been for Hollywood Beat Street, alot of these so called contemporary b boys and graf writers would be the bourgeoisie.
Khultan 1 year ago
@Khultan Look up the statistics, violence was the worst in New York (including the Bronx) in the late 70's and 80's. 30 year olds remember some of that and 40 years old most of it.
Califacience 1 year ago
@Califacience Saying that violence was the worst in the late 70s and 80s is subjective. I wouldn't really take the assesment of a 30 year old ( buddy, that's someone born in 1980) and a 40 year old (someone born in the late 60s), I'd say someone born in the late 50s or very early 60s. who grew up in the late 60s at the formation of New York City's gang rise.
Khultan 1 year ago
@Khultan
it's not subjective, there are hard numbers on it.
Califacience 1 year ago
@Califacience You see, b, that's your misfortune. You live by numbers. You were never there, so you can't front and make determinations.
Khultan 1 year ago
@Khultan
No, everyone who wants accurate information lives by numbers, numbers that were compiled by people who were THERE (law enforcement) but who also had much more information than you did.
Califacience 1 year ago
@Califacience So much corruption and bias in information in any dedade really, if were talking about worse off American communities, examples, such as the Bronx communities, you can't deny that.
Khultan 1 year ago
@WORSTDAYOFYOURLIFE The thing is that I miss the abandoned buildings and the real people especially the girls. We were poor materially but rich spiritually. Today, folks got money and material goods but lack a SOUL.
josecitomadera 5 months ago
1:36 whats the story on the little girl in the casket. sad!!!
mxpassion17 2 years ago
Death of unknown causes.
Rigglord 2 years ago
@Rigglord 4:45 is she a detective of some sort. police just came to mind when i saw her
blaby4ever 1 year ago
Died of unknown causes. If you look I think there is a picture of her dancing somewhere in a dress.
Rigglord 2 years ago
Rigglord, I cannot stop watching this video!! Just brings back wonderful memories brother and the music to this video is so fitting...fantastic job
MrMorningside125 2 years ago
Thx for stopping by!
Rigglord 2 years ago
years of socialistic experimentation and false expectations brough economic devastation to my south bronx!
mancester123 2 years ago
The most wonderful celebration of the South Bronx I've ever seen!
cberengu1 2 years ago
Beautiful! Great work! I was born in 1973 and had an aunt who lived in washington heights and yes, we would visit a cousin of ours that lived in the bronx by fordham road. I too agree that NYC has lost it's essence and soul, it's become extremely generic. Saludos a todos!
brazi33 2 years ago
There are some awesome pictures of Bronx Puerto Ricans from back in the 80's. This is awesome!
jabori1 2 years ago 2
am in morrison ave in watson.this vid is phenomenon.i was born in 1986 but still remember the poornest of new york ghettos .love it!!!!!!!!!
fitall129 2 years ago
a south bronx kid. yeah baby. well never foget where i came from. :)
cableon 2 years ago
Nice video what software did you use? I like the editing.
Izakokomarixyz 2 years ago
Can't believe I survived those days - a skinny Jewish kid B-Boy! Much love to all those I left behind - ya'll R 2 Kool
MrIsraeliyo 2 years ago
im speechless i also knew the girl on 4:54
laviaslavic1 2 years ago
so beautifully put together - i myself grew up on longwood and prospect ave from mid 70's to late 80's - i remember sometime in the mid to late 70's the group kiss filmed a scene for their video a few blocks from my building and that one block on both sides was literally abandon and gene simmons lead singer is coming out in the middle of the street from a manhole and they had barrels on fire in the background - thank you for posting this video it totally took me back to my roots.
laviaslavic1 2 years ago
Oh shit! I was there! I was about 12 at the time. I lived on Intervale Ave and 163th St.
FUTHX1138 2 years ago
@laviaslavic1 Oh man I remember that, a friend of mine was arrested that night...
Rigglord 2 years ago
Great music, Great video!
mmacho73 2 years ago
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hey guys check my channel i got vids of how the bronx looks currently. peace
SupaDupaaFlyy 2 years ago
Wonderful video...lots of good and bad times....i grew up on 167st. Franklin and Boston rd...it was no joke....Thank the Most High....i still here
rpj1 2 years ago
Hi peterwo2e I'm like you I often whatever happened to all of my friends from back in the day especially from the late 60's and early 70's. That was the heart and soul of the Bronx. I often wonder whatever happened to all of those gangs. The Savage Skulls, Savage Nomads, Black Spades, Ghetto Brothers, Royal Javlens,Roman Kings. Man Those were the real gangs back then.
MrNothingbutsoul 2 years ago
im still looking to connect to my old friends 174st 3rd ave 174st fulton ave circa 1967 to 1977. i use to live at 1709 fulton between 174 and 173rd use to sneak inside that pool for many years, my wave to those black assasins and ghetto brothers, went to the marines and got back to destruction,, damn!!
peterwo2e 2 years ago
3:10 really sweet eyes, wicked video
honzanoel 2 years ago
inwoodboy171, sanme hear.
honzanoel 2 years ago
i love this kind of stuff .. i was a 90s baby born in the bronx but i always was in love with how NY was in the 80's
inwoodboy171 2 years ago
Thx for all you comments. The song is by Earth, WInd & Fire, New World Symphony. We burned that record back in the day and it was a natural for this slideshow.
Rigglord 2 years ago
And that girl at 2:51 was so beautiful, it's like she was so natural and glowing with soul. Not like these fake ass materialistic sluts with they're fake ass weaves and sidekicks. The look on her face was just angelic. Can't find women like that these days.
halfr3tarded 2 years ago 3
That's what I'm saying also these days. I feel sad for the fellas coming up now. They have never seen real down to Earth girls like back in the day that loved you for you and not what you had or could do for them materially.
josecitomadera 2 years ago
I just gotta say one more time, phenomenal work on this peace, nuff respect. I feel my eyes tearing up watching this. I hope u break through with whatever u do, the world needs this type of thing to Pearce the cloud of dumb apathy and ignorance. I hope New York can make it back to it's roots cuz we so lost now, I pray everyday that the spirit that used to flow through the city comes alive again.
halfr3tarded 2 years ago 2
I couldn't have said it better myself. It's that SPIRIT that is lacking today. Material improvements do not improve the soul. We had nothing back then but we had more heart, more love, real friends and girlfriends than today. Today the Bronx may look prettier but I prefer those days. I still miss the abandoned bldgs. and the smell of wood burning in the winter.
josecitomadera 2 years ago 2
wtf?
jonnjapan09 2 years ago
lol
FUTHX1138 2 years ago
im with you pal.. lets not forget the empty lots.. they were great for shortcuts..
STBNY 2 years ago
let's not also forget the hip hop movement that was taking place. Esprcially during the summertime with the old men playing dominoes and opening up the fire hydrants to cool ourselves. The man with the cart selling piraguas. playing stickball at the playground. Things were so simple then. I miss those days
MrMorningside125 2 years ago
WORD!, Stickball, piragua, girls on the stoops calling out to you as you walked past them asking you to sit down next to them. It was a simpler time where you were liked and loved for you and nothing else because we had NOTHING MATERIALLY!!!
josecitomadera 2 years ago 9
@josecitomadera Everything you said and more!
taino20 5 months ago
Yo, really good video man. Props to u and oh, what the fuck is that song?! That music is so beautiful I got shivers down my spine, and it goes perfectly well with the pix. Great work man, great work.
halfr3tarded 2 years ago
I live in the Bronx now, but I grew up in Brooklyn, an 80's baby, never forget the sites I saw in the Bronx as a kid.
halfr3tarded 2 years ago 2
Beautiful footage my friend!!! WOW I am amazed on how the Bronx has come so far. This is so fascinating to me! Continued success on your work!
prhotboyrocboy 2 years ago
Great photography. Nice video, but would have been better if it was slowed down a bit. Less transitions and more time to actually look at the photos. Otherwise great and brings back nice memories.
1fleetingglimpse 2 years ago
You can see the stills at flickr at photos/rickyflores
Rigglord 2 years ago
I like this alot.. my hairs stand up on end jus remembering the memories as i see the the background on da pics...i rememba the good,bad and ugly times living in da bronx,but i would'nt change a thing!!!! BIGG UP 2 MI GENTE YA TU SABES!!!!
boribrasilian 2 years ago
Thanks Panita!
Rigglord 2 years ago
wow, this is the New York I remember from back in the early 80's! Although I lived in Manhattan all of my life, I remember my dad driving us kids thru those neighborhoods. But how come no one remembers those days?
solarisgalrocks 3 years ago
Get the word out, it happened and can't be forgotten!
Rigglord 2 years ago
even though i lived in the upper bronx, and was born in 1979...do remember the 80's . i always though that the south bronx, had a beauty about it...even the burned out buildings...as well as the people there
nicoleayanna 3 years ago
Me too. My dad used to drive me though the 'war zone' he worked for NY telephone to show me what I should 'appeciate about my life in Westchester'.. Wow......memories... Nice vid.. A + pics
onelasssttime 3 years ago
lololol, I guess that was the excitement of the day - I didn't realize your dad drove you as well befor I posted my comment. hahha
solarisgalrocks 3 years ago
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Great Vid Bro.. i have to visit the South Bronx some day!.. It looks like quite a place
falkon14 3 years ago
unfortunately the south bronx, and nyc as a whole changed a whole lot and its not like this any more !
nicoleayanna 3 years ago 2
THATS MY BLOCK!!!!
go Ricky!
MRWIGGLESEB 3 years ago
Ricky i love your photos, I first saw them on flickr. Will we see a book release?
crazzieddie 3 years ago
Great collage.
Prodigious1One 3 years ago
I was born Dec 15, 1972 in Morrisania hospital in the So Bronx (which burned down not too long after that). Raised on 138th and St Ann's and reared in the Patterson Houses near 143rd. Thank you for posting this.
raylopezjr 3 years ago
very nice 5*****
rafigonzalez 3 years ago
Great vid. Thanx
dennatrol81 3 years ago
Amazing!! Thank you.
LaSone189 3 years ago