Introducing The South Bronx from then till now

[burbank]

Excellent video production. The S Bronx has changed tremendously since the late 1970s and early 1980s. Affordable housing and community partnerships maintain quality communities and not corporate greed and political corruption.

[AJT531]

I grew up in the South Bronx (Fox St. btw. 165th & 167th Sts), all part of the Fort Apache area. I could see the original 41st Precinct from my back yard. Me and the crew I grew up with still hold a reunion at 150 Park (formally known as Tiffany Playground) every year on the 1st Saturday in August. If you grew up in the area or know anyone from the way, stop by and have a good time. Like another poster put it, we grew up with nothing, but had everything. It was a good education growing up there.

[San94Andreas]

i don't believe the south bronx is more violent than areas like brownsville, but this was a great video and tribute thanks

[laurenmadow]

Hey minoritymob I was wondering where you got these photos? They're great and I'd like to use them in a documentary project my students are making. Would you be ok with that?

[minoritymob]

First off I would like to thank everyone for the encouraging and positive feedback about the video. Second this is a video to show you just a small spec. of some of the changes in our community. As far the last neg. comment the south bronx changed some for the good some for the worst but it's not due to one culture of individuals that messed up our boro it was the government and our environment that caused this change for the ignorant and not blacks or latinos so get ur facts straight.

[OUTOFGAS88]

if it was'nt for those fuckin spics the south bronx would still be nice.

[poopmcscoopface]

@OUTOFGAS88 nah i think niggers do more damage

[laviaslavic1]

I grew up on Longwood & prospect Ave. during the 70's & 80's i left in 1989 to the north part of the bronx for several years.

[turbohero50]

with rats



[turbohero50]

a city that was once an amazing place to live, every great thing about that city is long gone. what most people call progress, i call defiling history, over populating and over building leaving no room to breath. what happened to all that grass, where are all the great cars, and wye tear down and start over,thats just giving up. whats so great about the city gvt taking over what belongs to the people, covering every square inch with new buildings and infesting the streets rats [aka cop shiters

[LortheBlair]

Check out my FACEBOOK page "I Survived the South Bronx in the '70s & '80s"!

[mtanyc]

Very good job , I enjoyed your spoken words very touching. Thanks

[BreezesofConey]

You know what breaks my freaking heart? All those beautiful turn of the century apartment buildings at 1:25 that didn't appear to be in an irreversible state of disrepair that were torn down. Put in their places, of course, were those very suburban looking smaller dwellings that don't house nearly as many people or businesses. There's a housing shortage in NYC? Yeah tear down 12,000 units to build 300. What a waste. Urban isn't bad, lose that stigma.

[BreezesofConey]

You know what breaks my freaking heart? All those beautiful turn of the century apartment buildings at 1:25 that didn't appear to be in an irreversible state of disrepair that were torn down. Put in their places, of course, were those very suburban looking smaller dwellings that don't house nearly as many people or businesses. There's a housing shortage in NYC? Yeah, tear down 1,000 units to build 300. What a waste. Lose the stigma of "city"- that association with the dark era of urban blight.

[mgking77]

Did he say proverty at 2:05??....You'll never get out of POVERTY until you can speak and write with proper English! And thats just fact y'all. If you sound unintelligent you will be treated that way

[DjAngelThecrane]

I was born in The San Francis Hospital. us to live in 457 E 135 st.Went to the escuela in the coner of Brown Place have live in the Betances Pro Betw Willis And Brook Ave Hang out in People Park I miss i lout of my Friends some o all are dead but iam from the SouthBronx and i dont feel no shame we have to learn from the Bronx is happing now in other places

[paulpaid]

the backgound music is FIRE...

[johnjohnboy100]

Nice video , There are people who care and have hope for the better . If the people don't have financial power at least they can have MORAL , We need to spread Knowledge on to each other and be great examples as men and woman to our people young and old . We need to stop being selfish and invest in our people . The South bronx is a diamond in the rough . We need to stop looking at the south bronx as a ghetto and set higher standard's for ourselves . one love people.

[nakabar]

anyone else notice that "urban renewal" coincides with the steady decline of hip hop to its current state? some of these places should have been preserved, to preserve the memory

[micknamer]

@nakabar true but we got video lol

[MishaPilsudski]

137st

[DrZodas]

Cool compilation, but the narration is %(@! annoying. Kill the echo, dick.

[FLOWSOKICKASS]

na i rep bronx but south bronx still gotta long way to go please tha hole NYC gotta long way to go maybe somebody one day would come along and help NY like obama

[osomanyfaces]

big up the MOTHER X! birthplace of hiphop. where i was born and raised 168th and findlay ave. there is no place like home ya dig. big ups also to all the ballers that be balling at claremont park 170 and teller ave. these pics are old cause the south bronx is looks much better now as of 2010.

[Thelookoutslookout]

quite possibly the most annoying narration ever

[assassin6795]

I'm from upper Queens, rather close to the South Bronx (a short bridge walk away).

I can tell you this: I believe it to be New York's worst part. Much worse than Brooklyn, Queens, and Harlem, I'm telling you. It's such a bad area condensed into such a small space.

And definitely, it's still really poor there with a hell of a lot of crime.

[MikeTysonEatsKids]

@assassin6795

yes. it is a place where can come up meaning work hard and save up but thats it. It is not a place for someone who has a decent career making money. But if you look at areas that have high crime, murder etc. what races of poeple usually live there?

exactly!

[assassin6795]

@MikeTysonEatsKids

Yeah, it's unfortunate.

[jase197]

i was a young white kid living in england and i truly thank the bronx hip hop artists of the 80s for introducing me to the music. krs one, just ice, tall dark and handsome, and ultramagnetic m.cs, i hope the bronx has a prosperous future compared to how things were in the 70-80's. cant not comprehend how tough things were for people living in this era.

[dmc081]

could it be the poor fuckin up the bronx by the way it looks? cause the ppl tha live in bronx they all look all no good

[janissary211]

Nice video but the South Bronx will rise

[dmc081]

the kind of ppl tha live in the bronx the bronx will stay the same people fuck it up the ones tha are no good to stay in da streets

[josecitomadera]

YES,YES,YES, This is what I was looking for. Those scenes are from Beat Street and I wanted to know exactly where they took place in the S. Bronx. I miss the old days though-the abandoned bldgs., the decay, the rot. I loved those days. Materially, we had nothing being raised in the Bronx but we had more heart.

[MrBamBamNYC]

Real positive message.

[yankeesfan135]

0:20 leaned on that wall many times

[mrceebees14]

He showed a few sections.

Most of the South Bronx is still shit, unless the people there make the change, it will continue to be shit.

[rootsless78]

Pic on 2:08 is from the Movie Beat street 1984 :-)

[BROOKLYN718BROWNSVIL]

i like tha murda and robbery don't take that away.

[zareh77]

nice video and speech. ive been to the bronx 3 times during my 3 vacations to nyc and man its a cool place to visit and live. im from london uk and hate it. nyc is 1000 times better than london. the bronx makes nyc special. one love to all the people in the bronx. peace! from zareh london uk.

[billy122211]

i agree with u london is a shit hole and i also agree that nigga fuck everything they touch

[bodhitaichi]

Get a fucking life.

[1234567loading]

youtubecom /watch?v=slt9PQHEllk

[zareh77]

nice video of pics. very well done. but to be honest like i mentioned below nyc will always be 1000 times better than london. better standard of living, everything is cheaper from housing down to food, the only negative thing about america is the health system where medical insurance is expensive. most americans dont bother with healh insurance and would rather wait hours or days to see a goverment run doctor. besides that everything nyc has to offer me is there.

[mooneepondskid]

@zareh77 Better standard of living?.. The kind of poverty that you see in parts of New York today haven't existed in London since the 19th century. The level of social services for the working poor in London is streets ahead of anything you will find in America..let alone New York City. America is a cut throat society where it's everyman for himself. Britain is by no means perfect but it certainly isn't a country where the poor are left to suffer in never ending poverty and crime.

[mjalex]

southern bloulavard

[superzaff]

I miss you

[superzaff]

F$ck You TOO,You got moving bitch?

[krzone81]

GOD BLESS THE BRONX

[TheRedrider09]

There are plenty of good people from the South Bronx myself included THANK YOU VERY MUCH. HATERS GET A LIFE!

[superzaff]

AMEN! S - Bronx FA-EVA!

[nancy88812]

You can't stand up when you have a huge protion of society stomping you to the ground.

[artness1968]

What people in the south Bronx need to do is change by spending at least a little more time in: education, positive thinking, and then work toward finding employment, stop spending time on hanging out in front of the building, being a gangster, being a pig by littering and urinating in the elevators, and stop always looking for a hand out. Thank God for people that work. without taxes the bronx would still look the same.

[SCREAMSFORTINA]

Born and RAISED Tremont AV+Grand Con. DAMN PROUD!!!!!!!!

[rklegend32]

@SCREAMSFORTINA lol werd up my nigga i was born in bronx lebanon hospital

[BitterCycle]

da soot bwonx iza regone ovda newyolkcidy buwo.....

[NicNacPTac01]

I went to South Bronx HS on Saint Ann's Avenue and graduated in 82, grew up in the Morrisiana projects, 1460 Washington Avenue. I hated those projects with a passion, but I loved the hell out of my friends. I escaped in 84 when I went to the Army, got out went back home for a wk and left and never went back, been gone for 25 yrs. Must admit, I miss the hell out of New York.

[Thelookoutslookout]

The narrator sounds like a retard

[nilratscity]

i use to live in 169th on the grand concourse

those were the good days

as a shorty i use to look up the prostitude's skirts

[nilratscity]

yeah the same prostidudes who fucked your bitch ass mother

[beamaudio]

Yeah that's wat I remember from that hood was the Prostydudes and you's be lookin at their dicks

[josecitomadera]

LOL

[BxSuazo]

born in 35 Mcclellan street. 10452 by 167. I miss the Bronx son... Grew up there for 22 years now I live in Cali. Gotta get that money but I will be back in The Bronx in 20 years. I miss it and I always get sad when I think about my land.

[dolo10452]

166 university ave highbridge projects 10452

[HeroicThug]

preach my brother preach you did your research.

[brighteyes661]

I was born on 169th st. & Webster Ave. Went to CES 132 and IS 147 I live in Pennsylvania now. I still miss my old block!!!!

[nilratscity]

fat shouts to 132

i use to be in the playgrounds of 132

every day afterschool

i use to go to IS 219

[goldenboybx]

I used to live on 137st and St. anns Millbrook projects.. I remeber some of the old buildings. I lived in the BX for 24 yrs b4 I moved to ct. The south Bronx will always be a special place to me. But we move to make a better place for my wife and kids.

[yankrob]

I Was born and raised in The South Bronx.I love the South Bronx

[superzaff]

I look up to you

[MasterJ222]

This is a nice ass video cause it shows the true colors of the boogie down Bronx on how we came about and formed everything. We was dead broke but we never gave up and now look at us 2day: were Legendary birth place of Hip pOp..soo yup stand up BX we da best!

[REPUGNANTAMBIENT]

It is an extreme change alright, especially for the South Bronx. This is an example on how the system has to work. It has always been about the rich areas, hey get the best schools, the best education, the best everything. Therefore the city invest more money in raising the elite than helping the poor areas to achieve something that is a far reality.

[HardBodyNyC]

The 5 boroughs are so divided these days.

[Wa3ypx]

how i long for the good old days with engine 82, ladder 31 and battalion 27. Billy 'O, Big Van, The Beast and Dennis Smith.

[cutiehigh00]

I was raised in the South Bronx 144th & Jackson Ave. 70's - early 90's

[fCannon1968]

I was born in 1958 on Southern Blvd. & East 149th Street. I went to P.S. 161 and I.S. 162 We hung out with gangs like the Savage Skulls and the Bachelors (my sister married the leader of the Bachelors). I have seen the South Bronx go from Fires, to Crack Wars to rebuilding beautiful houses. I still work in the S. Bronx although I live in Soundview now. I'd love to hear from others from my old hood.

[ACLTony]

@fCannon1968 - I remember the Soundview area, right by the #6 train. My aunt lived 2 blocks north of the station. Back in the 60s-70s the Cuban Club just south of the Prospect Ave train station (#2 & #5), looked rough on the outside, but was gorgeous on the inside with many gala, classy music festivals and gatherings. I do miss those days.

[micknamer]

@fCannon1968 yo did the savages all die i used to chill with them back then too i was snipe i used to get up all the time

[Jun0w13]

@fCannon1968 back in the days

[fCannon1968]

I was born in 1958 on Southern Blvd. & East 149th Street. I went to P.S. 161 and I.S. 162 We hung out with gangs like the Savage Skulls and the Bachelors (my sister married the leader of the Bachelors). I have seen many changes, from fires to crack wars. Now the South Bronx is filled with beautiful 2 family homes and working class people. Although I live in Soundview now, I still work in the South Bronx. I would like to hear from others who were born and raised in the South Bronx, please.

[bigike21]

music produced by a.i.productions and narration by L.O.T.U.S(Living Off The Usual)

[bigike21]

fire! all i gotta say