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"The home of the New York Yankees, the Bronx Zoo, and the Grand Concourse, the Bronx was at one time a haven for upwardly mobile second-generation immigrants eager to leave the crowded tenements of Manhattan in pursuit of the American dream. Once hailed as a "wonder borough" of beautiful homes, parks, and universities, the Bronx became - during the 1960s and 1970s - a national symbol of urban deterioration. Thriving neighborhoods that had long been home to generations of families dissolved under waves of arson, crime, and housing abandonment, turning blocks of apartment buildings into gutted,…
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2 editions- Other · English · 2004Columbia University Press · 263 pages · 9780231121149
- Other · English · 2004BronxColumbia University Press · 304 pages · 9780231508353
City and town lifeHistorySocial conditionsSocial problemsBronx (new york, n.y.), historyNew york (n.y.), social conditions