28 Unbelievable 1970s Photos From When The Bronx Was Burning Urban blight, the son of sam, and the birth of hip hop: 28 photos of the bronx in the 1970s. new yorkers often reflect on the 1970s as the bleakest, most crime ridden, and most uncertain time the city has ever faced — with good reason. there was a whirlwind of tectonic economic, criminal, and cultural shifts occurring at once that must have. In the 1970s, the bronx was burning, but some residents were rebuilding. decade of fire, a new documentary, tells a different story about the borough’s fires—and the communities affected by.
28 Unbelievable 1970s Photos From When The Bronx Was Burning The bronx entered the 1970s with a wave of optimism, fueled by the civil rights movement and a burgeoning cultural scene. however, economic decline, disinvestment, and redlining cast a long shadow. by mid decade, the borough was grappling with widespread poverty, abandoned buildings, and racial tensions. this culminated in the infamous “bronx. The documentary decade of fire delves into the wave of arsons that wracked the bronx in the 1970s. by bedatri d. choudhury july 16, 2019 november 4, 2019 support independent arts journalism. But, as these images of the bronx in the 1970s show, a place of great need was still very much alive. one facet of that life—music—is the subject of the new netflix series the get down. the. November 5, 2019. from independent lens, the film decade of fire covers a shocking but untold piece of american urban history, when the south bronx was on fire in the 1970s. left unprotected by.
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