I enjoyed the photos, even though most are quite old.

Remember those days bro.... great times...I always loved the South Bronx...nothing like it...anywhere. Good memories.

I grew up on 136th Street and Willis Avenue.
Thanks for the photos!

Thanx for the photos...however, do you know the locations? I lived on 158th and Park Ave.

Thanks again.

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Originally posted by Laura B.:
Thanx for the photos...however, do you know the locations? I lived on 158th and Park Ave.<br /><br />Thanks again.

1993. 159th and Park Ave. (Morrisinaia Air Rights) 158th and Park Ave is just Jackson Projects I belive, typical highrise public housing?

Looks like the back of Engine 71 Fire Station. If that's the case, from the way the pic was taken, my building was right behind one of those massive projects they built over the New York Central RR.

I can see a wee bit of Concourse Village to the far left, in the back of the photo.

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Originally posted by bronxbro:
I can smell the old neighborhood right now.


Ahhh what a fragrance.......

Smells like Weed...

South Bronx...NYC

Great, but where were they taken??? What nabes? Some must be from a long time ago as I see the fire hydrants on...they stopped that a long time ago, didn't they?

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Originally posted by Laura B.:
Great, but where were they taken??? What nabes? Some must be from a long time ago as I see the fire hydrants on...they stopped that a long time ago, didn't they?

They are old, but yes people still open the hydrants in the summer. And yes, people on the upper floors don't get water pressure.

For the record. The Bronx does not look like that for quite some time. It Would be nice to show the changes that have taken place.

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Originally posted by janetrogersplace:
For the record. The Bronx does not look like that for quite some time. It Would be nice to show the changes that have taken place.

Depends on the neighborhood.

Janet I still live in the Bronx tell me what areas would you like to see pictures of and will yake them for you, the Bronx looks nothing like those pictures anymore. Especially the pics of the little kids, looks more like a pic from another country to me LOL

Thanks for the photos. The Bronx started to slowly, but surely, change after World War II. It truly was a "community of neighborhoods" when I was growing up in the late 40's and 50's. The buildings in the photos were part of those neighborhoods. So what happened? Did the neighborhoods destroy themselves? Not very likely. I guess when people moved away--they took their sense of neighborhood with them, or abandoned it all together, and then others moved in that didn't share a similar sense of neighborhood. Too bad. Everyone loses in the process--and The Bronx is deminished because of it. Hearts are sadened at the sights and even memories are tarnished in the process of watching one's neighborhood fall into decay or fade away--taking a piece of what lives on in our memories as "The Bronx" with it. If you want to check out your old neighborhood, go to "Google Earth" and enter your old address. I did and discoved that the whole street is mostly empty lots. Thanks for sharing!