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Posted by BrooklynBus on Tue Jul 24 22:36:10 2007, in response to Re: Brooklyn Dodgers (on topic), posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Tue Jul 24 19:10:21 2007. I don't agree that the Bronx was in trouble before that. Although I lived in Brooklyn, I had five aunts all living in the Bronx and frequently made subway trips to visit them. That was prior to 1962 and there was no deterioration anywhere in the Bronx that I remember. Maybe some of the housing was substandard, but it was a thriving borough.The blight that beset the Bronx seemed to occur almost overnight. Although I can't say for sure that other factors were not at play, and can't say for sure how much of a factor the XBronx was, it was definitely not in trouble before. Another aunt lived on 173rd Street near Vyse Avenue, not in the highway's path, but not that far away either. One day the neighborhood was fine, then we came back six months later and 50% of the buildings were abandoned or demolished. And the neighborhood was exclusively five story walk ups or six story apartment buildings. |
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