But the 1970s were a nightmare decade in the South Bronx. The statistical evidence ... set by welfare recipients who wanted out of their apartments....Many fires were deliberately set by junkies ...

Hip hop historian Bill Adler said, “Joe Conzo is the greatest hip hop photographer of all because he came from within the ...

Simon’s star was only just rising in the early 1970s when Beatty came onto her ... But it wasn’t until he showed up at her New York apartment at midnight and ravished her ’til dawn that ...

Soaring rents and few options have made it hard for average people to live in the city. Even “affordable” units often cost ...

As Louis explained, this isn’t the sport’s first moment in the spotlight. Breaking was born in the rec room of a Bronx apartment building in the early 1970s. A legendary DJ named Kool Herc debuted a ...

Alfredo James Pacino was supposed to have died in the late 1960s or early 1970s in some alley or apartment in the South Bronx, New York. Just like his three best friends: Cliffy, Bruce and Petey. He ...

Hip hop was founded by DJ Kool Herc, a Jamaican immigrant who threw the historic Back to School Jam in his Bronx apartment ...

Matt Lichtenberg had what he calls his "come to Jesus" moment during a bus ride through the Bronx in the late 1970s. At the ...

The artist, who was born in Chicago, moved to New York in the 1970s, finding an apartment and studio in ... I’ve been a frequent traveler to the South Bronx where I have collaborated repeatedly ...

through her work with the nonprofit organization Girls Inc. of New York City “We moved to south Bronx and then up to Co-Op City when it opened in 1970. I really loved living there,” Donnley ...

As president, Trump could shape policy on cryptocurrency and social media, two industries in which he has new financial interests.

The Allentown that Rivera had moved to from the Bronx almost 40 years ago ... War II — began to show serious strain in the late 1970s as cheaper foreign steel flooded the market.