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2008
Do Not Give Way To Evil: Photos of the South Bronx 1979-1987
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PowerHouse Books is pleased to announce the release of:
Do Not Give Way to Evil:
Photographs of the South Bronx, 1979 -1987
By Lisa Kahane
If you never been to the “Da Bronx” before, some of these pictures might be hard to believe. At one point the boro of New York City looked more like the Middle East after a war then it did a section of the largest city in the country. From these ruins birthed what we know today as Hip Hop. There’s a new book out with over a 100 photos documenting the area, as well as telling a story of the BX then to now. Check out the press release that was sent to us via Tools Of War:
“The Bronx had almost stopped burning by 1979. The intensity and extent of the devastation permeated the landscape. It was an awesome mess, not just another neighborhood, but another realm, visible but incomprehensible. The Bronx came undone in a confluence of unfortunate circumstances: the life cycle of community, rampant city planning, economic change, racism, poverty, failed hopes, drugs, crime, abandonment, counterproductive government response. It was destroyed for profit. The entire story has yet to be told.
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A friend suggested to photographer Lisa Kahane that she record it for a time when it would be a memory, which was then impossible to imagine. The ruins of the immediate past overwhelmed any idea of a future. Ironically, Kahane had a good time in the Bronx. People smiled and said, “Throw me a photo!” Few objected to having their picture taken and no one tried to take her camera away. They wanted their story told. Any discomfort the camera might inflict was nothing compared to what they’d endured.
The result, Do No Give Way to Evil: Photographs of the South Bronx, 1979-1987, is an extraordinary document of devastation and rejuvenation, as Kahane records the first seeds of rebuilding. Throughout this desolate world, the people live alongside abandoned buildings and debris-strewn lots, carrying on their business with civic pride. Though the buildings may be ghosts of their former selves, the spirit of the people holds strong.
With an essay by Peter Frank and text by the photographer, John Ahearn, CRASH, DAZE, Jane Dickson, Stefan Eins, John Fekner, Joe Lewis, SHARP and Rigoberto Torres.
Between 1970 and 1981, the Bronx lost over 100,000 apartments.
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Man that looks worse than the projects back home and I’m thinking to myself “Look what they reduce us to and we still rise from the ashes like a PHOENIX!”
I’m awsomely proud of being a Bronxite. I haven’t seen pictures like these in a “century” (just kidding) but, if anyone has pictures from 161st and Westchester Ave. right by the Prospect train station and the building that used to be there in the early 70′s… 850 and 860 I’d appreciate it if you post it. I’m constantly looking for different pics and friends from the Bronx. I recently went back to that neighborhood and saw the new housing they built. It’s beautiful.
The street to be exact is east 161st Street and Westachester Ave. South Bronx
very nice post, i certainly love http://www.thekaoseffect.com, keep on it !!!!!
Hi,
I’m studying archive studies and records management. I’m hoping to be a photo archivist. I really like your photos of the Bronx. I’m glad that the borough has risen from its worst days in the 1970s, at least in terms of its cityscape. The people in the one photo seemed quite happy. I suppose they represent the endearing and enduring spirit of Bronxites who no matter their surroundings still have something bright within them that gives them happiness.
I used to live in Olinville. I went to P.S. 62 for elementary school. I lived at 894 Rogers Place, then my family moved to Georgia. I lived on Bryant Avenue for a year during my second year of college. I’m happy that the Bronx is improving in appearance. I just hope that the people appreciate the improvements and that they are taking part in the decisions for the borough.