The Urban Warzone (How Did the Bronx Burn?)

A brief history of what caused the Bronx to become the symbol of urban decay and high crime in the 1970s and 1980s.

0:00 Start of the Downfall
2:03 The Bronx Is Burning
4:22 Yankees Game
6:29 False Promises
7:53 Hope
9:03 Outro

Sources:
"How the Bronx Burned"
https://bronxriver.org/post/greenway/...

"Why the Bronx Burned"
https://progressive.org/latest/decade...

"The History Of The South Bronx, NY"
https://urbanareas.net/info/resources...

"When the Bronx Was Burning: Firefighter John Finucane on the Bronx of the 1970's"
   • When the Bronx Was Burning: Firefight...  

"Decade of Fire" by Gretchen Hildebran and Vivian Vazquez, https://decadeoffire.com/

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- Decade of Fire
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