South of Cross Bronx Expressway, decals belie the truth of destruction for suburban commuters.
Men observe the call to prayer, Astroland Amusement Park, Coney Island
Teens clean up the rubble in order to create a neighborhood garden.
Doll laying in empty lot filled with rubble
South Bronx site of the 1980 "People's Convention" in opposition to the Democratic Party's nominating convention downtown
Deserted, desolated buildings: "War Zone"
Taking communion, St. Mary's Orthodox Church, Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, March 11, 2001
Little girl lighting candles, St. Mary's Orthodox Church, Bay Ridge, Brooklyn
Among the last residents, [an] African-American boy standing in rubble, his "neighborhood," with abandoned buildings in the background.
Mar Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir, The Patriarch of Antioch and All of the East, at Our Lady of Lebanon Cathedral of the Maronite Church
Cambodian Buddhist Monastery in the South Bronx
Cambodian children in the South Bronx.
Easter Sunday at Our Lady of Lebanon Church
Storefronts on East 173rd Street. One with a German Shepard behind the roll-down gate.
Near Bathgate Avenue and East 173rd Street.
Candido with neighborhood kids
Mother and daughter pause in the ruins, which is still their home, Claremont Parkway.
When I looked for her to give her the picture, her building had burned and she had moved
One of the high school students told me she was going to be a dental assistant. The other two said they wanted to be models.
She had been left behind when her family and friends moved out of the neighborhood