Teens clean up the rubble in order to create a neighborhood garden.

Deserted, desolated buildings: "War Zone"

Among the last residents, [an] African-American boy standing in rubble, his "neighborhood," with abandoned buildings in the background.

South of Cross Bronx Expressway, decals belie the truth of destruction for suburban commuters.

Mel Rosenthal in his old bedroom in the South Bronx

Storefronts on East 173rd Street. One with a German Shepard behind the roll-down gate.

Near Bathgate Avenue and East 173rd Street.

Mother and daughter pause in the ruins, which is still their home, Claremont Parkway.

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.

When I looked for her to give her the picture, her building had burned and she had moved

She had been left behind when her family and friends moved out of the neighborhood

Candido with neighborhood kids

Large, four foot, poster on the side of a building.

South Bronx site of the 1980 "People's Convention" in opposition to the Democratic Party's nominating convention downtown

Among the Last Residents, their playground: Bathgate Avenue and East 173rd Street.

Life carries on in the War Zone

Venerable architecture of the period, slated for destruction, Bathgate Avenue and East 173rd Street

A Child's Playground. Bathgate Avenue

St. Athanasia's baseball team

The daily domino game in front of the Social Club