Da Bronx Now and Then From old photos of the Bronx went out and took photos from the same spot. - Created with AquaSoft SlideShow for RU-vid: www.aquasoft.net
Classic. I was born in Fordham hospital 1969 . I’m glad I had the chance to be there through the 70s and 80s and early 90s . Good and bad times. Thanks for posting
I have always loved seeing cities and photos of cities from decades in the past Along with the updated photo so you can see the progression of the cities very cool
This is terrific. (Hate to think of the hours of hard work that went into its making.) Through their comparisons, these photos say more abut the transition of time than books and even the reminiscences of old-timers. You've created a treasury of local history.
I remember playing in the abandoned Howard Johnsons bld when I was a kid in the 1070's. Right behind it was a small amusement park. Who remembers that?
Well, at least the Woolworths building at 0:43 is still under the same management. (Woolworths & Foot locker were formed by the same parent company). Cool video!
Aaron Cone Yeah isn’t it amazing that footlocker and Woolworths were the actual same company and that Woolworths never really died when you look at the footlocker that is what is left of Woolworths
Eventhough Marshall's occupy the northwest corner of Fordham Rd and Grand Concourse, I still (and always will) refer to that facility as the "Alexander's building ". No matter what store they put there
Great video!!! I was born in Manhattan but raised in the Bronx and still here!!! Loved Woolworth, it was such a great store!!! Things were so. Much nicer back then, I 🤔
Don't forget about the old 3rd Avenue elevated 8 trains that used to run between Gun Hill road and across Fordham plaza Webster Ave Bronx 149 Street 3rd Avenue and the trolley cars. Don't sleep on the old 8 3rd Avenue elevated line.
Same here. I spent many a time at Playland Amusement Paek behind the HoJo (now a McDonalds). There was also a Carvel Ice Cream store adjacent to Playland. Those were great memories.
If we are looking toward Tremont avenue and NOT toward Morris Park Avenue then, White Plains Rd at Van Nest Avenue- would be the first intersection. There should be a school on Left with a rounded front.
I'll take the Bronx THEN - The Past. I have lived here my whole life and the quality of life is sad. Also, the new buildings constructed with glass, metal and doll-sized windows could not compare with the quaint originality and solid construction of the brick and stone buildings from days of old. But, I am still here...
I'm heaaf Brooooonx and Hayf Brooklyna. Does that make me a crazy person?! I'm in my twenties and my motha calls me Bronx kid. cuz I grew up in Brooklyn like for 20 yeas and now I live in New Joisy
enjoy these times in your life.... I spent the 80s and 90s there, living and working... a mixed bag, but very real.... it will test you... say hello to the 1500 block of Vyse Avenue for me....
Americans in a hurry to get something to eat. We can't it seems set around in cafes and wait 20 or 30 minutes for our orders to be filled. I do believe that that helps to explain the obesity problem.
I have a much older friend who grew up in the Bronx in the 1940's, and he said it was a great place to live. He lived two blocks from Concourse, and it was just great. However, he's afraid to even visit the area now, and he's a real New Yorker. The crime in the area is just horrible even though there have been some attempts at restoring the Concourse area. There was a gay guy I met on the train a couple of years ago who moved to the Bronx for the cheaper rents. He said his apartment was great, but the neighbors would yell obscenities at him coming on from a night out. He tells me the Bronx is not at all gay-friendly. I love Brooklyn, and parts of it are just great especially since all the gentrification. Park Slope is grand. Manhattan I find the people aren't as friendly, and I'd never want to live in Manhattan. Realize I can only go by what I hear and see while visiting because I don't live in New York. I almost attended New York University but chickened out at the last minute because New York is so big. I love urban life, and I have visited enough to realize some neighborhoods have their own little (sort of town) environment. However, I've never ridden the subway, and it frightens me to think about riding it. I'd have to take cabs everywhere or bring my car. Anyway, I"m too old to think about relocating to New York now because where I live has been excellent to me financially, and I"m over 40. Starting over in a new city at that age is much different than starting over at 25.
Duke nothing stays the same forever the Bronx was great to live then poverty hit now the Bronx gettin gentrified same as Brooklyn poverty but brooklyn gentrified now and later in life poverty would take over nyc again but even with gentrification Brooklyn has the highest crime rate in all of nyc
Duke don't believe everything you hear. Yes, you need to be careful where you go in NYC, but then it's a large city. And you're never to old to try and do something you'd like to do. Visit New York some time. And if you do, please don't stereotype EVERYONE from the Bronx and Manhattan.
I used to live in Harlem in 125th St.when the Grant apts were brand new from 1957 to 1967. A genuine violent racist dump in those days when I was 7 to 17 years old. My parents were poor so we had to live there like it or not. Now I live in the Island in a quiet barrio in Boqueron, Puerto Rico.
I wouldnt want to live in new york ive heard there is a massive crime problem in many parts of new york and robberies. There was a incident in 1999 where a young woman was pushed to her death in front of a train by a physicopathic man with mental health problems. Its the amount of rubbish thrown on the ground and going on subways would bother me. I knew of someone who did go to new york city with her dad they was told to be careful going out late at night they went to times square and central park area and to the twin towers once stood Manhattan to but they was to told to be careful going out dont give homeless people money drink or food and watch bags purses luggage and not to walk down alley ways alone. They did enjoy their stay in new york but thought some parts of it was like really very unsafe and run down. They had to get taxis every where they went so they didnt become victims of crime. They went in 2007 2008 time. They didnt go on any subways they thought they was to unsafe to go on them even together. They not gone back to new york since
