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The South Bronx - Coggle Diagram
The South Bronx
1960s
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1968, city expenditures rose along with welfare payments -- inspired resentment in white ethnic groups
late 1960s, many report the Bronx became "unlivable"
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1970s
estimated that in the district south of Fordham road, one third of residents were on welfare, and 25-30 percent of people were unemployed
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the Bronx lost more than 108,000 dwelling units, one fifth of housing stock
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1950s
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1955
Colin Powell noteiced old neighborhood deteriorating as the South Bronx become more homogenous ("poorer, blacker, and more Hispanic")
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Cross-Bronx expressway
Documentary claimed it made it easier to access suburban housing -- allowed people to bypass the Bronx completely
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1940's
South Bronx is old, crowded, and inconvenient
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South Bronx spread beyond original neighborhoods to Fordham Road, Highbridge, lower Concourse, University Heights, and lower Fordam
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"The Postwar Years"
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Between 1947 and 1976 the city lost 500,000 factory jobs (industries left the city)
Between 1970 and 1977, 300 companies employing 10,000 workers went out of business and moved out of the Bronx