Search


	Podcast:		Criminalia
	Episode:		'Ladies and Gentlemen, the Bronx Is Burning': New York City in the 1970s
	Category:		Society & Culture
	Duration:		00:26:23
	Publish Date:		2023-06-27 10:51:57
	Description:		The Bronx in the 1970s was a perfect storm of things going wrong in New York City: poor urban planning, white flight, budget cuts to municipal and social services, and discriminatory practices coverged into a pressure cooker -- and the outcome was fiery and devastating. But we can't talk about the Bronx burning without ending on the phoenix that emerged from the rubble: the birth of hip-hop. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
	Total Play:		0