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By David Gonzalez Aug. 24, 2009

Hear David Gonzalez reminisce and see the photographs he took in 1979 of a still-vibrant borough that the rest of the world had written off, in “Revisiting the South Bronx, 35 Millimeters at a Time.”

Thirty years ago, as surely as the Mister Softee truck promised cool relief, a beat-up VW Microbus delivered culture to your block. Within minutes of its arrival, a sidewalk photo exhibit would be set up on three plywood doors, jury-rigged with two-by-fours to keep them stable.

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