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

Doll laying in empty lot filled with rubble

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

Candido with neighborhood kids

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

Mel Rosenthal in his old bedroom in the South Bronx

Among the Last Residents, Mother and daughter, East 173rd Street

African-American congregation in front of church.

Deserted, desolated buildings: "War Zone"

Priest and teens on sidewalk with African- American woman walking by

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

Cambodian children in the South Bronx.

"Racial Attacks Must Stop", South Bronx residents speak up with a sign

The man had left the neighborhood years ago, but came back for drinks every Friday evening