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

Men observe the call to prayer, Astroland Amusement Park, Coney Island

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

Doll laying in empty lot filled with rubble

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

Deserted, desolated buildings: "War Zone"

Among the last residents, [an] African-American boy standing in rubble, his "neighborhood," with abandoned buildings in the background.

Cambodian Buddhist Monastery in the South Bronx

Cambodian children in the South Bronx.

Little girl lighting candles, St. Mary's Orthodox Church, Bay Ridge, Brooklyn

Taking communion, St. Mary's Orthodox Church, Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, March 11, 2001

Mar Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir, The Patriarch of Antioch and All of the East, at Our Lady of Lebanon Cathedral of the Maronite Church

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

Easter Sunday at Our Lady of Lebanon Church

Near Bathgate Avenue and East 173rd Street.

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

Candido with neighborhood kids

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

People marching: poster saying "South Bronx for Change".

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.