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City owned buildings in the Tremont section of the Bronx. All photos by Larry Racioppo. --- In the summer of 1988, I applied for a job at the New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD). For the two years prior, I had been managing low-income properties in the Bronx and Manhattan for a management company and also [...]
It was quite an operation. Lookouts on walkie-talkies patrolled the roofline, and a scout on a bike pedaled up and down the block, combing 7th Street between Avenues B and C. A guy in a ski mask stood guard at an open window on one of the apartment building’s upper floors, ready to service the growing line on the sidewalk [...]
