Ladies and Gentlemen, the Bronx Is Burning

Ladies and Gentlemen, the Bronx Is Burning: 1977, Baseball, Politics, and the Battle for the Soul of a City | Jonathan Mahler

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Ed Koch - Mario Cuomo - Martin - Reggie - Steinbrenner - Rupert Murdoch - Son of Sam - disco - punk - ConEd - the Blackout - Bushwick - the Concorde ... it‘s astounding the number of things that happened in NYC in 1977 that laid the foundation for years to come. Mahler does a commendable job of weaving them all together in this thorough narrative of this time and place in American history.

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Sweettartlaura

Ladies and Gentlemen, the Bronx Is Burning: 1977, Baseball, Politics, and the Battle for the Soul of a City | Jonathan Mahler

Oh my ... NYC in the 70s was insane š±

Tonton Ford to city: drop dead was a memorable headline! It was a crazy time. It was bad, mad, and dangerous but exciting. 6y

Sweettartlaura Wow @tonton š®. I grew up an hour or so north of NYC. But at the time being covered so far, I either wasn‘t alive, or I was a baby. So I have zero recollection of this version of NYC. So far it is fascinating. I am old enough to still remember when Times Square was still littered with peep shows, adult bookstores, etc. When I started college, they were prevalent. By the time I graduated, they were gone - they just disappeared 1 by 1. 6y

Sweettartlaura And PS - that headline from Ford is discussed at this time, too! 6y

Tonton @sweettartlaura 42nd Street is so sanitized now. I used to live on the Upper West Side and then Tribeca...glory days and nights. Now I‘m very sedate and live in Tokyo. NYC is forever ā€the city‘ in my heart. 6y

cariashley My dad was a firefighter in the south Bronx in the 70s and his stories are insane!! 6y

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mrp27

The Bronx is Burning: 1977, Baseball, Politics, and the Battle for the Soul of a City | Jonathan Mahler

#hopintospring #homerun

The Yankees, the Son of Sam and a contentious mayoral race make for an explosive summer in the Bronx in 1977.

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Cinfhen Oooh!! #stacked (edited) 7y

mrp27 @Cinfhen I haven't read it yet, hope it's good. This is another book I kept from my dads library. 7y

Cinfhen hopefully one of us will get to it... 7y

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Sweettartlaura

Ladies and Gentlemen, the Bronx Is Burning: 1977, Baseball, Politics, and the Battle for the Soul of a City | Jonathan Mahler

My personal book fairy struck again, leaving yet another of my TBR books in my building‘s laundry room. I left a note this time š™‚
#howimakefriends #bookclub

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brendanmleonard

Ladies and Gentlemen, the Bronx Is Burning: 1977, Baseball, Politics, and the Battle for the Soul of a City | Jonathan Mahler

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A last minute #funphotofriday about sports! Folks, this book is amazing. It's a fantastic story of sports and cultural history - paralleling the early Reggie Jackson Yankees era with the combative Cuomo-Koch mayoral race and the terrifying Son of Sam murders. That's just the main story, as Mahler weaves many others through this amazing story of Bad Old New York. #gobosox #gocavs

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Zelma I think Nick Hornby recommended this one in his column and it's been on my radar ever since. Moving it up the TBR list! 8y

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