“Every few blocks were vacant lots where victory gardens had been planted at the height of the war. By then, they were wrecked and full of debris. Once in a while, when you looked down at the sidewalk along the lots, you’d see a blade of grass growing up out of the concrete. That’s what my friend, the acting teacher Lee Strasberg, once called talent: a blade of grass growing up out of a block of concrete.” TalentGardenGrassConcreteSidewalkBronxDebrisAl PacinoLee StrasbergSouth Bronx Book:Sonny Boy: A Memoir Source: Sonny Boy: A Memoir
“It wasn't as if crack was getting great press in the South Bronx in 1999, but it took a particular kind of idiot to wake up one day and say, 'Angel dust is a product I've heard nothing but good about, and it's about time I was involved.” PoliceIdiotAddictJunkieCrackInformant1999DruggieSouth BronxAngel Dust Book:Blue Blood by Conlon, Edward (2004) Paperback Source: Blue Blood by Conlon, Edward (2004) Paperback