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Spanish Harlem

El Barrio in the ’80s


  • Powerhouse Books
  • by By Joseph Rodriguez. Essay by Ed Morales
To live in Spanish Harlem, New York''s oldest barrio, is to confront some of the city''s most endemic problems: crime, drugs, AIDS and chronic unemployment. Yet the mecca where Puerto Ricans first established themselves in the 1940s is now the ''capital of Hispanic America'' home to 120,000 people, half of whom are Latino. Shot in the mid-to-late ''80s, Joseph Rodriguez''s superb photographs bring us into the heart of Spanish Harlem, capturing a spirit and a time that survives despite the ravages of poverty.

ISBN 9781576878255 | E | HB
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Publisher Powerhouse Books
ISBN 9781576878255
Author(s) By Joseph Rodriguez. Essay by Ed Morales
Publication date March 2017
Edition Hardback
Dimensions mm
Illustrations 136 col. & bw ill.
Pages 200
Language(s) Eng. ed.
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To live in Spanish Harlem, New York''s oldest barrio, is to confront some of the city''s most endemic problems: crime, drugs, AIDS and chronic unemployment. Yet the mecca where Puerto Ricans first established themselves in the 1940s is now the ''capital of Hispanic America'' home to 120,000 people, half of whom are Latino. Shot in the mid-to-late ''80s, Joseph Rodriguez''s superb photographs bring us into the heart of Spanish Harlem, capturing a spirit and a time that survives despite the ravages of poverty.