And Bronx literature, it's all about Bronx writers and their stories.

The Bronx Zoo is located in the Bronx, a borough of New York City, within Bronx Park.

sirens wailing, man laughing Tommy A restaurant in the Bronx.

All right. I'll take you to the subway.

And we're doing it.

From the Bronx to the Battery.

Here it's faceted glass in the Bronx.

I'm Steve Ritz, this is Green Bronx Machine.

You bring other girls up here?

Stephen Ritz A teacher growing green in the South Bronx

Poor, Latino, surrounded by runaway gun violence and drug trafficking a reputation not unlike that of the South Bronx.

It's like I said, you know, the Bronx is the new Brooklyn.

Well, here we go. Bronx Zoo next.

Well, you know, I'm from the Bronx. I can't say Basingstoke.

So I call this from South Bronx to Southampton.

And behold the glory and bounty that is Bronx County.

Amazed people. The glory and bounty that is Bronx County.

I'm telling you, the Bronx is the next damn Gold Rush.

The Bronx is up and the Battery's down The people ride in a hole in the ground

Neither the destruction of the Ninth Ward nor the South Bronx was inevitable.

I can print it, can't I? I'm not the slightest bit interested in what you print.

And I must say, I spent time in the Bronx working with these kids.

And it resonated for me.

We run a project called the Bronx Environmental

The South Bronx, which lies in between, did not stand a chance.

And then you notice that those seeds become farms across the Bronx that look like this.

And that is the youngest nationally certified workforce in America with our Bronx Borough President.

And when we realized that we were growing for food justice in the South Bronx, so did the international community.

And my kids in the South Bronx were repped in the first international green roof conference.

I look forward to the day... when the Bronx Express runs right through this room.

Mongo, Ghoulie, Powderbox, a Mimi in Miami, a Split Knish in Philadelphia ... (Laughter) and a Schmende in the Bronx.

I was born and raised in the Bronx, New York City, but my parents are Mexican.

And I must say, I spent time in the Bronx working with these kids.

And thank God Trinity Wall Street noticed, because they gave us the birth of Green Bronx Machine.

Now, somewhere over the rainbow, my friends, is the South Bronx of America. And we're doing it.

The South Bronx Greenway was also just a drawing on the stage back in 2006.

One out of four South Bronx children has asthma.

OK. Katrina. Prior to Katrina, the South Bronx and New Orleans' Ninth Ward had a lot in common.

And that happened becauseI grew up in the Bronx in a very tough neighborhood.

My parents are from Argentina, and I've grown up in Manhattan my whole life and go to school in the Bronx.

Today In November 2006, the Zoo opened up brand new eco friendly restrooms outside the Bronx River Gate.

And here I've been working for the last three years with a South Bronx developer to bring art to life to low income buildings and affordable housing.

And I knew it would grow to become the proud beginnings of the community led revitalization of the new South Bronx.

The common perception was that only pimps and pushers and prostitutes were from the South Bronx.

And when the Bronx Borough President shows up and the State Senator comes to our class, believe you me, the Bronx can change attitudes now.