The window on the landing between the third and fourth floors of 1329 Clinton Avenue in the Bronx has no glass. The sill is low enough for a child to climb through the hole and fall onto a pile of garbage, old mattresses, and bicycle parts that lies below. Through the empty frame, another world can be glimpsed: A newly renovated building with a grassy backyard adjoins this lot in the back. Rows of new three-story family homes have recently been built on either side on this block. Everything about the neighborhood is changing, but at 1329 Clinton things stay the same—or keep... More >>>