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American History 

How American Newspapers Reported the New York Blackout of 1977

July 13, 2017July 14, 2019 Bowery Boys 3923 Views 0 Comments 1970s, blackout

Forty years ago today, New York City was plunged into darkness. The city has certainly seen longer blackouts in its

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American History 

Blackout! One ugly night in 1977

July 14, 2015July 14, 2015 Bowery Boys 1981 Views 0 Comments blackout, World Trade Center

REVIEW The evening of July 13, 1977, will be remembered as one of the worst in New York City history,

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Those Were The Days 

Blackout 2003: Where were you when the lights went out?

August 14, 2013January 14, 2015 Bowery Boys 2449 Views 6 Comments blackout, Lower East Side

Photo above courtesy Drew Dies/Flickr He has a cool set of pictures from that day here. Today is the tenth-year anniversary

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Blackout ’77! Still frightening, thirty-five years later

July 13, 2012January 13, 2015 Bowery Boys 3817 Views 0 Comments blackout, Bushwick

Here’s a few images — many of them quite well-known — of the New York City blackout, which occurred 35

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Some wacky urban legends about New York City

November 10, 2010January 13, 2015 Bowery Boys 1634 Views 1 Comment blackout, New York Yankees

In looking around for information on the blackout yesterday, I stumbled into one of my favorite sites Snopes, the debunking

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November ’65: The night the lights went out in New York

November 9, 2010January 13, 2015 Bowery Boys 2023 Views 3 Comments blackout, Nelson Rockefeller, Time Life Building

ABOVE: Liberty keeps her lights on during the blackout of November 9, 1965Photos courtesy Life Magazine, via the Blackout History

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BLACKOUT: the pics

July 19, 2007January 13, 2015 Bowery Boys 1338 Views 0 Comments blackout, pictures

Here’s some photographs to illustrate some of the topics of this weeks Bowery Boys podcast. You can hear the podcast

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Hottest in the City

July 8, 2007January 13, 2015 Bowery Boys 1015 Views 0 Comments blackout, summer, temperatures

Its gonna get hot this summer in New York City. Pretty obviously July is the worst month for those in

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Read the book

Bowery-Boys-Book-Cover-R6--revised Our first-ever Bowery Boys book, "Adventures in Old New York" is now out in bookstores! A time-traveling journey into a past that lives simultaneously besides the modern city.

Bowery Boys Walking Tours

Are you ready to walk through time? We’re excited to announce Bowery Boys Walks, our new walking tours developed around our podcast. Join us in the streets — beginning in October 2018!

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