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How American Newspapers Reported the New York Blackout of 1977

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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