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When riots raged amid the New York City blackout of 1977
1977 Blackout on Broadway and Subsequent All Hands Fire
Lightning strikes cause blackout in 1977
... light connected to New York's power grid flickered out–along with those of 30 million people throughout the Northeast. Chaos didn't ensue, oddly enough.
The NYC skyline from Queens during the power blackout.
1977: Lightning strikes a Consolidated Edison substation along the Hudson River, tripping two circuit breakers and setting off a chain of events that ...
Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn, after the 1977 blackout in New York City.
The July 25, 1977, cover of TIME
The New York City Blackout of 1977: The History of the Power Failure that Led
Blackout At Home: When The Lights Went Out At Shea Stadium In 1977
During the New York blackout of 1977, an entire city went dark, only to be lit up by the fires of more than 1,000 arsons.
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During the New York City blackout of 1977,
Inside Mother Bucka's Ice Cream Parlor on West Eighth Street, sales of melting treats were booming during the blackout. (Photo: Paul Hosefros/The New York ...
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The Big Apple's Great Blackout of 1977
At dawn, the Manhattan skyline shows no lights due to a power blackout, New York, New York, July 14, 1977. The photo was taken from Jersey City, New Jersey.
July 13, 1977: Massive Blackout Plunges New York Into Rioting
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Volunteers, like Toronto lawyer Peter Carayiannis (pictured), received fluorescent jackets from the police to direct traffic in Toronto during the blackout
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In 1976, 2,383 arrests were made for prostitution citywide. Of these, 1,165 were girls between the ages of 15 and 20.
Others trekked across the Queensboro Bridge. Credit Ozier Muhammad/The New York Times
Map of states with areas affected by the Northeast Blackout of 1965.
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A couple in a New York subway carriage in 1972
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The Diaper Caper and the Small-Dog Scam
Theodore Roosevelt High School (New York City)
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During a 1994 blackout, L.A. residents called 911 when they saw the Milky Way for the first time
City on Fire Review Murder and Mayhem in the '77 N.Y.C. Blackout
ABC Evening News- July 14, 1977 (NYC Blackout coverage)
Thousands were arrested during the blackout. So many would be detained at a time that
New York Blackout of 1977
The expanding skyline of Long Island City ...
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The main concourse at New York City's Grand Central station before it was renovated in 1998. New York Transit Museum
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The 1975 Welcome to Fear City pamphlet.
Cable carriage disputes[edit]
In the middle of the summer of 1977, New York City experienced a power outage
Boston Road near Charlotte Street. Credit David Gonzalez
New York News coverage of The Northeast Blackout of 2003.
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