“Manhattan Was Beautiful in the Dark”

This wonderful George Mason University “Blackout Project” website contains personal stories and recollections of New York’s famous power blackouts of 1965 (“The Night the Lights Went Out”) and 1977. It’s worth reading — if you have enough electrical power to get online, that is.



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