SPECIAL NEW YORK CITY BLACKOUT PHOTOS




PARK AVENUE ONE HOUR AFTER THE POWER OUTAGE, THE STREETS ARE FILLED WITH NEW YORKERS


THIRD AVENUE HARDWARE SUPPLY STORE HAS A LINE OF ANXIOUS CUSTOMERS WAITING FOR LIGHTS


NEGOTIATING A TAXI RIDE CAN LEAVE YOUR WALLET EMPTY, SOME PAY $200 TO GO 20 BLOCKS


THIS TAXI CAN'T WAIT AND DRIVES UP ONTO THE SIDEWALK NEARLY HITTING A SMALL BOY


TIMES SQUARE IN DARKNESS BECOMES THE BACKDROP FOR TV CREWS AND CURIOUS TOURISTS IN NYC


TIMES SQUARE AND THE BUSES KEEP COMING FULL OF COMMUTERS TRYING TO LEAVE THE CITY


NYPD SENDS OUT MANY RECRUITS AND RESERVES TO CONTROL TRAFFIC AND PREVENT LOOTING


TIMES SQUARE AT 2:00 AM AND NO END IN SIGHT TO THE EAST COAST BACKOUT OF 2003


NEW YORKERS MAKING THE MOST OF IT, THIS IS A MAN WHO WAS WEARING AN ELECTRIC SUIT


5:00 AM AVENUE C AND 10TH STREET POLICE CARS PATROL THE NEIGHBORHOOD TIL SUNRISE...



all photos © terrence kelleman 2003