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The New York City blackout of 1977 was an electricity blackout that affected most of New York City on July 13–14, 1977. [3] [4] The only unaffected neighborhoods in the city were in southern Queens (including neighborhoods of the Rockaways), which were part of the Long Island Lighting Company system, as well as the Pratt Institute campus in Brooklyn, and a few other large apartment and ...
A reminiscence on life in New York City during the year 1977. It chronicles the decay of a city plagued by economic decline, rampant crime, the Son of Sam killings, and the July 13–14 blackout. These events provided the breeding ground for both the punk rock and hip hop movements that would eventually spread worldwide throughout the 1980s.
1977 Nestlé boycott; New York City blackout of 1977; O. Omnibus Judgeship Act of 1978; T. Trans-Alaska Pipeline System This page was last edited on 1 February 2025 ...
New York City blackout of 1977; Northeast blackout of 2003; Manhattan blackout of July 2019 This page was last edited on 16 February 2021, at 11:45 (UTC). Text is ...
See for the first time in 46 years these recently digitized Star-Telegram photos of Dolly Parton on Dec. 2, 1977, dazzling fans at the long-gone Panther Hall, which was THE venue for country music ...
At 9:34 p.m., a blackout shut off electric in all five boroughs of New York City, the largest city in the U.S., and parts of suburban Westchester County. The failure of the Consolidated Edison Company (Con Ed) system left an estimated 12,000,000 people in darkness and shut down the subway system, commuter trains, elevators and all electric ...
One of the earliest sites of gay rights activism is officially New York City’s newest landmark. Gay men staged a 'sip-in' at this NYC bar in the 1960s. It just became a historic landmark.
With the return of inflation, insane gas prices, and Peter Brady, it's started to look like the 1970's revival is almost complete. However, as any cultural historian will attest, no reiteration of ...