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 Nathan Phillips Calvacade of Lights 2007
author: jack : New York, NY
 just crusing down broadway to go to the olive tree in nyu's campus, looking for a parking spot in all the wrong places, or is that looking for love, well i'm not looking, my love was with me and we got a freebie parking spot off 12th street.
soooo many people last saturday evening, everyone walking quickly to meet friends, everyone seems happy, everyone is.
i'll never forget my first corned beef on rye, or my second fresh ham on a roll at katz's, that was 1964 and it cost like a buck twenty-five and it was humongous and i sat there...
author: upfromflames : Brooklyn, NY

Thirty years ago this month, the eyes of the nation focussed on a darkness. Across New York City, where gleaming towers defined the night sky, the lights went dark. It was three days until electricity was fully restored to the city.
When the lights went out at 9:30PM on July 13th, looting soon broke out in the poorest areas of all five boroughs. (its still the only 5 borough disturbance in the city's history). The degree of looting varied widely, but it was at its worst in Bushwick, Brooklyn, where fires accompanied widespread looting. The city had seen rioting before (after...
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