Posted by Bill Weiss on December 22, 1998 at 00:27:24:
In Reply to: '66 BLACKOUT posted by ERICKA on December 15, 1998 at 16:15:17:
The infamous blackout occurred, I believe, in November '65. I was working at the Wall Street Journal at the time. Walked down seven flights of stairs in pitch black to emerge in pitch black lower Manhattan streets. Walked over Brooklyn Bridge--incredible sight, with all of lower Manhattan blacked out and silhouetted against a full-moon sky. Amazing. Climbed on back of bus near A&S, wound up on Atlantic Avenue, hitched a ride to Utica Avenue, and walked home to Rockaway Parkway and Church Avenue, which was home at the time. All the while, had close to $1,000 in pocket to pay for upcoming vacation!