August 16, 2003
Blackout Dissection Begins
Photograph of ferry in motion (15 second exposure) by Robert Sterling of Boro6.
As New York returns to normal, the blackout analysis will continue for a while (probably a brief break around the anniversary of September 11). The Times, Post, Daily News, and Newsday have extensive blackout coverage. Here are some notable articles:
- The first of many cost analyses of what damage the blackout did to the city.
- How the blackout affected people's eating.
- The subways are back up - after a lot of work.
- And our favorite, since we're big believers in blackout sex: Whether blackout babies are an urban legend.
Plus Gothamist's extensive coverage in the Blackout Edition - check out all the links and trackbacks for glimpses of others' experiences.
This morning Gothamist received today's as well as yesterday's Times, since delivery was suspended Friday- thank you Times delivery people.
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call me a freak, but I was totally amazed to see a fresh copy of The New York Times midday yesterday, down in Red Hook (that photo was great wasn't it?). those people are totally unstoppable.
i just watched an old Friends episode from season one..the one with the blackout...where chandler gets stuck in an atm with a victoria secret model? soo funny and relevant...
I just saw the Matrix Reloaded(first time) on Imax, and they had to black out 27 blocks.
I sometimes wonder if people just post comments so they can promote their own blogs (http://digitalhamster.org)? Hey, we have plenty of great black out photos. Unfortunately it was dark so they didn't come out.
I have grown tired of Gawker, yet I still keep coming back to Gothamist. I feel like the Gothamist is just more "fair and balanced."
Good night.
Red - the New York Times is printed in Central Jersey. I doubt the plant even lost power.
The Wall Street Journal, on the other hand, published a paper 9/12/01, the day after their offices were destroyed. THAT's unstoppable.
The Times's printing plant has a generator
Sterling - yeah, it's a good thing their printing plant is in Jersey, but I'm still amazed that they got all their content together ready for printing, considering the circumstances. and I guess everyone at the Times -- at the shift when the blackout occurred -- stayed in the city and/or stayed in the offices for the duration.
(n.b., printing is just half the story -- no pun intended)
I love that Times photo Vincent Laforet took. As for the Times printing, they shifted all publishing from Queens (might be the bigger plant?) to NJ and decided to streamline the content, ie publish less pages.