Remember a year ago today when there was snow was inside the subway stations and... everywhere? The Great Boxing Day Blizzard of '10 seems like it was just yesterday, and it's so fun to reminisce when your car is no longer a popsicle. Yes, everything is so much more magical in retrospect—at the time, we only felt inspired by the paralyzing snow after watching Jamie Stuart's gorgeous documentation of it, which even got a nod from Roger Ebert:
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Photos: One Year Ago Today There Was A Lot More Snow On The Ground
The Blizzard Of 2010 Is Still Costing Us Money
What a difference a year makes. This year, Boxing Day is gorgeous with blue skies and lots of sun. Last year? Not so much. No, back in 2010 we were in the midst of Blizzageddon. And what a blizzard it was. That storm's two feet of snow was insane, shut down the city for days and took months to completely leave our streets. And it is still costing the city money.
Is Mayor Flaking on Blizzard Hearings? Is Sadik-Khan Guilty?
Today the tabloids lob post-Blizzageddon snowballs at their respective targets; the Daily News at Mayor Bloomberg and the Post at NYC DOT Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan. According to the News, Bloomberg has declined to send Sanitation Department reps to perform at the City Council's touring political theater production about his administration's response to last month's blizzard. Instead, the role of Commissioner John Doherty will be played by understudies from Community Affairs, who are supposedly "equipped" to answer questions during the exciting "audience participation" part of the show. Now costar and Council Sanitation Committee Chairwoman Letitia James is "fuming."
Garbage Collection Has (Kind Of) Resumed!
Garbage collection resumed at 7 a.m. this morning for the first time since Christmas Eve. Good thing considering the drifts of debris piling up. But before you go and thank your lucky Sanitation stars, don't expect all that trash to just go poof. Like all things in New York, there are complications. Which is good if you are looking to jump out of a window, we guess.
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