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40 Years Later, Remembering The Infamous Blackout Of 1977

A restaurant with only liquor left after the New York blackout. (Photo by Brian Alpert/Keystone/Getty Images)


People play a game of cards by candlelight during blackout on July 13, 1977 in New York City. (Photo by Bryan Alpert/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)<br/>


A crowd of New Yorkers making their way home during the blackout. (Photo by Brian Alpert/Keystone/Getty Images)<br/>



Broadway, corner of Flushing, in Williamsburg (Bolivar Arellano / Courtesy of PBS)<br/>


50th Street. (Bolivar Arellano / Courtesy of PBS)<br/>


Greenpoint Avenue, corner of Franklin Street, in Brooklyn (Bolivar Arellano / Courtesy of PBS)<br/>



NYC skyline from Queens during the power blackout. Lights glow in a midtown Waterside Con Ed plant as traffic passes on East Side Drive. (Bolivar Arellano / Courtesy of PBS)<br/>


3rd Ave., corner of 58th St. in Manhattan (Bolivar Arellano / Courtesy of PBS)<br/>