An image and video gallery that documents four days after the storm in Lower Manhattan. The outer borroughs suffered much
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10/29 - The initial explosion at the Con Edison power plant on 14th and the FDR in lower Manhattan.
10/30 - Neighbors exploring the streets of Chinatown, Manhattan the morning after Super Storm Sandy.
10/30 - The morning after the storm, barricades from the East River promenade of South St are washed up to the Knickerbocker apartment complex on Cherry and Market Streets.
10/30 - Tuesday morning East River Promenade. Residents survey a park bench lifted off it's bolts from the flooding.
10/30 - Debris on Market St. and Pike Slip.
10/30 - Debris from construction under the FDR highway is washed up to Catherine Slip and South Street.
10/30 - Pile of 2 x 4's that floated 2 blocks up the road to rest at a water fountain being used by neighbors.
10/30 - Parked cars that shifted onto Catherine Slip during the course of the storm.
10/30 - Trees downed by water-logged soil on Catherine Street.
10/30 - Trees down and cars shifted from the rise of the East River onto Manhattan Streets.
10/30 - Residents of Chinatown step out to survey the damage to their neighborhood in the wake of the super storm.
10/30 - Debris lines Cherry Street.
10/30 - Debris from East River construction lines a pathway to a public park on Catherine Street.
10/30 - Rigging a public fountain. No electricity equals no generators that pump water to high rise apartments.
10/30 - As good a reason as any to keep children out of school for a few days.
10/30 - Residents gather outside of makeshift markets in Chinatown to purchase supllies.
10/30 - Residents in Chinatown line up outside a dark 99 cent store. Customers would take turns ordering and store attendants would get their order by flashlight.
10/30 - Non operational traffic lights throughout Manhattan. Catherine Street and East Broadway.
10/30 - A cab driver from India, maneuvering through the city, mentioned that driving in Manhattan during this period was much like driving in India.
10/30 - A very rare photograph of a closed market in Chinatown.
10/30 - Torn and fallen awnings line the corner of Catherine and Henry Streets.
10/30 - Owners securing the torn awning at Sweet Spring resaturant on Catherine Street and Market.
10/30 - A chinese latern that did not make it through the night.
10/30 - Torn banner at a church on Market and Henry Streets.
10.30 - Fallen tree limbs and fallen trees were not restricted to parks. This is under the Manhattan bridge.
10/30 - An umbrella that did not make it through the night.
10/30 - Boarded up Balthazar on Crosby and Spring Streets.
10/30 - Collapsed scaffolding on Broadway and Walker Streets.
10/30 - Closed stores throughout lower Manhattana. This was a common sight on Broadway.
10/30 - Broken store front window on Walker and Broadway.
10/30 - Video of lower Manhattan, the day after the hurricane hammered NYC.
10/30 - The broken store front of the Western Spirit store on Walker and Broadway.
10.30 - A well lit shop on Canal and Essex Street. Notice the rigging coming from the car battery in the foregroung to the shop.
10/30 - Wandered out on Monday night and stumbled on to an open bar on Essex Street. There was a working radio and cold beer on ice. Got news here that upper Manhattan was not affected.
10/30 - A tale of two cities. A restaurant menu on 52nd and 3rd avenue. A good case of those that have power and those that have none. Completely different experience above the powered zone of the city.
10/30 - A common sight at most subway entrances for days.
10/30 - In a cab crossing from the powered zone into the powerless zone. The national guard outside of the armory in midtown.
10/30 - The national guard posted outside of the Armory in Manhattan just below the entrance to the powerless zone of lower Manhattan.
10/30 - A tale of two cities. This is the view down Market Street in Chinatown towards the East river. The lights in the distance are coming from Williamsburg Brooklyn.
10/30 - Candles in the apartment and water on the stove for heat.
10/30 - A glimmer of false hope. Con-ed outside of my building on Tuesday evening. No luck, no lights. They came and went. Hats off to them for working around the clock.
10/31 - On a bike in search of power and ran into a common sight. Long lines at every MTA bus stop.
10/31 - The best way to get around the city during the superstorm.
10/31 - More fallen trees perfectly pushing out into bike lanes.
10/31 - More fallen trees perfectly pushing out into bike lanes.
10/31 - The best way to get around the city after the superstorm.
10/31 - Residents powering up devices at the ACE hotel on 29th and Broadway.
10/31 - Powering up devices on a power strip supplied by the Hotel Setai on 37th street and 5th avenue.
10/31 - Passerby's powering devices at the Setai hotel just above the light/dark divide.
10/31 - Constantly reminded of the hazard from fallen tree limbs by this common sight on my ride home.
10/31 - Bright box service outside of the Stumptown coffee roasters. Place your cell phone in a compartment nd lock it in with your Credit Card. Your phone is secure during charging and is charged when the light turns green.
10/31 - If there was gas then there was cooking... by candlelight. This dark restaurant on 7th street and 3rd avenue was full of customers.
10/31 - Residents wait their turn to power devices off a gas run generator at a motor repair shop in Chinatown. This is at the foot of the Manhattan bridge on Forsyth and Division.
10/31 - Lighting my pitch black stairwell with my cell phone.
10/31 - Dead traffic lights on the intersection of Grand and Rivington.
10/31 - More long MTA bus lines.
10/31 - Dead traffic lights on the intersection of Grand and Rivington.
10/31 - High rise apartment dwellers with no water getting pumped up to thier apartments making one of many trips to a hydrant. The mayor raised the levels of chlorine in the water during this time as an added measure of safety.
10/31 - Seeing the ederly filling containers of water at fire hydrant was a very common site in Lower Manhattan.
Remember the radio? Powering up devices and getting the latest storm recovery updates on the radio.
10/31 - Residents getting some hot food some hot food in at Luzzo's on 1st avenue and 12th streets.
10/31 - Heavy traffic throughout the city resulted in the Mayor iaauing a plus 3 rule placed in effect on 11/1. Only cars with 3 or more passengers would be allowed into the city.
10/31 - Subway service disruptions in Lower Manhattan and Staten Island.
10/31 - Biking home across the line where the have and have nots meet. Notice the functioning taffic light vs the non functioning traffic lights on the 30th and Madison avenue.
10/31 - I ran into this watering station on 2nd avenue and 27th street. I wish I saw more of these in Lower Manhattan.
10/31 - The sign says open. Candle lit bar on 2nd avenue and 20th street.
10/31 - Biking home before nightfall on 1st avenue in the East Village.
10/31 - Utlizing the safe zones of the bike lanes to ride home before nightfall from work.
10/31 - Feeling grateful for the safety provided by the bike lanes the mayor has championed in the past.
Utlizing the safe zones of the bike lanes to ride home before nightfall from work.
Biking down Christie. The dark monolith in the background is the 44 story Confucius Tower, one of the most highly populated residential buildings in NYC.
10/31 - View from Market and Henry streets towards the East river.
10/31 - 10/31 - Gas powered generator lighting up a bakery in Chinatown on Grand street.
10/31 - View down Grand streets in the Lower East Side towards the East river with Williamsburg in the background.
10/31 - Chinatown restuarants and pedestrians doing business by battery powered laterns on Grand street.
10/31 - A flotilla of EMS trucks making thier presence known in the Lower East side.
10/31 - The view looking uptown towards the light divide from Grand and Allen streets.
10/31 - Commuters waiting for the bus on Grand and Allen streets.
10/31 - Residents shopping for supplies on Grand and Allen streets.
10/31 - Residents getting last minute supplies on Grand and Essex streets.
10/31 - Shops selling supplies in the dark on Grand and Essex streets.
10/31 - Bus picking up passengers on Essex and Hester streets. The mayor cancelled some service to the Lower East side because it was simply to dark for bus operators.
10/31 - Police driving through neighborhoods with lights flashing to make their presence felt throughout the Lower East side was a common sight on Essex and Hester.
10/31 - View from Rutgers and East Broadway to the East river with Williamsburg in the background.
10/31 - The lights on the left are from 169 bar on East Broadway that was running on power from gas generators.
10/31 - Passengers waiting for Chinese bus lines to Philadelphia. The light is from a car belonging to owners of the service.
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10.31 - Under the Manhattan bridge.
10.31 - Heard a report on 10 10 wins that power was being restored in Lower Manhattan. I immediately returned home to discover that power was on just up to my block on Market and Henry. However, it was nice to see and hear people cheering in the streets as power was restored in their homes.
10.31 - View from Market and Henry street to Confucius Tower. The reflection of light in the clouds is coming from the unaffected uptown area. Confucius Tower is was a target site for F.E.M.A distribution of M.R.E.'s
10.31 - I was very fortunate to still have water pumping up to my 6th floor aparment. This made the situation a little more tolerable than not having water like in the blackout of '03.
11/2 - View of my apartment window on Market and Henry in Chinatown. This was the light divide Friday evening as Con Edision began restoring power to sections of Manhattan. Power was restored on Friday aprx. 7.3 pm with the threat of low temperatures (38 degrees) and a nor'easter on its way.
A breathtaking photograph taken by Iwan Baan on Wednesday night of the island of Manhattan.
10/29 - The initial explosion at the Con Edison plant on 14th St and FDR in lower Manhattan.
10/30 - Neighbors exploring the streets of Chinatown, Manhattan the morning after Super Storm Sandy..
10/30 - The morning after the storm, barricades from the East River promenade of South St are washed up to the Knickerbocker apartment complex on Cherry and Market Streets.
10/30 - Tuesday morning East River Promenade. Residents survey a park bench lifted off it's bolts from the flooding.
10/30 - Debris on Market St. and Pike Slip.
10/30 - Debris from construction under the FDR highway is washed up to Catherine Slip and South Street.
10/30 - Pile of 2 x 4's that floated 2 blocks up the road to rest at a water fountain being used by neighbors.
10/30 - Parked cars that shifted onto Catherine Slip during the course of the storm.
10/30 - Trees downed by water-logged soil on Catherine Street.
10/30 - Trees down and cars shifted from the rise of the East River onto Manhattan Streets.
10/30 - Residents of Chinatown step out to survey the damage to their neighborhood in the wake of the super storm.
10/30 - Debris lines Cherry Street.
10/30 - Debris from East River construction lines a pathway to a public park on Catherine Street.
10/30 - Rigging a public fountain. No electricity equals no generators that pump water to high rise apartments
10/30 - As good a reason as any to keep children out of school for a few days.
10/30 - Residents gather outside of makeshift markets in Chinatown to purchase supllies.
10/30 - Residents in Chinatown line up outside a dark 99 cent store. Customers would take turns ordering and store attendants would get their order by flashlight.
10/30 - Non operational traffic lights throughout Manhattan. Catherine Street and East Broadway.
10/30 - A cab driver from India, maneuvering through the city, mentioned that driving in Manhattan during this period was much like driving in India.
10/30 - A very rare photograph of a closed market in Chinatown.
10/30 - Torn and fallen awnings line the corner of Catherine and Henry Streets.
10/30 - Owners securing the torn awning at Sweet Spring resaturant on Catherine Street and Market.
10/30 - A chinese latern that did not make it through the night.
10/30 - Torn banner at a church on Market and Henry Streets.
10.30 - Fallen tree limbs and fallen trees were not restricted to parks. This is under the Manhattan bridge.
10/30 - An umbrella that did not make it through the night.
10/30 - Boarded up Balthazar on Crosby and Spring Streets.
10/30 - Collapsed scaffolding on Broadway and Walker Streets.
10/30 - Closed stores throughout lower Manhattana. This was a common sight on Broadway.
10/30 - Closed stores throughout lower Manhattana. This was a common sight on Broadway.
10/30 - Video of lower Manhattan, the day after the hurricane hammered NYC.
10/30 - The broken store front of the Western Spirit store on Walker and Broadway.
10.30 - A well lit shop on Canal and Essex Street. Notice the rigging coming from the car battery in the foregroung to the shop.
10/30 - Wandered out on Monday night and stumbled on to an open bar on Essex Street. There was a working radio and cold beer on ice. Got news here that upper Manhattan was not affected.
10/30 - A tale of two cities. A restaurant menu on 52nd and 3rd avenue. A good case of those that have power and those that have none. Completely different experience above the powered zone of the city.
10/30 - A common sight at most subway entrances for days.
10/30 - In a cab crossing from the powered zone into the powerless zone. The national guard outside of the armory in midtown.
10/30 - The national guard posted outside of the Armory in Manhattan just below the entrance to the powerless zone of lower Manhattan.
10/30 - A tale of two cities. This is the view down Market Street in Chinatown towards the East river. The lights in the distance are coming from Williamsburg Brooklyn..
10/30 - Candles in the apartment and water on the stove for heat.
10/30 - A glimmer of false hope. Con-ed outside of my building on Tuesday evening. No luck, no lights. They came and went. Hats off to them for working around the clock.
10/31 - Long lines for the bus because of flooded subway lines were a common site while I biked around town in search of outlets to power my devices.
10/31 - The best way to get around the city during the superstorm.
10/31 - More fallen trees perfectly pushing out into bike lanes.
10/31 - More fallen trees in bike lanes.
10/31 - Folks powering up devices on power strip provided by the ACE hotel in the flatiron.
10/31 - Residents powering up devices at the ACE hotel on 29th and Broadway.
10/31 - Powering up devices on a power strip supplied by the Hotel Setai on 37th street and 5th avenue.
10/31 - Passerby's powering devices at the Setai hotel just above the light/dark divide.
10/31 - Constantly reminded of the hazard from fallen tree limbs by this common sight on my ride home.
10/31 - Bright box service outside of the Stumptown coffee roasters. Place your cell phone in a compartment nd lock it in with your Credit Card. Your phone is secure during charging and is charged when the light turns green.
10/31 - If there was gas then there was cooking... by candlelight. This dark restaurant on 7th street and 3rd avenue was full of customers.
10/31 - Residents wait their turn to power devices off a gas run generator at a motor repair shop in Chinatown. This is at the foot of the Manhattan bridge on Forsyth and Division.
10/31 - Lighting my pitch black stairwell with my cell phone.
10/31 - Dead traffic lights on the intersection of Grand and Rivington.
10/31 - More long MTA bus lines.
10/31 - Dead traffic lights on the intersection of Grand and Rivington.
10/31 - High rise apartment dwellers with no water getting pumped up to thier apartments making one of many trips to a hydrant. The mayor raised the levels of chlorine in the water during this time as an added measure of safety.
10/31 - Seeing the ederly filling containers of water at fire hydrant was a very common site in Lower Manhattan.
Remember the radio? Powering up devices and getting the latest storm recovery updates on the radio.
10/31 - Residents getting some hot food some hot food in at Luzzo's on 1st avenue and 12th streets.
10/31 - Heavy traffic throughout the city resulted in the Mayor iaauing a plus 3 rule placed in effect on 11/1. Only cars with 3 or more passengers would be allowed into the city.
10/31 - Subway service disruptions in Lower Manhattan and Staten Island.
10/31 - Biking home across the line where the have and have nots meet. Notice the functioning taffic light vs the non functioning traffic lights on the 30th and Madison avenue.
10/31 - I ran into this watering station on 2nd avenue and 27th street. I wish I saw more of these in Lower Manhattan.
10/31 - The sign says open. Candle lit bar on 2nd avenue and 20th street.
10/31 - Biking home before nightfall on 1st avenue in the East Village.
10/31 - Utlizing the safe zones of the bike lanes to ride home before nightfall from work.
10/31 - Feeling grateful for the safety provided by the bike lanes the mayor has championed in the past.
10/31 - Utlizing the safe zones of the bike lanes to ride home before nightfall from work.
Biking down Christie. The dark monolith in the background is the 44 story Confucius Tower, one of the most highly populated residential buildings in NYC.
10/31 - View from Market and Henry streets towards the East river.
10/31 - Gas powered generator lighting up a bakery in Chinatown on Grand street.
10/31 - View down Grand streets in the Lower East Side towards the East river with Williamsburg in the background.
10/31 - Chinatown restuarants and pedestrians doing business by battery powered laterns on Grand street.
10/31 - A flotilla of EMS trucks making thier presence known in the Lower East side.
10/31 - The view looking uptown towards the light divide from Grand and Allen streets.
10/31 - Commuters waiting for the bus on Grand and Allen streets.
10/31 - Residents shopping for supplies on Grand and Allen streets.
10/31 - Residents getting last minute supplies on Grand and Essex streets.
10/31 - Shops selling supplies in the dark on Grand and Essex streets.
10/31 - Bus picking up passengers on Essex and Hester streets. The mayor cancelled some service to the Lower East side because it was simply to dark for bus operators.
10/31 - Police driving through neighborhoods with lights flashing to make their presence felt throughout the Lower East side was a common sight on Essex and Hester.
10/31 - View from Rutgers and East Broadway to the East river with Williamsburg in the background.
10/31 - The lights on the left are from 169 bar on East Broadway that was running on power from gas generators.
10/31 - Passengers waiting for Chinese bus lines to Philadelphia. The light is from a car belonging to owners of the service.
10.31 - Under the Manhattan bridge.
10.31 - Heard a report on 10 10 wins that power was being restored in Lower Manhattan. I immediately returned home to discover that power was on just up to my block on Market and Henry. However, it was nice to see and hear people cheering in the streets as power was restored in their homes.
10.31 - View from Market and Henry street to Confucius Tower. The reflection of light in the clouds is coming from the unaffected uptown area. Confucius Tower is was a target site for F.E.M.A distribution of M.R.E.'s
10.31 - I was very fortunate to still have water pumping up to my 6th floor aparment. This made the situation a little more tolerable than not having water like in the blackout of '03.
11/2 - View of my apartment window on Market and Henry in Chinatown. This was the light divide Friday evening as Con Edision began restoring power to sections of Manhattan. Power was restored on Friday aprx. 7.3 pm with the threat of low temperatures (38 degrees) and a nor'easter on its way.
11/2 - A breathtaking photograph taken by Iwan Baan on Wednesday night of the island of Manhattan.
