On August 14, 2003, there was a power outage that started in Canada, and later spread to the whole Northeast. I just finished my morning class in movie screenwriting workshop at New York Film Academy that day. So, I went to a moviehouse nearby to spend my whole afternoon, before I went home. But just after stepping into the floor where the viewing rooms were located, came the blackout at the building. So, everyone had to get out of the viewing rooms and redeemed their tickets for the later day viewings.
Northeast Blackout, August 14, 2003
I was lucky enough to find a MTA Bus going back to my home in Queens, after a long walk from New York Film Academy (14th Street) to 23rd Street. All the streets of New York City, were filled with people, and vehicles oozing to move, because there were no traffic lights to regulate the movements of the vehicles and human beings.
I had more than 8 hours of bus ride that day, instead of 1 hour ride on regular days. So, while the bus was oozing inch-by-inch on the street mixed with people and vehicles, I took pictures through the glass window of the bus.
Reflections on Glass Windows
About the Images of New York City in this blog. The first picture above was taken by me through the glass window of the bus, when we passed at the Queensboro bridge. The night then was cloudless and had a bright, full moon. So, stranded people slept on the streets the whole night. That was a real “city that never sleeps” for tourists, who stayed on the streets, because hotels had no powers for lightings and aircons. The second picture was also taken by me through the glass window of the bus in the early afternoon at Fifth Avenue in Midtown. You could see more pictures of this by clicking at the pictures above. By the way, the bus arrived at the corner street near my house past midnight in the morning of August 15, 2003.
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