(via The Passion of Former Days: The Colours of Nighttime New York)
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(via The Passion of Former Days: The Colours of Nighttime New York)

Employees from MTA New York City Transit worked to restore the South Ferry subway station after it was flooded by seawater during Hurricane Sandy. NYCT_3298 (by MTAPhotos)
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Employees from MTA New York City Transit worked to restore the South Ferry subway station after it was flooded by seawater during Hurricane Sandy.

NYCT_3298 (by MTAPhotos)

gawkercom: An aerial photo of Breezy Point, Queens, shows a charred hole where over 100 homes once stood. A blaze ignited during Sandy consumed a significant portion of the firefighter-built neighborhood, but thankfully caused no serious injuries. [photo via AP]
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gawkercom:

An aerial photo of Breezy Point, Queens, shows a charred hole where over 100 homes once stood.

A blaze ignited during Sandy consumed a significant portion of the firefighter-built neighborhood, but thankfully caused no serious injuries.

[photo via AP]

buzzfeedandrew: A parking lot full of yellow cabs is flooded as a result of Hurricane Sandy in Hoboken. (AP)
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buzzfeedandrew:

A parking lot full of yellow cabs is flooded as a result of Hurricane Sandy in Hoboken. (AP)

(via theatlantic)

adamhowardcross: Blacked-out skyline of lower Manhattan. (REUTERS/Keith Bedford)
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adamhowardcross:

Blacked-out skyline of lower Manhattan. (REUTERS/Keith Bedford)

NYC without power.
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NYC without power.

Preview of Hurricane Sandy?

mightyflynn: Fischer, 1955 fielderschoice: From the NY Daily News Photo Archive, an innocent photo of a complicated character: Bobby Fischer, 12, of 560 Lincoln Place, knows how to move about home plate as a batter. Playmate Johnny Cohen is catching. Fischer also knows how to make his move on the chessboard. already rated an expert player with an excellent chance of some day winning an international chess title, the youngster began playing at 6.
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mightyflynn:

Fischer, 1955

fielderschoice:

From the NY Daily News Photo Archive, an innocent photo of a complicated character:

Bobby Fischer, 12, of 560 Lincoln Place, knows how to move about home plate as a batter. Playmate Johnny Cohen is catching. Fischer also knows how to make his move on the chessboard. already rated an expert player with an excellent chance of some day winning an international chess title, the youngster began playing at 6.

(via bronxbanter)

Manhattan offers worship services at all hours of the day, with some places bearing witness to the Good News till 4 a.m.—not to mention all those millions of nonbelievers walking around to convert—and a young player with a healthy thirst for Christianity could really have himself some fun here,” said Jets coach Rex Ryan, adding that the sheer number of churches in New York means Tebow could tithe himself into bankruptcy if he’s not careful.
Jets Worry Tim Tebow Will Be Distracted By Wild New York Churchlife | The Onion - America’s Finest News Source
nedhepburn: Nigel Van Wieck | The Q Train
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nedhepburn:

Nigel Van Wieck | The Q Train

itsjohnsen: ‘Brownout’ in Times Square in postwar New York during a national strike of soft coal miners. To conserve energy, all non-essential lighting, like the billboards of Times Square, were turned off. 1950.McMahan Gallery
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itsjohnsen:

‘Brownout’ in Times Square in postwar New York during a national strike of soft coal miners. To conserve energy, all non-essential lighting, like the billboards of Times Square, were turned off. 1950.
McMahan Gallery

(via bronxbanter)

The Second Ave Subway, under construction in NYC. (via The Hollower in Chief: Questions for MTA Capital Construction President Michael Horodniceanu | Txchnologist)
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The Second Ave Subway, under construction in NYC.

(via The Hollower in Chief: Questions for MTA Capital Construction President Michael Horodniceanu | Txchnologist)

jasencomstock: joshsternberg: Nate Silver spreading the joy with some numbers: The numbers do not paint a pretty picture. According the model, a hurricane with windspeeds of about 100 miles per hour — making it a “weak” Category 2 storm — might cause on the order of $35 billion in damage if it were to pass directly over Manhattan. Such a storm would probably flood New York’s subway system as well as acres upon acres of prime real estate in neighborhoods like the East Village, the Financial District, Tribeca, Coney Island, Red Hook, DUMBO, as well as parts of Staten Island and most of the Rockaways. Read the rest of the article to learn how costly different strength hurricanes would be if they hit directly over NYC. Happy Friday! Isn’t $16T a bit much for even the total destruction of Manhattan? I mean, we could still pick up all the money after the fact and give it back to everyone else.
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jasencomstock:

joshsternberg:

Nate Silver spreading the joy with some numbers:

The numbers do not paint a pretty picture. According the model, a hurricane with windspeeds of about 100 miles per hour — making it a “weak” Category 2 storm — might cause on the order of $35 billion in damage if it were to pass directly over Manhattan. Such a storm would probably flood New York’s subway system as well as acres upon acres of prime real estate in neighborhoods like the East Village, the Financial District, Tribeca, Coney Island, Red Hook, DUMBO, as well as parts of Staten Island and most of the Rockaways.

Read the rest of the article to learn how costly different strength hurricanes would be if they hit directly over NYC.

Happy Friday!

Isn’t $16T a bit much for even the total destruction of Manhattan? I mean, we could still pick up all the money after the fact and give it back to everyone else.

(via theatlantic)